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SYDNEY AIRPORT ARREST OVER NYE THREATS
A man has been arrested by counter-terrorism police at Sydney Airport off a flight from London and charged with making threats related to New Year's Eve... READ MORE›
UNDERWORLD FIGURE BARBARO GUNNED DOWN IN SYDNEY
Pasquale Barbaro, 35, was found dead an Earlwood footpath after the shooting at about 9.40pm on Monday... READ MORE›
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FIVE HOSTAGES ESCAPE LINDT CAFE AS SUSPECTED ISLAMIST GUNMAN TAKES UP TO 15 PEOPLE CAPTIVE
New South Wales Police has requested that media organisations do not repeat the gunman's demands or relay what the hostages have said during these calls... READ MORE›
SYDNEY SIEGE: GUNMAN ISSUED DEMANDS, THREATS
Contributing Associated Press Two hostages run to safety outside the Lindt Cafe, Martin Place on Sunday in Sydney, Australia... READ MORE›
FIVE HOSTAGES FLEE SYDNEY CAFE DURING STANDOFF
Major landmarks in Sydney, including the Sydney Opera House, have been evacuated as police respond to a hostage situation... READ MORE›
HUGE 'CLOUD TSUNAMI' ROLLS INTO SYDNEY BEACH
The staggering footage shows what is usually known as a shelf cloud rolling in at Bondi Beach in the east coast city... READ MORE›
FLATS BOUGHT UP IN GOVANHILL AREA TO END SLUM HOUSING PROBLEM
Lettable standard The council and housing association have devised the South West Govanhill Property Acquisition and Repair Programme to tackle problems in the area... READ MORE›
C.J. CREGG (AKA ALLISON JANNEY) CRASHED THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS BRIEFING
Cregg aka Allison Janney crashed the White House press briefing 'The West Wing' will never die... READ MORE›
MASSIVE STORM CLOUDS ROLL OVER SYDNEY
A previous severe storm warning for the Sydney, Illawarra, South Coast, Central Tablelands, Southern Tablelands and Snowy Mountains districts has been cancelled... READ MORE›
EBOLA SURVIVORS IN WEST AFRICA TO SHARE STORIES VIA MOBILE APP
Unicef-backed campaign aims to fight stigma around disease which has killed over 7,900 people in latest outbreak... READ MORE›
SOUTH AFRICAN HOSTAGE PIERRE KORKIE WAS HOURS FROM RELEASE, CHARITY CLAIMS
South african hostage pierre korkie was hours from release charity claims... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIAN FISH MOVING SOUTH AS CLIMATE CHANGES, SAY RESEARCHERS
University of Tasmania finds 35 species face shifts in their ranges and egg-laying patterns as the waters off south-east Australia warm faster than average... READ MORE›
SYDNEY MAN DIES AFTER REDBACK SPIDER BITE, ALTHOUGH NOT YET CLEAR BITE TO BLAME
Jayden Burleigh, from Sydney's northern beaches, was reportedly bitten while walking on the north coast of New South Wales last week... READ MORE›
UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY TO CUT CARBON FOOTPRINT OF ITS INVESTMENTS BY 20%
University of Sydney to cut carbon footprint of its investments by 20 percent... READ MORE›
BOMB HOAXES SENT TO SYDNEY SCHOOLS AS OTHERS ARE TARGETED AROUND THE WORLD
A series of co-ordinated bomb threats sent to school across NSW on Friday appeared to coincide with hundreds of threats sent to schools around the world... READ MORE›
SYDNEY POLICE QUESTION WINE BAR OVER WINE LIST
NSW police media told SBS the bar was approached as part of a wider operation in the inner Sydney region on Saturday... READ MORE›
SYDNEY, SO HOT RIGHT NOW: WHAT'S BEHIND THE CITY'S RECORD RUN OF WARM WEATHER?
