Tim Fernandez

A 66-year-old woman has been arrested and remains in hospital under guard after the bodies of two children aged six and and seven were found at a home in Coonabarabran.

All southbound lanes on the M1 motorway has reopened after a massive effort from emergency crews to remove metal shards spilled onto the road which damaged hundreds of vehicles early this morning.

Young people in some of Australia's most expensive regional towns are disappointed with both major parties, as experts warn their policies are likely to push house prices up even further.

A man has been charged with manslaughter almost two months after he allegedly crashed into a car driven by a pregnant teenager whose newborn baby later died in hospital.

A sovereign citizen who abducted her child in a hire van before she was intercepted by police en route to a supposed "sovereign state" is sentenced to two years' jail.

Police are investigating three fatal crashes across NSW in the past 24 hours, including the deaths of two men who were killed when their car left the road and crashed into a river.

A new biography of the former lord mayor of Wollongong, Frank Arkell, reveals evidence suggesting police were aware of his involvement with a paedophile ring more than a decade before he was charged with child sex offences.

BlueScope Steel says it will work with the US government to ensure they understand the Australian company's significant investment in American steelmaking.

NSW Energy Minister Penny Sharpe warns that thousands of people in northern NSW could be without power for days.

Residents in the Northern Rivers region  of NSW have been told to leave by this evening before evacuation routes close due to rising flood waters.

Parts of the northern NSW coast were already experiencing rain squalls and south-easterly winds on Wednesday morning, with forecasts predicting 6-metre swells in the ocean.

The government has signed a $313.5 million deal to support Australia's growing fleet of Seahawk helicopters, while people who fly the aircraft have backed their submarine-hunting capability.

BlueScope Steel is negotiating with the administrators of the Whyalla Steelworks to join as an expert advisor, but industry insiders believe it may also be interested in a more permanent arrangement. 

The federal government will provide $500 million in funding and set "ambitious" targets to use locally-made steel and aluminium in renewable projects, including offshore wind.

Offshore wind is proving a key challenge for the government, with hecklers interrupting the prime minister's announcement of Labor's new candidate in the Illawarra.

For the second time Donald Trump has created a cloud of uncertainty in the Illawarra, where his steel import tariffs could have major flow-on effects.

Hundreds of workers at a coal mine owned by British billionaire Sanjeev Gupta have been stood down after suppliers refused to deliver critical materials over unpaid debts.   

The federal government is pushing ahead with its renewable energy investment by expanding a scheme that subsidises property owners who are decarbonising their homes.

The most expensive project in Australian steelmaking history is underway in the NSW steel town of Port Kembla.

University of Wollongong academics say they have been forced to compete against each other for their jobs after the university confirmed it will shed more than 90 positions.

The prime minister has entered the battle to retain Labor's most marginal seat, Gilmore, taking aim at Liberal challenger Andrew Constance and questioning his track record and commitment to the region.

Western Australia emerges as Australia's newest steelmaking state after securing a groundbreaking green iron pilot plant ahead of New South Wales and South Australia.

Granties Maze owner John Grant says he will fight a court order to dismantle dozens of rides at his NSW south coast attraction.

In sentencing, the magistrate noted the "extreme extra-curial punishment" Carly McBride has endured since the deadly incident south of Wollongong last year.

Several teenagers were injured when a second-floor deck at a holiday rental in NSW beachside town "gave way" during a party attended by about 40 people, according to a witness.