Sydney News

Livestock producers buoyed by better prices and good seasons are showing a record level of interest by investing on farm expansion and staff increases.

After a deluge of complaints about buses in Sydney's inner west, the Government has decided to put the service out to private tender — a move the Opposition is describing as "another Berejiklian sell-off".

A drastic proposal to save Sydney's live music and arts scene from becoming "extinct" by scrapping the need for costly development applications has been presented to the Inner West Council, as venues continue to shutter in the emerald city.

A man is charged over the alleged murder of his mother after she was found dead inside her unit in Sydney's south on Monday morning.

There are no final decisions yet, but NSW coach Laurie Daley may well be calling on Mitchell Pearce and Jarryd Hayne for Origin I.

The ICAC hearing into Eman Sharobeem is adjourned amid concerns for her health, as the former Australian of the Year finalist claims she faked names on invoices because she was "clumsy".

It was one of the biggest gun-smuggling operations in Australian history — a brazen scheme that shocked NSW Police and embarrassed Australian Customs officials. And it was all run out of a suburban Sydney post office.

Canterbury's Will Hopoate makes himself available to play on Sundays in the NRL, reversing his previous stance to stand down for religious reasons.

Manly NRL full-back Tom Trbojevic has been ruled out for six to eight weeks with a syndesmosis ankle injury and MCL strain, ruling him out of contention for the bulk of the State of Origin series.

NSW police say a 28-year-old man being questioned over the suspicious death of his mother in Sydney's south was arrested in possession of a crossbow.

Australians are overbuying, overcooking and overeating, which is leading to high volumes of food waste and increasing waistlines, dietitians and chefs warn.

Writing the screenplay for the next Tom Hanks movie tops off a whirlwind few months for Oscar-nominated Australian screenwriter Luke Davies. The achievement is all the more impressive given how close he came to squandering his talents.

Doctors told Carly and Simon Gray to 'go out and enjoy your son', after eight-year-old Tom was diagnosed with brain cancer, a low survival cancer described as 'forgotten' by the Cure Brain Cancer Foundation.

Rugby league halfback Kylie Hilder's job is to grow the women's game around New South Wales, and on Sunday she'll reap the rewards of her work in the inaugural women's City v Country clash in North Sydney.

Robbie Farah's Rabbitohs thump the Tigers after the Dragons surrender second spot on the ladder to the Sharks. Look back at all the scores, stats and commentary with our ScoreCentre.

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian says she doesn't like paying tolls while announcing the city's motorists would be slugged more than $4.50 for a trip on the newest section of the WestConnex Motorway.

Former NSW secretary Jamie Clements may be fined up to $22,000 after being found guilty of using electoral roll information for an unauthorised purpose.

The High Court refuses to hear an appeal against the sentence for a man who killed NSW police officer Bryson Anderson.

The High Court grants Woollahra Council special leave to appeal against the New South Wales Government's forced council merger and five other Sydney municipalities mulling their legal options.

Forensic scientists say they are "surprised" by the number of people wanting to donate their corpses to the southern hemisphere's first body farm.

Both parents of a young boy who was shot in the hip last week in Sydney's west are charged for allegedly hindering the police investigation, while police say the couple's children remain in the family's care.

"It's life changing! I don't even know how many zeros are in $50 million," an unemployed Sydney man says after scooping last night's division one prize pool in Powerball.

The City of Sydney proposes abandoning stage three of the controversial $17 billion WestConnex toll road in a new submission to the NSW Government.

ABC journalist Mark Colvin devoted his life to telling stories. After his death yesterday, these are the stories his workmates are telling about him.