Coalition Senate leader Simon Birmingham has announced his retirement from politics, hinting at his next steps as colleagues ...

A HUNTER school has come into the firing line for its choice of material when it comes to teaching sexual health in the ...

A YOUNG man has been taken to hospital and passengers were terrified after a "horrendous" daylight assault on a tram.

A worker has died at the John Hunter Hospital redevelopment site, SafeWork NSW says.

The first passengers will depart Newcastle for Sydney onboard one of the state's new $4-billion intercity train fleet on ...

AT the start of this season Lachlan Bayliss was in the midfield alongside captain Kosta Grozos.

Laws to give schools greater powers to manage violent and abusive parents have been introduced in a state parliament.

The former police officer who fatally shot an Indigenous teenager during a botched arrest has been labelled a racist by the ...

Australia has notched up a record year for renewable energy investment but more is needed, and quickly, the nation has been ...

A BOATIE who died while trying to retrieve his yacht at Lake Macquarie has been remembered by his family as "a well-loved man ...

The leaders charged with turning around the fortunes of troubled casino operator Star have given shareholders a ...

Torrential rain in Indonesia's North Sumatra province has caused flash floods and landslides in four different districts, ...