Temperatures have been plummeting in large parts of the country. But during the depths of winter, which town holds bragging rights as the coldest in the country?

A passage of powerful cold fronts has been delivering much-needed rain, small hail, snow and thunderstorms.

A Northern Rivers man has avoided time in prison after he was sentenced to a 15-month intensive corrections order for committing multiple bestiality offences on the NSW far south coast.

Winds in excess of 100kph have delayed flights in Sydney, blown roofs off buildings in Wollongong, and left almost 20,000 homes and businesses in the state without power.

NSW Police allege two teenagers were involved in a collision that killed a woman and an unborn baby.

Scientists have discovered that bogong moths use the stars and the Earth’s magnetic field to find their way to the Australian Alps, where they go to escape the summer heat. 

Police believe a former Western Sydney University student allegedly escalated from hacking into the uni's servers for free parking to threatening the sale of her peers' data on the dark web.