Three media outlets are being sued for making this man look "ridiculous" and "ugly".

DISTURBING CONTENT WARNING: A young girl was repeatedly tied up with barbed wire in what Australian police say is one of the most sickening cases they've seen.

Fed up with dope smokers stealing sections of garden hose for their bongs, Sydney grandmother Julia McCall took action with a note on her fence.

Inside the sick world of Sydney paedophile dance teacher Grant Davies who took thousands of photos of the tiny girls he "adored".

A branch of McDonald's in Sydney threw a party this week to mark the 30th anniversary of one staff member's first day on the job.

A child has died after being hospitalised during a gastro outbreak at a Sydney childcare centre. But New South Wales health authorities

A man in his 20s has been shot dead in a suspected drive-by attack on a suburban street at Georges Hall in Sydney's southwest.

Controversial euthanasia campaigner Philip Nitschke has denied his group had any contact with the father suspected of gassing his family.

Reports the Davidson father who is believed to have killed his wife, two children and himself contacted a euthanasia group have since been refuted.

Leila George checks in at the Westin, Sydney.

Auckland house prices are running hot but in parts of Australia's biggest city the market is something else.

Police are treating the tragic death of a family of four as a murder-suicide, as neighbours reveal the parents' struggle with disabled children.

A family got lucky when they won a $4 million Sydney mansion in a raffle

In Australia a vet is calling for pet ownership to be restricted to permanent residents, after he rehomed a dog that was dumped on the streets by an international student.

Justine Tyerman slips into another life at a glamorous yet homely property on the edge of Sydney Harbour.

An infestation of rats has hit Australia's biggest city, and it's human's fault. We created the conditions for them to thrive.

Firefighters have extinguished a bus fire that closed the Sydney Harbour Bridge in peak hour, but traffic chaos is continuing.

On arrival, we were greeted by one of the "directors of chaos".

A 22-year-old man charged with committing a terrorist act following a stabbing in Sydney's west was inspired by Isis, police say.

Fourteen months ago things were looking up for Takahue teenager Georgia Buckingham. She was back at home with her parents, Glenn

The Coca-Cola sign that has looked over Sydney's Kings Cross for more than four decades is up for sale on eBay.

Rodney Boatswain's mother wrote him out of her will, so he killed her friend, an inquest has heard.

His gutsy swim at the 2000 Sydney Games made him a cult figure, but what has become of Eric Moussambani since?

Sydney's buzzy festival has become a mess - but it would thrive in Auckland, writes Chris Schulz.

The sister of a teenage boy who died after being stabbed at a Sydney, Australia, party has written an emotional tribute to him.

Ben Taylor checks in at a cool New South Wales classic.

A magistrate's comments during sentencing of a man convicted of cyber-bullying has raised eyebrows.

The mother of a newborn baby that died after a "devastating error" at a Sydney hospital has spoken of her anguish.

Smoking will become illegal and offenders who refuse to give their identity to rangers may be arrested by police in a ban about to be enforced in Sydney.

Inquest reveals details of Sydney seige gunman's death