NSW
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Woman speaks out about Della Bosca affair
The woman involved in a sex scandal with former New South Wales Health Minister John Della Bosca has broken her silence, calling the backbencher ego centric.
ABC - November 6, 2009, 6:41 pm -
Double killer jailed until 2027
A man who stabbed his partner to death almost three years after killing a caretaker by pushing him down some stairs has been jailed for at least 19 years.
November 6, 2009, 5:42 pm -
Man jailed for tree-branch manslaughter
A man has been jailed for killing a man with a tree branch after the victim, who was carrying two knives and was intoxicated, chased a group around a NSW town.
November 6, 2009, 3:11 pm -
Dad pays $82.5k for email to principal
A Sydney father who defamed a school principal in an email attacking her competency has been ordered to pay her $82,543 in damages.
November 6, 2009, 3:09 pm -
Parole board urged not to release Chang's killer
The New South Wales Parole Authority will take a fortnight to decide whether one of two men convicted of the murder of Sydney heart surgeon Victor Chang should be released on bail.
ABC - November 6, 2009, 2:33 pm -
New taxi drivers must pass English test
Australia's transport ministers have approved a proposal to make taxi drivers pass an English test before they can get their licence.
ABC - November 6, 2009, 2:17 pm -
Jury convicts man over fatal boat crash
A Sydney man charged over a boat crash that killed a 34-year-old woman has been found guilty.
ABC - November 6, 2009, 1:41 pm -
Mum jailed for poisoning two children
A woman who gave her two children rat poison before smothering them has received a six-year jail sentence but will be eligible for parole in 2012.
November 6, 2009, 1:16 pm -
Boat owner found guilty over fatal crash
A boat owner has been found guilty of aggravated dangerous navigation causing the death of his passenger when the vessel ploughed into a Sydney bridge pylon.
November 6, 2009, 1:15 pm -
NSW sports hall wins world design award
A small country sports hall on the New South Wales south coast has beat the redevelopment of Wimbledon and the New York Jets training facility to take out the World Architecture Festival Awards.
ABC - November 6, 2009, 1:00 pm -
Man 'to plead guilty in student's death'
A homeless man accused of the rape and murder of a student who plunged to her death from a balcony in Sydney is expected to plead guilty to a number of charges.
November 6, 2009, 12:46 pm -
80yo wins second Dobell Prize
At 80 years of age, artist Pam Hallandal has become the oldest winner of the the Dobell Prize for drawing.
ABC - November 6, 2009, 12:32 pm -
Camping trip murder accused granted bail
A New South Wales man accused of murdering his wife on a camping trip will face court again next month.
ABC - November 6, 2009, 12:12 pm -
Rat poison mum jailed for killing kids
A woman who killed her children with rat poison at their western Sydney home has been jailed for at least four years.
ABC - November 6, 2009, 11:44 am -
Mum gets four years for poisoning kids
A Sydney woman who gave her two children rat poison before smothering them to death has been jailed for at least four years.
November 6, 2009, 11:20 am -
Business as usual for Bill Henson
Eighteen months on from when Bill Henson was at the centre of a national controversy over his photographs of naked adolescents, the artist has returned to centre stage.
ABC - November 6, 2009, 11:11 am -
School principal wins $80k defamation payout
A Sydney father has been ordered to pay more than $80,000 for defaming a school principal in a string of emails.
ABC - November 6, 2009, 11:04 am -
Driving with Big Brother
Ever since I first heard the Treasury Secretary Ken Henry raise the possibility of introducing a road user tax I haven't been able to stop thinking about how it would work.
ABC - November 6, 2009, 10:48 am -
Coroner calls for mental health funding boost
A coronial inquest into a man's hanging at a hospital in southern New South Wales has recommended that the state government substantially increase funding for mental health beds.
ABC - November 6, 2009, 9:41 am -
Student attacks blamed on race hate
Leading human rights campaigners believe racial hatred is a key factor in attacks on Newcastle's international students.
ABC - November 6, 2009, 9:24 am
