A plan to bring night racing and skydiving to Randwick Racecourse has won the backing of the NSW minister responsible for racing.

Hume is the latest council to pursue Planning Minister Richard Wynne in the Supreme Court over plans to dump 3 million tonnes of soil contaminated with potentially carcinogenic chemicals.

Population studies are yet to find long-term dehydration in anyone. It seems we drink as much as we need.

Brisbane City Council’s Labor opposition has raised questions as a committee voted to discipline the sole Greens councillor for a post calling police ‘racist’.

Darcy Byrne is facing potential suspension after a tribunal found him guilty of allegations arising out of a stoush over a plan to develop part of Marrickville.

A couple had an unwell friend’s son stay with them in May 2019, but the stint ended with the boy suffering a serious head injury that will affect the rest of his life.

The family of an Indigenous boy who was allegedly assaulted by a NSW police constable in Surry Hills almost a year ago say they look forward to seeing fairness and justice when the matter is heard in court.

Jamie Luke Harwood, 46, is charged with four offences over the death of 21-year-old Ipswich mother Nicole Tina Herbert last year.

The opposition questioned the government about whether better management of the health system could have helped avert the death of a 32-year-old who waited 6.5 hours for an ambulance.

Former AFL coach Dani Laidley is suing Victoria Police over the leaking of photos taken of her in custody, alleging officers used offensive language to describe her in a WhatsApp group.

The man in his 30s recently returned from Poland and quarantined in Melbourne before returning to Collie.

Scott Morrison says his government will “look in good faith” at Victoria’s proposed 500-bed quarantine facility, but there is a question mark over how much money he will commit to it.

The man is accused of threatening and abusing the Richmond defender in the days after the footballer received a controversial free kick.

The delivery giant alleges some people claimed payments they weren’t entitled to but drivers and their union say the rewards have been withdrawn without clear explanation.

Sydney Harbour’s largest island would incorporate a creative precinct, eateries and waterfront parkland under plans to turn it into a “must-see destination”.

In the second attack on Fraser Island in as many weeks, a dingo has bitten a boy on Orchid Beach.

Ferry Grunseit worked long years to improve the lives of vulnerable children.

Close to 60 West Australian gymnasts have come forward to tell how they still struggle with mental health issues,  eating disorders and stress after suffering abuse as child athletes.

Ms Orr will become the state’s most senior legal adviser and advocate after nearly 20 years as a barrister.

Until now the doctors’ group was yet to formalise its position on the contested measure. Today it called the move an “overreach”.

Today on Please Explain, Nathanael Cooper is joined by foreign affairs and national security correspondent Anthony Galloway to look at the growing tensions between Australia and China.

The state recorded no new COVID cases in the community or hotel quarantine overnight, but the results of 33 close contacts and 194 casual contacts of the confirmed cases are yet to return.

The chief of Australia’s National Disability Insurance Scheme believes it has become too bureaucratic with participants having to “explain and justify” every aspect of their lives to a stranger.

The state government has convened a team of scientists to determine how the high-tech vaccines and a range of treatments can be made locally.

A teenage boy who was killed in a dirt bike crash on Monday in Brisbane has been remembered as a “lovable larrikin” who had a “bright future ahead of him”.

Coroner Jacqui Hawkins has called for changes to the way bar staff are trained in the responsible service of alcohol, and additional training in how to safely restrain someone.

Mr McGowan said it was an unusual move for a state government, but he believed it would help keep his own state safe and was the humane thing to do.

If you liked Pokemon Go, you’ll love this new murder mystery game set in the heart of historic Melbourne.

Some schools now offer no discounts for new staff while maintaining generous reductions for longer-serving employees.

The proposed laws would give public and non-government schools the ability to dictate the way aggressive parents or carers can interact with the school. Those caught breaking orders could be fined up to $10,000.

The federal cash splash and the latest news on WA’s COVID-19 cases will be part of a press briefing with Premier Mark McGowan at 8.30am.

In the past day, one Victorian town recorded more than double its monthly rainfall average. Drivers are being urged to take care on the state’s roads.

Five-year-old Romeo has been found safe and well and has been reunited with his family. 

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has denied he has “blood on his hands” after cricket great Michael Slater said the India flight ban was a “disgrace”.

Brisbane’s temperatures are expected to drop this week to 13 degrees, as the city recorded its first fog for the season.

A crash involving up to seven vehicles on the Pacific Motorway at Coomera caused lengthy delays around the Dreamworld theme park and one man was taken to hospital.

International researchers have called on countries including Australia to share reef restoration techniques and strategies.

I’m a proud Australian yet despite my Australian bona fides I am now persona non grata in my own country.

The proposed ramp designs will connect to the existing Bridge cycleway that is substandard now and unfit for any real growth.

Cronyism and political favouritism are having a direct impact on Australians.

Solomon Lew’s Premier Investments returned some $15.7 million in JobKeeper payments. But in court, he’s haggling over costs.

The release of long awaited concepts upgrading Sydney’s busiest bicycle route was met with mixed and passionate reactions from Milsons Point locals as well as the city’s cyclists.

International human rights lawyer Geoffrey Robertson QC says powers used to enact India travel ban undermine the rule of law.

An Australian-led research group has found ancient humans were often not the cause of extinctions when they first arrived on uninhabited islands.

Professor Dan Howard SC said he was deeply disappointed with the government’s failure to respond to the majority of his recommendations in the wake of the landmark inquiry.

A 16-year-old has been charged after he allegedly carjacked a delivery driver at Bidwell, in Sydney’s west.

This infiltration via our ports, combined with the bans and the imposition of high tariffs on exports, is already damaging many Australian lives.

Most women undergoing IVF are using add-on therapies for which there is no proof. Researchers warn the money would be better spent on more cycles of IVF.

Power from the Snowy Mountains Scheme’s first major generating station will begin flowing into the NSW system today.

Danny Simmons, the “bodgey” boxer with a love of sharp suits and pretty girls, met his untimely death while staying with his uncle - the notorious gangster, John ‘Chow’ Hayes.