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Sydney has done what it does best on New Year's Eve with another amazing pyrotechnics display to ring in 2017 after a year that many were happy to leave behind. Vision courtesy ABC
When Kenan Tokar began studying electrical engineering with a hope of working in the power industry there was a skill shortage, now thousands apply for limited jobs.
The cabinet papers from 1992 and 1993 have been released and the Indigenous Affairs Minister at the time Robert Tickner says Malcolm Turnbull isn't doing enough to address inequality.
Mother Sandra Tomano is helped by lifesavers' buggy on Tuesday. Photo: Kate Geraghty
Mr Malligan said the area of the river where the man went missing has a number of submerged trees from recent flooding, which may have snagged the man as he was carried away.
A search was launched on Wednesday afternoon, involving police, specialist paramedics, the Volunteer Rescue Association and the State Emergency Service, but they found no trace of the man.
The NSW Ambulance helicopter searches for a missing teenager at Maroubra Beach. Photo: Sage Barreda
The death of a young boy, pulled unconscious with his twin sister from a backyard pool, has brought the count to nine drownings since Christmas. His sister died on Boxing Day.
Those who have died include a man whose body was found underwater at Byron Bay, a grandfather who died trying to save his two nieces near Coffs Harbour and a student who drowned in the Royal National Park on Christmas Day.