Penny Burfitt

A magistrate grants a forensic order allowing police to do an external examination and take DNA samples from 48-year-old Milenko Snjegota, whose father's body was found by a neighbour outside the pair's home on Sunday.

The charge comes after the accused's father was found dead with head injuries at a home just south of Wollongong.

After months of protests against offshore wind farm projects, people have gathered in support of turbines being developed off Australia's east coast, hopeful of more work and job security.

Police allege the accused was driving in a dangerous and negligent manner when the crash occurred near Shellharbour. Alice Roy, 23, who died in the incident, was working and travelling in Australia.

Hany Barsoum says he feared for the safety of his staff during the exchange, which he believes "could have been really bad". Meanwhile, police have made courtroom arrest of a man associated with those involved in the incident over an unrelated matter.

The comedian has a 97-per cent chance of contracting cancer, but taking a genetic test to shed more light on the risk could ruin her chances to obtain life insurance.

Last year Australia had its highest road death toll since 2019 and experts say one way to bring it down is better data. The call comes after deaths yesterday in Sydney's north-west, the Riverina and central west.

Wildlife carers say grey-headed flying foxes are "amazing creatures" — but the species is dying at an alarming rate, and they're running out of volunteers to help save them.

Mothers have cried while telling a NSW inquiry into birth trauma of being ignored and mistreated by hospital staff.

The men were charged with drug and weapons offences following a series of raids that were the culmination of a weeks-long probe into drug cultivation and supply in NSW.

The interventions aim to tackle stillbirth rates, but have been criticised for not striking the right balance between reducing risks and offering support for pregnant women.

As wild weather that brought flash flooding to parts of New South Wales eases, a thunderstorm warning remains in place for much of the state and authorities continue to respond to emergencies.

The federal police attempt to enforce a US restraining order in Australia to take control of a New South Wales South Coast mansion being sold by Daniel Duggan's wife to fund his legal bills.

George Griffin, 12, said he and his friends were "pretty scared" at first, but used their surf life saving training to save two teenage girls, and a mother and her three children, from the waves on Saturday — the second rescue by teens at Kiama within days.

Elderly patients are dying in hospitals in the Illawarra Shoalhaven while waiting, sometimes for months, to be transferred to aged care facilities. Here's why

New South Wales women's groups say they're "absolutely stunned" by the recent publication of development applications for domestic violence shelters by local councils.

Police say it will take several days to identify the body, found after a search for a 28-year-old man last seen in the surf at Fairy Meadow Beach in North Wollongong.

Search crews say the man was last seen by friends caught in a rip after entering the water at a Wollongong beach on Sunday.

Lord Mayor Gordon Bradbery AM says he does not support Hamas or the terrorist activities, but has defended the speech Jewish groups have called "reprehensible and irresponsible" by saying the attack didn't happen in a vacuum.

Joshua Pike's family and friends are remembering the 13-year-old as a fun-loving, larger-than-life character who could "make you laugh at the drop of a hat".

The 13-year-old was hit after stepping off a bus on a stretch of road local leaders say has been a long-standing safety risk to the community.

Talatau "Junior" Amone has been stood down by the St George Illawarra Dragons. His father was also convicted over the 2022 incident.

Wildlife rescue organisations in New South Wales warn a new disaster response plan hasn't been completed almost four years after the Black Summer bushfires, leaving native animals at risk as summer approaches.

Four years ago these residents of Sussex Inlet were trapped in their town, cut off by fire. They fear the same thing could happen this summer.

The Nan Tien Temple, an unlikely sight on the edge of Wollongong fringed by the swoop of powerlines and bordered by industrial retail sites, is now under consideration for the state's heritage registry.