A 16-year-old boy will appear in a Sydney court later today charged with planning a terrorist attack on a Sydney Anzac Day event.

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Sydney's iconic Bondi Beach was ripped to shreds by an Aussie radio host this morning - here are some other beaches to visit instead.

The little grey whale surfaces about 100m from our boat and blows out a waterspout before playfully diving again.

Artists take centre stage in Sydney's 20th Biennale, finds Eli Orzessek.

Keith Collins and Jovi Pilapil were two single parents looking for another chance at love when they were attacked in a busy Sydney restaurant.

The divide between Melbourne and Sydney is a bit like that of Wellington and Auckland.

Stay at the Ovolo Hotel in the former wool store-cum-Naval building on Finger Wharf (Russell Crowe owns an apartment at the end).

You're right in the heart of the CBD. Opposite is the iconic Queen Victoria Building - boutique shopping, Romanesque arches.

A gunman thought to be armed with an automatic rifle is holed up inside a business in southwest Sydney, with police negotiators at the scene.

You don't have to travel to remote parts of Australia to experience its indigenous culture. There's plenty on offer right on Sydney's doorstep.

Australia's newest piece of criminal legislation is among the toughest in the world. The target: cyclists.

Once a year, Sydney plays host to a hedonistic celebration of diversity.

More than 150 passengers and crew sick on board cruise ship docked in Sydney.

Police have no idea why a man, who was shot dead inside a police station in Sydney, walked into the premises and allegedly started threatening officers.

A 17-year-old boy has been charged after allegedly posting threats to social media which triggered an evacuation of the Sydney Opera House precinct.

One man was killed, buildings destroyed and tens of thousands of homes were without power after a violent thunderstorm tore through Sydney.

Sydney police are searching for the man who made an anonymous payphone call to report the alleyway bashing of a New Zealand man who later died of his injuries.

Two men have been arrested after anti-Islam and anti-racism activists converged on Sydney's Cronulla beach, surrounded by huge numbers of police.

Police responding to calls of a domestic violence incident arrive to find an unexpected victim - a spider.

More than 60 New Zealanders are being held at a Sydney detention centre that Labour leader Andrew Little is visiting today.

Prince "wanted to visit the Lindt cafe" where the deadly Sydney siege took place but was advised against it by his own security detail.

Breathtaking images have emerged of a storm that rolled towards Sydney this afternoon.

Michael Burgess has a rather un-Manly introduction to the tricky balancing act known as stand-up paddleboarding.

Cheng, an accountant for the force for 17 years, was remembered as a gentle man, who was devoted to his family, friends and his police colleagues.

A Sydney student from the same high school attended by a teenage gunman who shot a police accountant dead outside Parramatta's Police Headquarters has reportedly been arrested.

Kiwi claims to be the love child of John Hemmes and is preparing to launch legal action to claim a chunk of the rich-lister's estimated $800 million.

Wynne Gray scores a seat at a victorious netball game and a ride home in a Maserati.

Heavily pregnant woman found dead in her Sydney home was married to a Kiwi and their teenage son made the devastating discovery.

Group of swimmers shocked to discover they had a close encounter with a shark while swimming at Bondi Beach - after they uploaded their underwater photos.