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Some health professionals say a national crackdown on chemical and physical restraints in aged care is limiting access to appropriate care for dementia patients.

Buying into a residential land lease community was meant to be an affordable housing option, but impending site fee increases at one Central Coast village are making it harder for residents to stay afloat.

Killcare Heights is located only a stone's throw away from the northern Sydney beaches, but residents living here have remained in a mobile blackspot for decades.

Nurses at Gosford Hospital say their patients are suffering due to unsafe workloads and employee levels, amid reports of repeated staffing breaches.

The Syrian refugees and their parents are among 100 refugees living in Australia under a pilot Commonwealth sponsorship scheme, in which volunteer groups "adopt" a family for 12 months to help them settle into their new lives.

From the world stage to infinity and beyond. This regional Mardi Gras float has taken the Sydney WorldPride theme to the next level, and it's gearing up to spread the love this weekend.

More than 20 people have drowned off a three-kilometre stretch of coastline between Newcastle and the Central Coast in NSW since 2008. As the coastal drowning death toll reaches a statewide record this summer, communities are trying to come up with solutions.

Older low-income tenants, some with disabilities, fear they will become homeless within months after being told to vacate a NSW caravan park where demolition is underway to clear the site for a lifestyle village.

Margaret and Hugh fell in love over their interest in electric cars. Now they're on a mission to dispel falsehoods about the technology, based on their own experience.