Romy Stephens

A man has pleaded not guilty to allegedly removing a live silky bantam chicken, called Betty White, from a wildlife park enclosure and throwing it into a nearby alligator enclosure.

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.

One business owner had his water pipes blow out because he was unable to monitor the pressure of his 140-kilometre-long system.

A cold case investigation has resulted in a 62-year-old man being charged over the unrelated alleged abduction of a teenage girl in the Lake Macquarie region of New South Wales in the 1980s.

Brett Andrew Button has been formally charged with manslaughter after he was accused of dangerous driving leading to a crash that killed 10 wedding guests in the NSW Hunter Valley.

Police are renewing efforts to solve the murders of Robert Pashkuss and Stacey McMaugh, revealing the man, who was trying to escape the world of drug dealing, had possible links to organised crime.

An official survey estimates the roo population declined significantly across New South Wales in the past 12 months, yet farmers say numbers appear healthy.

Hundreds of nursing vacancies across the state are being filled by agency nurses on locum rates, in a cycle described by health officials as "completely unsustainable".

Firefighters are working to contain bushfires in the New South Wales Hunter region ahead of worsening conditions tomorrow, after a home and tyre shop in Weston were destroyed.

Storms that brought heavy rain in November have put a "handbrake" on the drought for some areas, but without follow-up falls farmers could be back to where they started.

Hundreds of people use kayaks and floats to block the Port of Newcastle for 30 hours to protest coal exports and a lack of action on climate change. 

Adam Bray lost his son Zach in the tragedy that claimed 10 lives in June. He wants a federal taskforce to examine bus safety management, seatbelt use, and regulation to ensure no-one else has to suffer his loss.

The NSW pricing regulator has released a final report into its rate peg review. It comes as rising rates add to the cost of living crisis. 

Police allege Dee Folpp could have already been dead when they did a welfare check at a Muswellbrook unit before officers left and then returned later to find her body.

Police have found the body of a woman, believed to be in her 60s but yet to be identified, at a detached premises at the back of a Sydney Street, Muswellbrook, property.

Sydney Botanic Gardens experts conduct genetic testing to help restore the only population of river red gums east of the Great Dividing Range. 

Police and a member of the public have found debris during a major land and sea search on the NSW east coast, but cannot confirm whether it is from the missing aircraft.

Hundreds of people — family, friends, community leaders, and strangers — gather to pay tribute to those who were lost after a bus rolled at a roundabout near Greta in June.

Organisers estimate around 500 people attended today's event at Nelson Bay, as locals raised concerns about the potential impact of an offshore wind zone. 

An exclusion zone has been set up north of Newcastle due to the threat of an explosion inside an energy plant.

The ABC spoke to a number of First Nations people in Sydney and the regions to hear what the Voice means to them.

The NSW government is being urged to change how agencies respond to vulnerable people after recent deaths following interactions with police.

The huge Central Coast gathering, which is in its 51st year, comes as the nation prepares to vote on the Indigenous Voice to Parliament, but organisers are keen to keep the focus on the footy as communities use the opportunity to connect. 

Police allege six teenagers forced their way inside a home at Merewether before stabbing a man and a woman. 

Police say they will investigate "less than lethal" options after a 47-year-old died in hospital after being subdued in her home to end a 10-hour stand-off.