Sydney news

Four out of five of Australian businesses want to meet common industry standards for sustainability and one quarter are altering their supply chains to be more environmentally responsible, and they are not just doing it for altruistic reasons, according to a survey of 200 Australian business leaders.

Learning how to kick a footy and take a mark are skills many Australian kids learn growing up, but for those who've come across the seas, it can be a foreign concept.

Samantha Stosur claims a rare first-round victory on home soil with a three-set win over Dominika Cibulkova at the Sydney International.

A program designed in America to help younger, poorer families raise healthier babies has been adapted for Indigenous Australia, and is supporting mums in the Top End.

A 24-year-old woman charged over the death of a delivery truck driver in Adelaide's north was on bail for another matter, driving disqualified and had an imitation handgun in her bag at the time of her arrest, a court hears.

A fire in Tasmania's wilderness world heritage area burning out of control for more than a week grows to a massive 20,000 hectares, but sprinklers being trialled to protect ancient vegetation are hailed a success.

The body of missing South Australian man David Moscarda is found near Mount Shelley at the base of the Grampians, police confirm.

A man who was run over by a car while sleeping inside his tent at a music festival on New Year's Day claims he told festival organisers his campsite was not safe.

Indigenous actor and dancer Rubeun Yorkshire was arrested during a family outing at a Perth beach and spent five days behind bars over unpaid fines, in an incident his supporters say was racially motivated.

Check out this amazing imagery of lightning reaching out across the sky on the weekend. What causes these spectacular strikes?

A hacker sends "malicious" messages via text, email, and landline to tens of thousands of people across Australia after an emergency warning alert service, used by councils, is hacked.

A Sydney magistrate tells North Queensland Cowboys forward Scott Bolton his status as a high-profile sportsman is of "no consequence to the court or to me" as he is given a 12-month good behaviour bond after a woman accused him of touching her.

The Uniting Church in Australia will continue to allow ministers the right to decide whether to marry same-sex couples following a vote in South Australia. Conservative church members say they will continue their campaign.

The Indian team confirms its maiden series victory on Australian soil since first coming Down Under 70 years ago after day five of the fifth Test was rained out at the SCG.

South Australian households are set to lose $100 "inconvenience" payments for extended blackouts, but financial incentives for people who call in faulty street lights will still be on offer.

Not much appeared to have changed at one of Darwin's most popular markets at the weekend, despite a council ban on single-use plastic items coming into effect.

More than $85,000 has been raised to help support the family of a young truck driver who was killed in an alleged hit-and-run crash in Adelaide's north-east.

Queensland senator Fraser Anning, who flew business class and billed taxpayers $3,000 to attend the weekend rally in Melbourne, said he was merely representing the people in his electorate.

Police use a smartphone location-tracking app to track a stolen Uber vehicle to an Adelaide pub, where they arrest a man who allegedly drove off in the black Honda with the driver still holding onto the vehicle.

Tributes flow for Annalise Braakensiek, who was an ambassador for mental health organisation R U OK? in addition to being an actor, model and designer, after she is found dead in her Sydney apartment.

A controversial proposal to build a $70 million five-star hotel near one of Victoria's most popular tourist attractions, the Great Ocean Road, is rejected by the State Government.

Policymakers have now embarked on the extremely difficult task of deflating a property bubble with the aim of engineering a soft landingso far so good, writes Phillip Lasker.

Bright minds are being encouraged to consider jobs in fashion, rather than traditional STEM careers such as engineering and mathematics.

Residents of a quiet Sydney suburb are looking for answers from a major telco after it revealed plans to place a number of new telecommunication "small cell boxes" outside their homes without any approval.

Brisbane International champ Kei Nishikori is full of confidence as he prepares for a return to Melbourne Park after missing last year's Australian Open with a wrist injury.