A plan to develop the world's biggest incinerator in the Western Sydney suburb of Blacktown has been tweaked but locals are still not convinced.

NSW Police are searching for six men linked to a serious assault in Sydney's CBD earlier this week.

There has been an outpouring of grief as new details emerge around the fatal shooting of a young Sunshine Coast woman.

A policewoman has fired her gun after her partner was allegedly mowed down by a stolen car in St Kilda.

A week on from the election, Greens candidate for Brisbane, Stephen Bates, has claimed victory as his Labor opponent concedes.

An Australian humanitarian worker has been killed during Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Barnaby Joyce is set to face a challenge from his deputy David Littleproud for leadership of the Nationals party.

For the first time, RSL Queensland has honoured the many Indigenous Queenslanders who enlisted for military service, despite being legally excluded to do so until 1949.

Chief Photographer for the Sydney Morning Herald Nick Moir is undertaking a journey across the prairie land of the Texas Panhandle. If there is a lesson to be learned and remembered chasing in tornado alley it's expect the unexpected.

Universities in Melbourne and Sydney are standing firm in their support for a controversial Indian politician’s visit to Australia.

As Melburnians flocked to the Mornington Peninsula for a sea change during the pandemic, rental prices soared, forcing poorer tenants out onto the streets. Some rough sleepers have found refuge in Rosebud’s campgrounds.

The best shots from the Kempsey community canoe project.

Police are appealing for information about six men after a man was seriously assaulted in Sydney CBD.

The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.

A man has died in police custody after he was arrested for fighting with a teenager in Adelaide.

David Witherdin, a little known public servant, holds the fate of the Northern Rivers in his hands, charged with extensive powers to rebuild the flood-ravaged region.

It’s been two years since the last Vivid Sydney thanks to consecutive COVID related cancellations. In fact, visitors can catch several large-scale Vivid-firsts, from Walsh Bay’s floating bubble walk Ephemeral Oceanic to Darling Harbour’s ambiti...

A man from Narangba has been charged with murder after a 25-year-old woman from Currimundi was allegedly shot in the head.

A man has been charged with murder following the shooting death of a 25 year old woman in Queensland.

A teenager has been arrested in Sydney's south-west after reports of an assault.