Declan Bowring

A court has ordered Sydney Water to repair eroded banks of a Penrith creek, but a possible fix has alarmed conservationists. 

Council says the move is against providing "activities of sexualised nature" to children, but one councillor says it is an "objection to queer people". 

A Sydney council has backed down from a plan to switch from weekly to fortnightly waste collection after complaints about smelly bins, maggots and flies.

Lion dances are a regular feature of Lunar New Year festivities, but this year there is increased demand for a more complex routine.

Labor councillors voted against their party's mayor and deputy mayor to get a million-dollar partnership with a NRL club across the line.

Commuters are facing journeys extended by up to 50 minutes in some parts of the city.

Only 12 per cent of the 800,000 tonnes of plastic waste generated in NSW every year is recycled and the EPA is looking for ways to improve those numbers.

Witnesses said they heard an "enormous" noise of cracking of timber as the disused wharf fell into Berrys Bay, taking with it a lonely statue that mysteriously appeared overnight late last year.

The maritime union says operators are being paid less than road traffic controllers who are being brought in to assist at river crossings.

Powering through South-East Asia's jungles, Kazakhstan's deserts and the Aussie outback, Roman Nedielka wants to show that electric vehicle range anxiety is a myth.

Sixty scooters have been placed around the suburb of Kogarah's town centre and may be ridden in an area between St George's Hospital, Jubilee Oval and Allawah, Carlton and Kogarah train stations.

The endemic White's seahorse has been in decline for decades, but now hundreds have been raised in captivity and released around Sydney Harbour, the latest in Clontarf tidal pool.

Western Sydney's first beach opens to the public, with "crystal-clear" water and few geese droppings.  

Rope bridges were installed at Ku-ring-gai in 2006 after a study found 600 possums had died there in two years. Research suggests the strategy is working.

The famous Christmas beetle usually comes out in force at this time of year, but one scientist is noticing a surge in sightings of another not-so-welcome bug.

Thousands of people descend on Mallee Street in Sydney's Quakers Hill every year to get a look at the Overtons' home, turning their quiet suburban street into a traffic snarl.

A Western Sydney University professor says her invention is as strong as new concrete, cheaper, and has the potential to help the construction sector become significantly greener.

In inner Sydney, many people who have never accessed food relief before are reaching out for help. Vinnies volunteers say there's been a huge increase in parents asking for food to put in their kids' school lunch boxes.

A piece of Australian maritime history is back in Sydney's north-west, but not without some incredible personal sacrifices from its captain.

Mayor of Liverpool Ned Mannoun has criticised politicians for not calling for a ceasefire in the Middle East conflict as people in his community struggle with intense feelings of sadness and powerlessness.

Councils need more time to organise the rollout for multi-unit dwellings like apartments, according to an organisation representing councils in Sydney's west.

The state's two best spellers went head to head for 12 gruelling sudden-death rounds, with judges on the verge of turning to their list of emergency words.

The deputy mayor of a Sydney council is sacked after trying to amend a motion about the Israel-Gaza conflict, to call out "war crimes" by Israel and hold both sides of the conflict to account "in accordance with international law".

A Sydney arborist says London plane trees make for a great urban tree, but a warming climate has forced planners to find a more resilient species.

Felines will not be accepted for a month to protect animals from communicable diseases, the RSPCA NSW says.