Sydney News

An ambitious 40-year vision for Sydney that aims to change the structure of the city is unveiled by the overarching planning body, the Greater Sydney Commission.

Police search a property in Sydney's west as part of investigations into the 1998 disappearance of a 12-year-old schoolgirl, after a man was charged with her murder yesterday.

American Jordan Spieth wins the Australian Open for the second time in a thrilling three-man playoff at Royal Sydney Golf Club.

A man is in a coma in hospital after being seriously injured in a suspected one-punch attack at Haymarket in central Sydney early this morning.

Geoff Ogilvy will carry a two-stroke lead heading into the final round of the Australian Open, but he has a raft of big names including American superstar Jordan Spieth on his tail.

A police officer has been left with a broken arm and four men are charged with assault over an alleged violent home invasion at Petersham in Sydney's inner-west.

Western Sydney Wanderers coach Tony Popovic admits he has ambitions to be the best football coach in the world, but that does not mean he is ready to leave the A-League.

The NSW Government is putting the focus on housing affordability in a five-year construction bonanza that will deliver almost 200,000 new dwellings in established areas.

It is much easier to get a liquor licence in New South Wales, with new figures showing authorities have refused just one application in six months.

A late own goal from Melbourne City midfielder Neil Kilkenny cancels a goal from team-mate Tim Cahill during the Socceroos veteran's highly-anticipated hometown comeback.

Newcastle battler James Nitties emerges from the golfing wilderness to snare the Australian Open halfway lead at Royal Sydney.

Tarek Assaad, 30, the brother of murdered Sydney gangland figure Hamad Assaad, is arrested on gun charges when detectives.

Lawyers for Liverpool Council challenge residents to prove soil dumped near their homes was contaminated with asbestos, during a legal battle taking place in the NSW Supreme Court.

Sydney man Michael Meakin is sentenced to a maximum of 24 years' jail for murdering Nicholas McEvoy with his van, after he drank 21 beers and got into a pub fight in Sydney's west in 2014.

A Sydney court is told Michael Quinn stabbed his girlfriend to death, then punished himself "more than any court ever could" when he turned the knife on himself.

Organisers of three-day Sydney Festival of Death and Dying say they hope to demystify the experience of dying and explore it from a range of surprising angles.

Jim Dickie has a guide book of knowledge about Sydney, but it was a simple question that had him stumped when he first volunteered as a meet-and-greet ambassador for newly arrived cruise ship passengers.

Greater Western Sydney has previously recruited from the NRL and now the emerging AFL powerhouse has looked to athletics with the signing of Commonwealth Games representative Jake Stein.

Former union official Derrick Belan and his niece, bookkeeper Danielle O'Brien, are arrested and charged with a series of fraud-related offences worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Sydneysiders may take some small comfort in the fact that it is not just their train route that is overcrowded during the morning peak, almost all of them are, new data reveals.

Former deputy leader of the Nationals Adrian Piccoli sparks an uproar in the NSW Parliament by miming shooting Labor MPs to make a point about their preference deal with the Shooters party in the by-election.

At a time of heightened political debate in Australia and overseas, both sides of politics have taken some difficult questions from Year 5 and 6 students about what matters to them.

He only received an invitation on Saturday, but Victorian golfer Lucas Herbert has made the most of it to grab a share of the Australian Open first-round lead.

NSW Premier Mike Baird promises reforms for the care of children who have been removed from their homes, admitting the system was not working as well as it should.

A series of targeted, execution-style shootings occurring across Sydney prompts NSW police to form a special strike force to look for links to criminal enterprises.