New South Wales

Two Queensland rugby union teams will be pitted against the rest of the country when they head to one of Australia's biggest Indigenous sevens tournaments.

Gordon Wood was paranoid police would try to "stitch him up again" after he was acquitted of murdering his former girlfriend Caroline Byrne, the Supreme Court is told.

Wollongong's Moir family packed up their lives and moved into a caravan at the start of 2016 with a view to playing orchestral concerts and busking around Australia.

Central Coast comes from behind to draw 1-1 with Newcastle, denying the Jets a return to the A-League's top six.

Researchers discover what could be one of the worst cases of mine pollution in the world in the heart of New South Wales' pristine heritage-listed Blue Mountains.

Collingwood, the Giants and the NSW Swifts record Super Netball wins in round two at the expense of the Firebirds, Fever and Thunderbirds.

The NSW Waratahs slog their way to a 19-13 win over the Western Force in their season-opening clash.

Australian athletes emphasise the need for more support at a younger age to help sports stars move on when their careers end, saying Dan Vickerman's death is a tragic reminder of the need to focus more on mental health.

The entire RSL NSW council is stood aside from their positions while an investigation over several alleged financial scandals takes place.

After almost being scratched due to the wet, champion Winx has easily claimed her 10th Group One victory in the Chipping Norton Stakes at Randwick.

An Australian playwright, whose work has been a standard study text, raises concerns about proposed changes to the HSC English curriculum, which favour bringing in more Shakespeare. 

In a world of steel and concrete, timber is making a comeback on industrial building sites.

Western Sydney Wanderers issue a formal apology to Sydney FC coach Graham Arnold over the offensive banner which marred last weekend's Sydney derby at the Olympic stadium.

US recruit Asia Taylor has been a dominate force for Sydney Uni Flames in the WNBL and her performances have not gone unnoticed in her homeland.

The ‘Not Our Way’ campaign includes this video which focuses on the effects of methylamphetamine abuse.

A mother who lost her five children at the peak of her ice addiction joins a new campaign which attempts to curb the rapid rise of drug use among young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Cross-laminated timber is produced in factories and delivered to building sites, where it is slotted into place for all-timber housing, touted as an environmentally-friendly option with lower onsite risk than on conventional sites.

NRL chief executive Todd Greenberg declares the game has only been operating at 75 per cent and needed to do better in 2017.

Surf lifesavers in the Illawarra are calling for surf education to be boosted in schools in Sydney's southern suburbs after a spike in near-drownings.

Sydney FC return to winning ways in the A-League, with Bobo's double and Manny Muscat's calamitous defending giving the Sky Blues a 3-1 win over a 10-man Melbourne City.

'So do you think I did it? The aside by Gordon Wood at the end of a paid interview in 1999.

Former doctor Graeme Reeves, who is on trial for manslaughter, says he made a mistake when he misdiagnosed a mother who later died, but was not criminally negligent.

A school in Newcastle is teaching students how to fly drones as part of the curriculum.

Surfest 2017 as seen from a drone about Merewether Beach (Supplied: Callaghan College, UAVAIR)

More than 100 residents affected by suicide band together in Grafton to form a plan to reduce the rate of people taking their own lives.