Emily Laurence

With a perfect biological and psychological storm stealing the slumber of teenagers, experts are calling for sleep to become a mainstay of their mental health treatment.

Music industry heads say families are cutting back on music classes as the cost-of-living crisis bites, while teachers are leaving the profession due to the drop in participation. What does this mean for the future of the industry?

A scam targeting Australian customers of one of the world’s biggest banks is on the rise.

A national report has found COVID caused one of the biggest drops in antibiotic use in Australia in decades, but fears remain the country is “losing the war” against drug-resistant infection.

From the Pilbara to Broken Hill, a team of volunteer tradeswomen is conducting workshops teaching young women how to use tools in the hope they will consider a trade — and it’s working.

A judge rules Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith has no arguable case against his ex-wife as he relied on "ill-founded" assertions that she accessed his emails.

Rapid tuberculosis testing is set up to screen hundreds of staff and patients of Sydney’s St Vincent’s Hospital following the detection of five cases of the same strain.

Ayokunle Oluwalana says he was sacked by a Bondi cafe after his manager told him the locals do not want him to make their coffees as they are “a bit racist”. XS Espresso says it is “deeply saddened” about the incident.

One of Australia’s top dishonours — the Gold Ernie for sexist remarks in public life — goes to Cricket Australia for sacking Angela Williamson over her tweeting criticism about Tasmania’s abortion policy.

Ernie Awards: Cricket Australia wins gold, Barnaby Joyce called out for sexist comments

The convictions of a mother, a former registered nurse and a Sydney Islamic sect leader are quashed by the New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal, citing a “potential miscarriage of justice”. WARNING: Contains graphic content.

Before work on the Snowy 2.0 energy project has even begun, scientists are voicing concerns about the environmental impact of proposed exploration works.

Police are questioning a man over a stabbing outside a busy railway station in the Sydney CBD in what police say is a random attack.

Opponents of a “glamping” development in Australia’s oldest national park vow to take legal action, saying the environment will be put at risk if construction begins.

One of Australia’s top Catholics declares 2017 an “annus horribilis”, meaning “horrible year” in Latin, saying Christian conceptions of life and love were challenged by same-sex marriage, euthanasia and the royal commission.

Darren Aronofsky, the director of the upcoming film Mother!, apologises for an advertising agency painting a portrait of star Jennifer Lawrence over a long-standing, iconic Newtown mural.

The site of a spectacular crash involving three B-doubles and a pantech truck is one of the last remaining single carriageway areas of the Pacific Highway in New South Wales.

The first bushfire of the season could hit New South Wales in a matter of weeks, flagging an early start this year, the Rural Fire Service says.

Essay prize winner and academic Michael Adams never understood his father’s suicide until he took up the sport of freediving.

Fears are expressed about the environmental impact of the first new mine proposed in the Sydney water catchment in more than 30 years, the Hume Coal Project, at a public meeting in the NSW Southern Highlands.