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South Sydney coach Wayne Bennett says "rubbish" from his team continues to cost them chances to win games, as the Rabbitohs are beaten by the Cronulla Sharks.

When 70-year-old Annie Milne started a Granny Grommets group in her small northern New South Wales town she was "inundated" by older women eager to make friends and step out of their comfort zone.

The Brisbane Broncos will become the first reigning premier in 20 years to miss the NRL finals, after their faint hopes of playing in the playoffs ended with defeat to the Newcastle Knights on Saturday.

The son of a convicted drug smuggler has been sentenced to four years' jail for helping to retrieve cocaine from a ship in the Port of Newcastle.

Melbourne Storm coach Craig Bellamy has conceded his side will not be playing finals in 2026, with the club set to miss out for just the fourth time in its history.

A NSW deputy state coroner has found evidence escort agency bosses knew what happened to Revelle Balmain, who vanished in 1994.

The Hunter Transmission Project will see more than 100 kilometres of large transmission lines built from the NSW Upper Hunter to Lake Macquarie, with the route amended to minimise impacts to private landholders and an endangered frog.

Experts say the escape of a fully laden coal train which rolled downhill through the NSW Hunter Valley with no-one on board was a "worst-case scenario" for rail safety.

The fully laden coal train started rolling downhill during a crew change in the NSW Hunter Valley. 

The NSW Net Zero Commission recommends tighter planning controls for the approval of coal extensions and data centres, as it predicts the state will fall short of its legislated 2030 emissions reduction target. 

One Nation has some of its strongest support in outback Australia and recent polling shows it could win over 30 regional seats. So what's winning over regional Australians when it comes to Pauline Hanson's party?

A Newcastle accountant is jailed for defrauding hundreds of thousands of dollars from a company that owns a network of supermarkets in the Hunter Valley.

A jury finds that Kane Flanders acted in self-defence when he struck Ash Morgan over the head with a Razor scooter at Raymond Terrace in 2024.

Scott Dureau is remembered as an "exceptional" player and person after losing his life to brain cancer.

Two long-running Australian jazz festivals have been cancelled, with organisers blaming new superannuation rules. 

Four men have been refused bail in a New South Wales court where they have been charged over an alleged June home invasion and abduction of two children, aged four and seven. 

Two Southern Ocean deepwater seabirds, the Kerguelen petrel and the grey petrel, have been photographed off Port Macquarie, during a "stunningly rare" southern seabird event.

Will Warbrick's Melbourne Storm career appears to be over, with the departing winger rupturing his Achilles in his side's 14-6 loss to the Sydney Roosters.

Brisbane fullback Reece Walsh has been described as "unbelievable" by Penrith's coach after leading the Broncos to an upset win on Thursday, ending an eight-match losing streak and keeping their slim finals chances alive.

A proposed extension to a major NSW coal mine has been slammed by climate activists, despite strong support from the local community.