A doctor has made a tearful apology to the family of a teenager who died an excrutiating death after he was turned away three times from a NSW hospital.

A man arrested after the disappearance of Brunswick woman Maryam Hamka allegedly left the 36-year-old “black and blue” in an attack at his home in December last year, according to her family.

The 27-year-old, who was found dead in the home’s backyard following an explosion early on Tuesday, has been named as mother-of-three Kelly Wilkinson. 

Police are searching for Hayley Dodd’s remains at the Wheatbelt property where her killer Francis Wark used to live.

The Environment Protection Authority has also come clean, saying it now has “no excuses” for failing to prevent similar environmental harm in future.

Footballer Callan Sinclair said rape allegations against him and Jack de Belin were only frightening in relation to what it would mean for the St George Illawarra star and his girlfriend, a jury has heard.

It has been a training and competition ground for athletes such as Cathy Freeman. Now the 115-year-old venue in Kensington is finally getting an upgrade.

Restaurants in Brisbane’s CBD hope a new council campaign will woo diners back to the city centre as the pandemic continues to hurt the hospitality sector nationwide.

The federal Education Department has removed two videos from its new respectful relationships website following criticism from experts and two state education ministers.

East Brisbane State School sits ln the shadow of the Gabba, which is to be rebuilt for the 2032 Olympic Games, leaving parents asking: “What about our kids?”

An Australian-based member of the current NASA Mars rover mission says the first flight on the planet’s surface is not just historic but has implications for Earth too.

Police believe the shootings related to an ongoing conflict between two groups in the area that started when the members were teenagers.

An accountant and a pilot helped hatch an elaborate scheme to fly a quarter of a tonne of the drug ice from the US into Melbourne in a light aircraft.

Carcasses of at least 10 small sharks and a hammerhead have been found bloodied with what appear to be stab wounds to their gills on a popular tourist spot in Western Australia’s Kimberley region.

A two-week coronial inquest delves into the deaths of Queensland Police Senior Constable Brett Forte and his killer, Ricky Charles Maddison.

Acting Premier James Merlino won’t be recommending the federal government’s sexual consent video, labelling the resource “terrible” and “a big fail” and calling on the government to remake the educational tool.

In a brief second session of the Perth Casino Royal Commission, the key people expected to appear before the royal commission were revealed.

Education Minister Sarah Mitchell joined a chorus of sex education experts and women’s rights organisations, who have criticised a federal government website for being patronising to young people.

RSL sub-branches will not get any extra government funding to help the volunteer-run organisations put on suburban Anzac Day events that comply with COVID-19 gathering rules.

Data from the ministry’s weekly COVID-19 surveillance report shows more returned travellers are testing positive for variants of concern.

Today on Please Explain, Tory Maguire speaks with journalist Mike Smith about his dramatic exit from China last year.

Aishwarya Aswath died at Perth Children’s Hospital after waiting two hours to be seen by a doctor. The family left the hospital in shock about four hours after the little girl’s death and say they have been let down by a system that has not taken...

High school teacher Monica Elizabeth Young, 24, pleaded guilty to three counts of aggravated sexual intercourse with a child under 16.

People are fighting back against the seemingly unstoppable rise of synthetic grass fields across our cities.

A Waratah home is being forensically examined after police received new information about a possible “domestic incident” before Melissa Hunt was found dead in a dam in the NSW Hunter in 1994.

Philip Chapman’s selection as a scientist-astronaut paved the way for future Australian-born space travellers.

Young people want, and are entitled to, accurate information about sex, sexuality, their bodies and relationships.

But an expert in monitoring social media says the decision to limit the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine hasn’t led to a big rise in membership of anti-vaccination groups.

Like a nervous Featherington sister being presented at court in Bridgerton, Rio Tinto’s new chief Jakob Stausholm played public debutant at the BCA dinner.

The woman said she ran outside after hearing a child scream and rescued the two-year-old, who was being attacked by a growling dingo.

The television presenter is accused of assaulting Orly Lavee twice at Randwick and once at Kangaroo Valley in January this year.

Ho Ledinh died after he was shot multiple times while sitting outside the Happy Cup Cafe in Bankstown in January 2018.

Modern Sydney, as reflected through 190 years of publishing the Herald, has been shaped by many. Here are 10 people who have had an enormous influence on our city.

Police were called to a residence at Arundel on Tuesday morning to conduct a welfare check and found the body.

The surge in Building and Energy inquiries comes after the number of people claiming the state government’s $20,000 Building Bonus grant blew out to nearly quadruple Treasury’s original forecasts.

50 years ago, a secret underground military base dating from World War II, in near perfect condition, was uncovered in suburban Bankstown.

Asked if the historic Brisbane stadium would be “essentially demolished”, Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszcuk said it would “and there will not be a bad seat”.

As we celebrate 190 years of The Sydney Morning Herald here are some of the amazing historical and recent photographs of news events covered by our fantastic photographers past and present.

In the early 90s, I read the birth notices obsessively, looking for patterns, looking for people.

As we get clarity on the huge cost of delays in the rollout, the false economy of penny-pinching on vaccines become more stark.

Strathfield mayor Antoine Doueihi’s donations call into question the strength of bans against prohibited donors amid calls for greater clarity.

There remains no evidence mixing COVID-19 vaccines is safe and effective, Australian experts say, even as France and Germany race ahead with mix-and-match plans.

If the present student-teacher ratio is maintained and enrolment meets predictions, forecasting estimates the workforce will need to grow from 54,500 to 65,500 full-time equivalent teachers.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has invoked his Christian faith and family values to inform his politics. But, a modern leader needs to look beyond belief to find solutions.

So where should government find the money? The short answer is we, as taxpayers, will have to contribute. It is the most equitable way if we want to end the horror stories we heard about in the royal commission.

Trivia buffs: test your knowledge with today’s interactive superquiz and target.

Papyrograph, stuffed birds etc, and Water Police Court

Scott Farquhar and Mike Cannon-Brookes have long raged against the Business Council of Australia for its stance on climate change. But something must have changed along the way.

Australia will come under unprecedented pressure to join global efforts to stop global warming at US President Joe Biden’s Climate Leaders Summit.

A Melbourne man who the police minister described as a drug delivery “kingpin” has been arrested in Perth after allegedly overseeing a clandestine state border crossing sneaking 33 kilograms of methylamphetamine and 25 kilograms of pills in a mot...