New South Wales

Australia clinches the five-match ODI series against Pakistan with an 86-run win at the SCG thanks to a brutal first-innings total.

The Western Sydney Wanderers remain undefeated in five games as they beat the Newcastle Jets 2-0 at Campbelltown Stadium.

With the New South Wales Premier stepping down from the state's top job, there is also a vacancy in the seat of Manly and several Liberal Party members are rumoured to be vying for preselection.

Opponents of the New South Wales' Government's forced amalgamations of local councils vow to unseat the Liberal Party in the forthcoming Manly by-election, forced by the resignation of Mike Baird.

David Warner's century and half-tons to Glenn Maxwell and Travis Head saw Australia motor to 6-353 in the first innings, before the enormity of the total saw the hosts win by 86 runs in Sydney.

Test great David Boon says it is a huge honour to join Matthew Hayden and women's pioneer Betty Wilson as inductees into Australian cricket's Hall of Fame.

The Sydney Sixers claim a last-gasp semi-final berth, defeating the Melbourne Stars by three wickets in the last match of the BBL regular season.

The NRL future of Wests Tigers forward Kyle Lovett is in limbo after being charged with drug offences.

A man dies after being swept off rocks with four other fishermen at Tathra on the far south coast of New South Wales.

Thousands of people turn out in Sydney to support women's rights and equality in solidarity with American women planning a march in Washington DC to voice their dissent against the Trump presidency.

Post-inauguration women's marches in Australia and New Zealand launch a global human rights event expected to attract over 2 million people worldwide.

Environmental groups accuse Sydney Festival of breaching its sustainable event policy with its attraction The Beach at the Cutaway, which is made up of more than a million plastic balls.

Sydney FC stretch their unbeaten A-League streak to 16 games, notching their 12th win and 10th clean sheet to climb eight points clear at the summit.

Meet the people behind the helicopters and planes which helped control the raging Tarago and Sutton grassfires over the past week.

Mike Baird's parliamentary secretary Catherine Cusack says social media is eating out the middle ground, and changing the nature of democracy.

Organisers of a protest march against Sydney's lockout laws, due to be held in Kings Cross tonight, failed to adequately plan for security and traffic, police say.

An Australian research team has found three unknown shipwrecks at a notorious reef in the Coral Sea, which they say may offer insights into Australia's early trade with Asia.

Climate change and agricultural run-off are listed as two of the biggest threats to the state's marine waters in a new report.

An American couple have been volunteering on Australia's nature reserves for the past 15 years.

Investing in the tourism industry should be one of the top priorities for the next NSW premier, according to an expert who believes Sydney needs more top-ranked hotels, another cruise port and a high-speed rail link.

A project in Newcastle encourages children to put down their fancy toys and technology devices, and embrace playing with cardboard boxes and craft supplies.

This week's devastating fire at Tarago that destroyed a home and burnt out almost 3,400 hectares was sparked when a bird flew near powerlines, firefighters say.

New South Wales premier-in-waiting Gladys Berejiklian is likely to be the state's next premier, but she is already facing pressure from the Deputy Premier to scrap council mergers in regional areas.

As Mission Australia reports seeing a rise in young people seeking their services, the future of a successful program helping to prevent them from ending up sleeping rough hangs in the balance.

The St Stanislaus College at Bathurst in central west New South Wales will formally apologise for historical child sex abuse at the school, which is celebrating its 150th year.