New South Wales

Police charge a man with the murder of his partner, who was fatally stabbed in Sydney's west overnight in what is being described as a case of domestic violence.

A severe thunderstorm that hit Sydney and Wollongong, leaving three in hospital after being hit by lightning, left widespread damage from large hail and broken trees.

The NSW Rural Fire Service releases the final damage toll for a grassfire east of Queanbeyan, saying 11 homes were destroyed and 12 damaged.

A regional Australian company behind a game-changing bio insecticide that is safe for bees and other beneficial insects secures funding to ensure its production remains on home soil.

The Bureau of Meteorology warns residents in Sydney, the Hunter region and the central coast of New South Wales to prepare for more storms, after two days of severe weather caused widespread blackouts and property damage.

When evacuated residents returned to the Carwoola fire ground, what they found there was a landscape transformed.

Reporter Siobhan Heanue examines the damage caused by the fast-moving grassfire that swept the Carwoola region.

One week after devastating fires ripped through central western NSW, farmers are being given a helping hand with fodder being delivered from across Australia.

Three women sitting on a park bench at Bowral are struck by a bolt of lightning as severe storms lash the New South Wales east coast for a second day, with parts of Sydney and Wollongong hammered by large hailstones.

Reds keeper John Hall escapes serious injury after slamming his head into the goalpost while making a save in Adelaide's 1-0 win over Newcastle.

Reds keeper John Hall crashed face-first into the goal post.

The Brisbane Lions make it three from three with a win over Collingwood while GWS and Fremantle play out the first ever AFL Women's draw.

A wartime promise turns into a very special 100th birthday celebration for a former British Army officer now living near Newcastle, who promised his troops he would celebrate with 100 women if he made it that far.

At least 15 properties have been destroyed by the Carwoola fire to the east of Queanbeyan in NSW.

Firefighters hope a change in weather conditions will help them stay on top of a major bushfire that destroyed at least 15 homes to the east of Queanbeyan in New South Wales.

A woman is charged with murder after a man was fatally stabbed in the neck at a Padstow home in Sydney's south-west after an alleged argument.

Thousands of homes remain without power after hail, heavy ran and wind gusts of up to 109 kilometres an hour lashed the NSW central coast region yesterday.

In most cases of death from carbon monoxide poisoning, the first responder will not recognise the risk and also die trying to rescue the victim, an expert says.

Thousands of homes in Sydney's north and on the New South Wales Central Coast could be without power for the weekend, as crews frantically work to restore supply ahead of another storm this afternoon.

The largest commercial honey bee pollinator in one of Australia's key food bowls claims he can no longer base his 2,000 hive operation in the region because of chemical use by the emerging cotton industry.

Residents are beginning to return to their homes in the wake of a major bushfire east of Queanbeyan in New South Wales, anxious to find out whether buildings are still standing.

A spirited Adelaide United ground out a hard-fought 1-0 win over the Newcastle Jets at Hindmarsh Stadium on Friday night thanks to a second-half penalty from Marcelo Carrusca.

Siobhan Heanue reports from the NSW Rural Fire Service headquarters near Queanbeyan, February 17, 2017.

New York-based Australian artist Ian Strange returns to home shores for his latest exhibition, Shadow, and launch of his short documentary series.

A woman who was sexually assaulted by her stepfather 47 years ago has welcomed a sentence putting the now 80-year-old in prison for at least 10 months.