The Latest Breaking News from Sydney

"I was 18, playing with Joseph Sua'ali'i who was 14, and he was the best player on the park."

Federal parliament has been rocked by extraordinary revelations that Scott Morrison secretly assumed control of numerous ministries, including the resources portfolio, in the last term of government. The then prime minister went further and used his new powers to knock back a gas-drilling proposal off the New South Wales coast.

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MORNING BRIEFING: The NSW Opposition is questioning the role Premier Dominic Perrottet played in the recruitment and appointment of the state's London-based agent-general.

The NSW Police Minister says the families of those involved in Sydney's unsolved gangland murders are refusing to talk, as detectives throw all their resources into investigating the crimes.

Australia's housing market is set to drop 18 per cent, according to one major bank, and new data shows regional areas are joining Sydney and Melbourne in the slide.

Sydney commuters are facing more rail disruption this month as train workers vow to continue industrial action against the NSW government.

A report says up to 46,000 people in Sydney could fail to evacuate if flooding comparable to that experienced in Lismore earlier this year struck in the future.

Compliance patrols by police and military left refugees and asylum seekers in fear during Sydney's COVID-19 lockdowns, an inquiry has been told.