NSW

The Victoria Cross awardee asked a judge to give him permission to participate in a ceremony to open the Anzac Hall in Canberra next week. Prosecutors did not oppose the request.

There is no evidence a man ever assaulted a two-year-old boy, let alone inflicted a fatal blow in the middle of the night, his lawyer says.

A police constable's job is on the line after he was clocked travelling 200 kmph during an alleged illegal street race.

It took police almost an hour to respond to reports of a man ‘bashing the hell’ out of a woman who ultimately died from the attack.

The family of a young mum critically injured after being mauled by a shark off Sydney’s Coogee Beach has provided an update on her condition.

The 35-year-old mother was attacked on Saturday afternoon.

A notorious child killer who shot his fiancee’s nine-year-old daughter and dumped her body in a barrel has admitted to a separate crime.

A shark attack at one of Australia's best-known beaches comes after a horror summer for a state where four attacks took place in two days.

A six-year-old girl whose body was recovered from a river over the weekend may have been deliberately thrown in the water by her father, who also died.

Police have made a devastating discovery after the bodies of a man and his six-year-old daughter were found in the water on Saturday.

A shark encounter that left a woman critically injured has sparked calls for culls, yet experts warn it is not an evidence-based way of managing community risk.

Two other people were also wounded.

‘Once I had her next to me, I was just going, keep your head above water, keep breathing.’

An investigation will continue after police divers recovered the bodies of a father and his young daughter in a city river.

New details of a video taken after the alleged kidnapping and murder of Sydney mum Thi Kim Tran has been revealed in court documents. Warning: Distressing content.

Police searched for hours to locate the girl before the devastating finding.

Paramedics are treating the boy for a number of injuries.

A woman in her 30s is fighting for life after being mauled by a shark at a popular NSW beach.