NSW

Ellen van Neerven didn't grow up watching theatre. Now, after a prize-winning career as a poet and author, they premiere their debut play, Swim.    

Many of the so-called "ghost homes" in New South Wales occupy prime real estate, however incentivising owners to rent them out isn't straightforward.

These lonely sentinels are an anachronism when every commercial ship navigates using now-ubiquitous electronic global positioning, but they retain a special place in the hearts of seafarers.

Detectives are investigating the death of a man following a stabbing in Concord.

A cold front moving across south-eastern states is dumping snow, with strong, damaging winds bringing down trees and power lines.

The NSW police watchdog has found a senior police officer engaged in "serious misconduct" after crashing an unmarked police car in Sydney.

NSW government gives Liverpool City Council one week to prove why it shouldn't be suspended and local elections postponed

Sparrows are often considered pests, but a new study suggests lead levels in the birds' blood could indicate if children in mining towns have been exposed to high levels of the poisonous chemical.

New South Wales wins its first State of Origin series since 2021 in an intense battle at Brisbane's Lang Park, becoming just the third Blues outfit in history to win a decider in Queensland.

There are just 2,000 sheep shearers left keeping a $3.5 billion export industry alive. Rather than sit on idle hands, hardened workers are trying to entice the next generation into the shed.

A radical sovereign citizen group co-invented by a fugitive mother is using a fake court to justify attempted child abduction, extortion, and intimidation of court officials.

A review of Sydney's toll roads has called on the government to lower costs for motorists but impose two-way tolls on harbour crossings.

Snow blankets Oberon in NSW Central Tablelands as cold conditions and gale-force winds batters Australia's east coast.

A lockdown at an Adelaide shopping centre was the first test since the Bondi Junction attack on the response to large-scale public threats. But experts say more could be done within the private security sector.

The parliamentary committee found that traffic was deliberately managed in a way that would boost the sale price of WestConnex.

After an unprecedented year without snow in 2023, elevated parts of NSW are finally turning white.

Disease authorities say there is potential for the arrival of a bird flu strain that has already been detected in Asia and Antarctica.

The attempted assassination of former president Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania has shocked the world, but US presidents are no strangers to attempts on their lives. 

Work safety authorities in at least three states called into the hardware giant, amid fears customers and workers have been put at risk by inappropriate handling of the potentially hazardous material.

The humble sprout is surging in popularity, with research showing that the highly nutritious brassica bud is Australia's fastest-growing vegetable in terms of value in the past 12 months.

An art show in Sydney is keeping the artist anonymous in an attempt to make the industry more accessible. 

Ron E Sparks began his radio career in the 1970s, working at top-rating stations including Triple M and WSFM. He is being remembered as a "legend of the airwaves". 

The Australian National University has acknowledged "changing expectations" around its investments.

A rapidly deepening low-pressure system in the Tasman Sea will track towards the coast this weekend, the precursor to a bout of severe winter weather across eastern Australia.    

The NSW government has confirmed that its promised drug summit will commence this year.