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Data from the Parliamentary Library has revealed which of the 11 federal electorates have the highest total HELP debts in Australia.

A high-flying Sydney businessman has pleaded guilty to a domestic violence assault but has had allegations of choking a woman withdrawn.

Newcastle would have to double its rate of housing completions.

Minister says ‘it’s illegal’ after Guardian revelations of contaminated products on sale in stores, but Greens say it’s ‘obvious’ new laws not enough

It’s the year 2008, and some members of the International Association of Lighting Designers are gathered in a boardroom in North Sydney, myself included. My colleagues Mary-Anne Kyriakou (who would later be Vivid’s inaugural festival director) and Michael Day are sharing a vision of what’s almost unthinkable at the time.

A woman will face court charged with the alleged domestic-violence related stabbing murder of a man in Sydney's east.

The concerning discovery of a placenta and umbilical cord by a Sydney river have prompted urgent calls for the unidentified mother to attend hospital.

After 25 years and almost 700 albums, the tastemaker who brought Belle and Sebastian and Arcade Fire to Australia are shutting up shop

Divers and a blood detection dog are looking for a woman and her baby around the Cooks River in Sydney’s south-west

"And we're hoping to do something like that tonight!"

Police are scratching their heads after a dog-walker found evidence of a birth at a river in Sydney, with fears for the health of the mother and child.