Sydney News

Two people are arrested over a "ferocious" bushfire in western Sydney that destroyed one home in Cranebrook and spread to nearby Llandilo before firefighters could contain the blaze.

A colourful travelling library bus is heading to schools in western Sydney and regional NSW to inspire children to read and tell their own stories.

The inquest into cricketer Phillip Hughes' death heard evidence from Cricket Australia, the opponent who bowled the fatal ball, Hughes' team-mates, his parents and the NSW ambulance service.

Michael Atkins apologises to his missing partner's parents "for their loss" while answering questions during the inquest into Matthew Leveson's presumed death.

New South Wales Corrections Minister David Elliott admits giving wrong information when he said there was no practice of isolation in youth custody, but says he did not deliberately mislead Parliament.

Phillip Hughes' death from a fatal bouncer would not have been prevented even if he was wearing the most modern protection available at the time, but there was no malice on the part of the bowler, the NSW coroner finds.

The growing risk of cyber attacks leaves the Australian economy exposed to a potential $16 billion damage bill over the next decade, according to one of the world's biggest insurance companies.

A centre providing evidence-based information and support for drug and alcohol counsellors, cannabis users and the wider community will close its doors after losing Commonwealth funding.

Scientists discover a rare frog species in swampland north of Newcastle.

The partner of missing Sydney man Matthew Leveson is asked to explain his muddy clothes and any "heavy digging" in the days after his boyfriend went missing.

A subsidiary company of Peabody Energy is selling its Metropolitan coal mine at Helensburgh to South 32.

The home of one of Australia's most radical Muslim preachers has been raided as part of an ongoing investigation into a recently foiled plot by two Sydney teenagers to carry out an Islamic State-inspired killing.

The partner of missing Sydney man Matthew Leveson denies disposing of hardware items that he bought on the day of his partner's disappearance.

Amirah Droudis, the girlfriend of Sydney siege gunman Man Haron Monis, is found guilty of the 2013 murder of Monis's ex-wife, whom she stabbed 18 times, doused in petrol and set alight.

Finding good coffee is a worthy hunt for many parents but what about a treat for the kids? Simon Leong is on a mission to find the best babyccinos in the world, starting with those in Sydney.

NSW Family and Community Services overhaul their phone system after a police officer is left on hold for hours while trying to report suspected child abuse.

Counter-terrorism police allege one of two people arrested in Sydney raids this morning had links to a member of foreign fighter network.

Fears Sydney's police wall of remembrance had been desecrated again prove unfounded, with weather blamed for stripping polish that was used to cover earlier vandalism.

When Charlotte Dobrovits moved into McKell Towers in Redfern she hit "rock bottom", but a new program by TAFE NSW designed for social housing residents has armed her with skills to be a community advocate.

Michael Atkins, whose boyfriend Matthew Leveson went missing in 2007, demonstrates to an inquest how he intended to use a mattock he bought the day before the disappearance to dig a vegetable garden.

Animal welfare expert says animals experience pleasure and fear, and deserve an enriched life of positive experiences.

Australian vice-captain David Warner plans on letting his bat do the talking as he prepares to face rivals South Africa in Perth.

The W-League's spectacular season launch featured the news games would be broadcast in the USA — just another step for forward for Australian women's sport.

A huge sandstone rock weighing as much as a humpback whale is being moved from the Giles Baths at Coogee in a week-long operation in order to reopen the area after it shifted in wild weather earlier this year.

Independent Sydney MP Alex Greenwich says the Star Casino should not be exempt from Sydney's lockout laws, after a leaked report suggests the venue has allegedly been under-reporting violent incidents.