Clovelly - 2031

The 2024 Australians of the Year have warned the nation's tanning culture is "killing us", but that hasn't stopped of people hitting the beach on a scorching Australia Day.

Sydneysider Malcolm McWhinney left the proceeds from the sale of his multi-million dollar house to charity The Rev. Bill Crews Foundation.

Loved ones of Myron Love, who was killed in the Yeti Airlines crash, says he was a "rock" who fit "so much into his short life".

Lyn Dawson was missing for 40 years but her brother and sister never gave up hope. ABC's Australian Story goes behind the scenes as her siblings prepared for the outcome of her husband Chris Dawson's murder trial and digest the guilty verdict.

The marginal Liberal seat of Wentworth in Sydney's east is once again under threat from an independent. And the challenge from Allegra Spender is forcing incumbent Dave Sharma to prove his moderate credentials.

Thirty-one people are fined for holding a "public gathering" on cliffs in Sydney's eastern suburbs as police vow to get tough on those breaking health orders.

MORNING BRIEFING: Three beaches in the Randwick Council area will re-open for exercise on the sand and in the water, while police launch a critical investigation after officers shoot a man dead in Rockdale.

From Monday, three beaches in the Randwick Council area will re-open for exercise on the sand and in the water, which some have lauded as a win for wellbeing but others have criticised as premature.

Independent MP Kerryn Phelps and her political rival Dave Sharma ask the Australian Federal Police to re-open an investigation into a blast of "bigoted, racist" emails they both say are targeting them ahead of the federal election.

A 38-year-old "good swimmer" dies whilst snorkelling at a popular beach in Sydney's eastern suburbs, despite a frantic effort to revive him.

An email falsely claiming independent candidate Dr Kerryn Phelps has pulled out of the Wentworth by-election because she has HIV has emerged, in what the candidate says is just one of the "dirty tricks" being deployed in the campaign.

Police are on alert for a large-scale, unauthorised party at Gordons Bay - a protected marine reserve in Sydney's east.

Members of an historic fishing club in Sydney are cleaning up after severe weather wiped out boats and part of a timber storage ramp.

A man is rescued after his car ploughs through a fence and over a cliff in Sydney's east.

Police believe a man who died at Gordon's Bay in Sydney's east may have slipped from a walking track onto the rocks below.

Clovelly Public School, in Sydney's east, is one of the schools waiting to hear how funding will be affected.

The Blues went down by one point in last night's State of Origin decider.

An alleged national bikie boss accused of assaulting his partner has been refused bail in a Sydney court.

The New South Wales government plans to trial GPS tracking devices to monitor sexual offenders across the state.

Around 100 backpackers have been evicted by police and council rangers from beachside parking lots around Sydney's eastern suburbs.

A young woman has survived a 25-metre fall off a cliff in Sydney's east this morning.

Clovelly retiree Jim Watkinson is disappointed Australia has not implemented an emissions trading scheme.

A shark sighting has forced three groups of swimmers to pull out of the annual Tamarama to Clovelly ocean swim in Sydney's east.

A woman has drowned after she fell off rocks and into the water at the southern end of Sydney's Clovelly Beach at about 6.30pm.

A man has been charged after a fight which left his brother in a serious condition, in Sydney's east yesterday.