Sydney News

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Veteran midcourter Kim Green's move from the Swifts to the Giants looks positive, with the new club having a strong start ahead of the Super Netball season.

Gladys Berejiklian is NSW's premier-in-waiting as senior Government MPs rule out the idea of challenging her for the state's top job.

Newcastle Knights player Pauli Pauli is one of 10 people, including two children, injured in a seven-vehicle crash on the M1 Pacific Motorway north of Sydney.

The Sydney Thunder lose their last eight wickets for just 22 runs on their way to a 77-run BBL loss to the Adelaide Strikers.

Scott Eastwood, the son of veteran actor Clint, irritates environmental authorities after posting a video of an illegal cliff jump on social media earlier this week.

The number of stingray incidents at beaches is the second highest form of injury caused by marine life in NSW, closely behind bluebottle stings.

Cronulla signs grand final-winning full-back Ben Barba only two months after his contract was terminated by the Sharks following a positive test to cocaine.

Retrace the journey from the Blue Mountains, underneath the Granville Bridge, and all the way to Central Station with ABC reporter Clare Blumer, who this morning travelled the line 40 years after the Granville train disaster.

An injured red panda cub is on the mend after receiving around-the-clock attention from keepers at Sydney's Taronga Zoo.

Celebrations at the Sydney Opera House to mark the 50th anniversary of the 1967 referendum look back at the significance of music in helping to inspire historic change.

Sydneysiders flock to beaches in the early hours of this morning, trying to escape the heat with temperatures reaching a scorching 31 degrees Celsius at 6:00am.