Sydney's February 2016 average maximum temperature was 28.2?, its equal-fifth-warmest February on record... READ MORE›
AUSSIE GUNMAN WAS NOT ON TERRORIST WATCH LIST, PM SAYS
Australian media identified him as radical Muslim cleric Sheik Man Haron Monis... READ MORE›
TEEN DEAD AFTER FALL IN SYDNEY BUILDING
The 13-year-old was taken to Sydney Children's Hospital in Randwick in a critical condition after falling down the four-storey stairwell on Sunday afternoon... READ MORE›
HEPATITIS A FEAR FOR SOUTH AUSTRALIAN CHILDREN AFTER THEY ATE FROZEN BERRIES
, Queensland and WA have now tested positive to hepatitis A after eating the Nanna's brand of imported frozen mixed berries, the health department says... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIA TO BAN CHINESE FROM LEASING SYDNEY POWER GRID
Post to Facebook Australia to ban Chinese from leasing Sydney power grid Treasurer Scott Morrison declined to detail the security issues raised by the deal... READ MORE›
FREEDOM RIDE'S 50TH ANNIVERSARY MARKED AT SYDNEY UNIVERSITY
Inspired by the Freedom Riders of the American Civil Rights Movement they embarked on a journey through western New South Wales... READ MORE›
COMMENT: 'LIFE IS A TEST. ALWAYS' - BILLY DIB
I met Ahmed when I visited his school as part of a role model program being run in South West Sydney... READ MORE›
SYDNEY SIEGE: LONE GUNMAN KNOWN TO POLICE - INDEPENDENT.IE
Five people have fled from a Sydney cafe where a gunman is holding an unknown number of hostages... READ MORE›
LATE RAINS LEAVE QUEENSLAND QUENCHED AND SYDNEY SODDEN
The month of February was particularly dry in the New South Wales capital, with a mere 22 percent of the month's long-term average rain falling... READ MORE›
GUNMAN FOUND DEAD AFTER SHOOTING THREE MEN AT SYDNEY INDUSTRIAL PARK
A gunman who killed one person at a sign-making business in western Sydney has died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIA TO BAN CHINESE FROM LEASING SYDNEY POWER GRID
When it comes to foreign investment, particularly in an asset such as this, the national security issues are paramount, he said... READ MORE›
KILLER MAN HARON MONIS FILMED YOUTUBE VIDEOS OF ATTACK AND FORCED HOSTAGES TO USE SOCIAL MEDIA TO RELAY DEMANDS
Sydney cafe siege Killer Man Haron Monis filmed YouTube videos of attack and forced hostages to use social media to relay demands... READ MORE›
POLICE OPERATION UNDER WAY AT DOWNING CENTRE COURT COMPLEX IN SYDNEY
A police operation is under way at the Downing Centre Court complex in central Sydney... READ MORE›
HUNDREDS EVACUATE AS WILD WEATHER MOVES SOUTH
Flood warnings remained in place on Monday afternoon for a number of NSW rivers and coastal homes after the vicious storms left 545 properties isolated... READ MORE›
SYDNEY BOYS HIGH SCHOOL PUT IN LOCKDOWN AFTER REPORTS OF 'ARMED MAN'
Sydney boys high school put in lockdown after reports of armed man... READ MORE›
IDENTITY MATTERS: BANKSTOWN BOY BRYAN BROWN
The Bryan Brown Theatre sits on the corner of Chapel Street and Rickard Street, nestled in the heart of Bankstown in South West Sydney... READ MORE›
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CHINA CEMENTING GLOBAL DOMINANCE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY
The report noted the global expansion cements China's total domination of renewable energy growth globally... READ MORE›
POOR RANKING FOR AUSTRALIA IN CLIMATE ACTION INDEX RELEASED AT MOROCCO TALKS
Australia's climate change policies continue to be ranked as very poor in an international comparison of 58 countries... READ MORE›
'THAT IS DEFINITELY NOT A DOLPHIN'
'That is definitely not a dolphin' shark attack victim plays down hysteria... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIA, NORTH CAROLINA BEACH TOURISM BATTLE DEADLY SEA CREATURES
Record Shark Attacks Around The World Australia, North Carolina Beach Tourism Battle Deadly Sea Creatures... READ MORE›
ABORIGINAL INMATE DIES AFTER SOUTH AUSTRALIAN JAIL INCIDENT
An Indigenous inmate has died after an altercation involving prison guards at a South Australian jail... READ MORE›
AFTER 'BIG BITE' FROM SHARK, WATER WENT RED, VICTIM RECALLS
Korcsmaros, a longtime triathlete who lives in the inland city of Corona, said she has seen dolphins and fish on her swims but never sharks... READ MORE›
THE JUMPING SHARK: GREAT WHITE PICTURED COMPLETELY OUT OF THE WATER
The photograph was taken by Nathan McLaren on Tuesday as he watched surfers off Swansea Heads, just south of Newcastle in New South Wales... READ MORE›
MUCH-LOVED BRITISH GRANNY KILLED IN GREAT WHITE SHARK ATTACK OFF AUSTRALIAN COAST
It is thought she was killed by a 16ft five-metre great white shark, according to ABC Australian Broadcasting Corporation ... READ MORE›
GREAT WHITE SHARK SUSPECTED OF KILLING PERTH DIVER TO BE HUNTED
A great white shark suspected of killing a 60-year-old diver in Perth's north is being hunted... READ MORE›
SHARK KILLS AUSTRALIAN DIVER; 2ND DEADLY ATTACK IN LESS THAN A WEEK
Woman killed by a large shark off the west Australian coast in the countrya??s second fatal attack in less than a week... READ MORE›
DIVER KILLED BY SHARK 'LARGER THAN BOAT' IN AUSTRALIA
The woman was the second person killed by a shark in Western Australia in less than a week... READ MORE›