Penny Burfitt is a multi-platform reporter at ABC Illawarra in New South Wales. She tweets from @burfittpenny
Jenny Spencer says she will have to halve her caseload under a new federal insurance scheme that only covers some private midwives for homebirth.
A young boy was taken to hospital in a serious condition after being hit by an e-bike outside a primary school in Tahmoor, south-west of Sydney.
Court documents allege the incident earlier this month resulted in the officer being seriously injured and requiring surgery to reattach his kneecap to a tendon.
Days after proposed timetable changes were abandoned, the government is promising to electrify the rail line from Kiama to Bomaderry and add additional tracks.
Parents have raised concerns about illegally modified e-bikes as the Sydney Children's Hospital reports an increase in admissions relating to crashes.
Community members opposed to Nakar Property’s proposal to build a gas-fired power station in Moss Vale voice their concerns in the Land and Environment Court.
Margaret Throsby is calling for tighter regulations on e-bikes, as she recovers from major surgery after being struck on a shared path last month.
Topic: Road Accidents and Incidents
One e-bike rider allegedly returned an alcohol reading more than twice the driving limit , while a second left the scene after a crash which critically injured a 16-year-old girl near Wollongong.
Topic: Transport Accidents and Incidents
Locals say it was "amazing" no-one was injured in Saturday's storm, which felled trees and street signs, tore off roofs, and left two homes uninhabitable.
A number of illegal e-bikes were destroyed and turned into scrap metal at a wrecking facility in Western Sydney.
Margaret Throsby's family is calling for a crackdown on e-bikes after the former ABC presenter needed hospital treatment after being struck on a shared pathway.
Topic: Road Accidents and Incidents
The NSW Department of Planning has admitted it made an error when it skipped consultation with key agencies regarding a proposal for a major gas plant to power data centres.
Prospective buyers have been bunking with loved ones for more than a year, while current owners scramble to secure repairs on their Bathla properties.
Topic: Housing Construction Industry
Business owners scan cash notes with blue lights in a bid to avoid being stung, as the Australian Border Force reports a huge increase in the amount of counterfeit cash entering the country.
Lily Hooper's family releases its first statement this afternoon, as the seventh day of the search for the 18-year-old, missing in the Nattai National Park, continues.
A man believed to be in his 20s dies and two others are injured in a truck crash on Jamberoo Mountain Road in New South Wales.
Topic: Road Accidents and Incidents
Belongings found on a popular beach sparks search for missing swimmer who failed to return from the water.
A 60-year-old woman who stabbed her grandson and daughter-in-law has been sentenced to jail. Her defence team had argued she was suffering sudden and extreme anger partially induced by weight-loss medication.
The state government wants to replace about 400 social housing properties moments from the beach with a 2,500-apartment development, but tenants say they will not go.
Police have charged a man and say they expect more arrests in relation to the stabbing of Brandon Yates, who was found fatally injured in an apartment in Wollongong in 2025.
Fallen powerlines electrified a metal fence encircling the home before a gas cylinder "went off like a rocket" as a house in Warilla is engulfed within minutes.
The anti-corruption commission is to examine allegations about recruitment and the employment of a consultancy firm against Chancellor Michael Still and other members of the university's executive.
Nine women say they were encircled, yelled at and filmed by a group of teenage boys on e-bikes while on a women's history tour of Wollongong.
More than 200 people voice their opposition to plans to build one of the country’s largest gas-fired power plants in the NSW Southern Highlands to provide energy for data centres.
Energy Australia says the proposed 1.4-gigawatt gas-fired power plant would be critical to the energy transition by supplying reliable back-up power, but analysts have flagged supply and economic issues.
