Penny Burfitt

George Griffin, 12, said he and his friends were "pretty scared" at first, but used their surf life saving training to save two teenage girls, and a mother and her three children, from the waves on Saturday — the second rescue by teens at Kiama within days.

Elderly patients are dying in hospitals in the Illawarra Shoalhaven while waiting, sometimes for months, to be transferred to aged care facilities. Here's why

New South Wales women's groups say they're "absolutely stunned" by the recent publication of development applications for domestic violence shelters by local councils.

Police say it will take several days to identify the body, found after a search for a 28-year-old man last seen in the surf at Fairy Meadow Beach in North Wollongong.

Search crews say the man was last seen by friends caught in a rip after entering the water at a Wollongong beach on Sunday.

Lord Mayor Gordon Bradbery AM says he does not support Hamas or the terrorist activities, but has defended the speech Jewish groups have called "reprehensible and irresponsible" by saying the attack didn't happen in a vacuum.

Joshua Pike's family and friends are remembering the 13-year-old as a fun-loving, larger-than-life character who could "make you laugh at the drop of a hat".

The 13-year-old was hit after stepping off a bus on a stretch of road local leaders say has been a long-standing safety risk to the community.

Talatau "Junior" Amone has been stood down by the St George Illawarra Dragons. His father was also convicted over the 2022 incident.

Wildlife rescue organisations in New South Wales warn a new disaster response plan hasn't been completed almost four years after the Black Summer bushfires, leaving native animals at risk as summer approaches.

Four years ago these residents of Sussex Inlet were trapped in their town, cut off by fire. They fear the same thing could happen this summer.

The Nan Tien Temple, an unlikely sight on the edge of Wollongong fringed by the swoop of powerlines and bordered by industrial retail sites, is now under consideration for the state's heritage registry.

South Coast cyclist Geoff Besnard says it is difficult to comprehend how the driver of a car that bumped him off his bike could speed off without stopping to check how badly he was hurt.

Plans to establish an offshore wind zone along the NSW south coast divide residents, with some claiming it will destroy the outlook while others believe it will create clean jobs for future generations.

Yours and Owls festival organisers want attendees to vote before arriving at the event after a request for on-site voting booths was turned down.

Through tears Naomi Bowden tells a NSW inquiry into birth trauma how distressing it was to have police take her stillborn daughter and put her in an ice box in front of her.

An upper house committee into the prevalence of birth trauma in New South Wales, expected to go for several months, received a record 4,000 submissions from the public.

Each balloon represents the favourite colours of five teenagers killed in a horrific car crash south-west of Sydney nearly one year ago, and are hung to spread a vital message about road safety.

It's earmarked for nearly 30,000 new homes, but urbanisation and feral deer in Sydney's Wollondilly shire are muscling wombats and koalas onto busy arterial roads with "overwhelming" vehicle strikes, wildlife rescuers say.

Holly Davies sat in a 15-kilometre traffic jam while a bushfire burned towards her and her children. Four years later another bushfire season has been declared, and her exit route is yet to be upgraded.

The man is believed to have been swept away while fishing in the Royal National Park near Sydney at the weekend, but a two-day search has uncovered nothing.

Elahe Yazdani arrived in Australia in 2020 after fleeing Iran, but says giving birth to her son in Wollongong was one of the saddest stories of her life.

A six-hour search for the man on Sunday failed to locate him, but the multi-agency effort has again resumed today. 

A report by the state's auditor-general finds the Department of Education's strategy for improvement has had little impact in two years and is unlikely to achieve equality for students living outside big cities.

Three construction workers under the age of 25 have been rushed to hospital with serious injuries in the space of a week, with one tragically losing his life. A minister says Safe Work NSW needs to do more to enforce standards.