Last updated: December 22, 2013

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Man dies, woman surives cliff fall

AN experienced rock climber plunged to his death in the Blue Mountains while trying to rescue his girlfriend.

Esky keeps fishermen afloat

Esky keeps fishermen afloat

TWO fishermen have survived a night at sea after being found clinging to an esky when their boat sank in waters off Northern NSW.

Man killed in motorbike crash

Man killed in motorbike crash

A MOTORCYLIST was killed in a horrific crash when the bike he was travelling on collided with a car on the Central Coast on Saturday night.

Mass evacuation at Wet 'n' Wild

Mass evacuation at Wet '...

WET 'n' Wild Sydney last night lived up to its name as a vicious electrical storm forced an estimated 10,000 revellers out of the water and off the slides.

Alleged bomber had 40L of petrol in car

Alleged bomber had 40L of petrol in car

A MAN who sparked a lockdown at NSW Parliament allegedly threatened to bomb the building by lighting 20 litres of petrol on the passenger seat of his car.

Street Watch: drug MDMA seized

Street Watch: drug MDMA seized

A SECOND man has been charged after hundreds of MDMA tablets and a handgun were allegedly found at a Bringelly property earlier this month.

Truckie killer handed heavier sentence

Truckie killer handed heavier sentence

A SYDNEY man who killed a truck driver with a stray bullet and showed not the "slightest remorse" has had his minimum jail term increased by almost four years.

Collar bomb hoaxer appeal fails

Paul Douglas Peters in the US

SYDNEY'S fake collar bomber Paul Douglas Peters has lost an appeal against the severity of his jail sentence.

YMCA 'not a child-safe environment'

YMCA 'not a child-safe envi...

THE management of the YMCA has been slammed in the royal commission into sex abuse and one should be referred to prosecutors for lying, says counsel.

HSC triumph for Catholic college

HSC triumph for Catholic college

SCHOOL students from some of Sydney's most disadvantaged suburbs have come up trumps in the HSC exams.

Man fights for life after city attack

Man fights for life after city attack

A MAN is fighting for his life after being attacked outside a Surry Hills fast food restaurant on the eve of a police crackdown on alcohol-related violence.

Mum's fateful decision to walk in

Mum's fateful decision to w...

FUNG Yin Ong, the mother of Malaysian boy killed outside Carlingford Public School, only decided that morning to drop off her nieces.

No state funding for Badgerys

No state funding for Badgerys

STOUSH over western Sydney airport, with NSW saying it will not contribute any money to build critical road and rail links.

Street watch: Attack in nightclub

Street watch: Attack in nightclub

POLICE have released a CCTV image of a man who they allege attacked a 34-year-old man inside a Potts Point nightclub.

Sneak peek at Sydney's new trams

Sneak peek at Sydney's ne...

THIS is the first exclusive look at the new, sleek trams that will run on the Central to Lilyfield line. Tell us what you think of them.

Stars cheer Abbott adoption plan

Stars cheer Abbott adoption plan

PRIME Minister Tony Abbott announces his intention to make adoption easier by slashing waiting times and costs.

Shortage of school security funds

Shortage of school security funds

THE lowest building budget for schools in a decade has resulted in more than 300 schools without security fences ahead of the holidays.

Aussie stars' Xmas at Catalina

Aussie stars' Xmas at Ca...

NAOMI Watts, Hugh Jackman, Dominic Purcell and Tom Burlinson descended on Catalina Thursday night for a pre-Christmas dinner.

UK millionaire cleared of sex charge

UK millionaire cleared of sex charge

A BRITISH millionaire accused of forcing a woman to perform oral sex on him at Bondi Beach has been found not guilty.

House gutted, paper mill blaze

House gutted, paper mill blaze

A HOUSE fire has completely destroyed a cottage in Canley Vale while firefighters battled to control a paper mill blaze as flames were fanned by strong winds.

Sunday, 22 December

Vic search for two men in gyrocopter

A SEARCH is underway for two men who have failed to return from a gyrocopter flight in Victoria.

Police probing Vic body find

AN autopsy will determine whether the death of a woman whose body has been found at a house on Victoria's Mornington Peninsula is suspicious.

Saturday, 21 December

NSW Police retrieve abseiler's body

AN abseiler has fallen to his death trying to save his girlfriend, who has been lifted to safety in the Blue Mountains.

Homicide cops investigate Rosebud body

VICTORIAN police are investigating after a woman's body was discovered in a house on the Mornington Peninsula.

Woman charged over teenager's death

A WOMAN has been charged with murder, a day after the body of a teenager was discovered in a house at Southport on the Gold Coast.

Vic teenagers bash man, steal car: police

FIVE teenagers are under arrest after a Melbourne man was attacked and robbed in a violent home invasion, with his car stolen and involved in a police chase.

Govt defends approval of $6bn Palmer mine

LABOR says it's strange that the Abbott government did not give more publicity to its approval of a multibillion dollar Clive Palmer coal project.

Men found clinging to Esky after boat sank

TWO men were found clinging to an Esky after spending the night in cool waters off the northern NSW coast.

HMAS Tobruk returns home after aid mission

THE crew of HMAS Tobruk was on a routine mission in the Pacific when the call for help came from the cyclone-devastated Philippines.

Police concerned about missing Sydney man

SYDNEY police have urged people to come forward with information about an elderly man missing since Thursday.

Suspected NSW drug house goes up in flames

POLICE say they discovered equipment that may have been used to manufacture illegal drugs following a housefire in southwestern Sydney.

Winds ease fire threat, but blow out power

A BUSHFIRE in South Australia has been brought under control after a night of wild winds, but part of Queensland is now under bushfire threat.