All seven children were going to the same house to be babysat.

Father 'numb' after three siblings killed while on way to buy ice cream

The smoke came from some of the 50-plus fires burning across the state of New South Wales.

Sydney's landmarks shrouded in clouds of smoke as fires continue

Emergency services have warned of a "catastrophic threat" as raging wildfires and worsening weather conditions head for Sydney. 

Lee Cuthbert, Paul O’Shaughnessy and Luke O’Shaughnessy said the incident in the Australian city was "very surreal".

Footage of the incident, which happened earlier this year, has been released by Australian authorities. 

More than 140 people were forced to leave the Opal Tower in Sydney's Olympic Park late on Christmas Eve.

One person was killed in a car crash and two police officers injured after torrential rain lashed Sydney, Australia, early on Wednesday.


Sam Oliver said he was “very relieved” following a three-day hearing in Sydney.

Sixteen people were injured when a train crashed into a railway station buffer on Monday.


The fast mover in lane eight enjoyed the freedom of one of the world's most famous landmarks and refused to be slowed down by the law.

Power outages were reported throughout Sydney and north of the city on the Central Coast as the grid struggled to cope with demand.

Air crash investigators are looking into similar incidents to the one which killed a British family in Sydney on New Year's Eve.

A high-profile British businessman died in a seaplane crash on New Year's Eve alongside his fiancée, two sons and her 11-year-old daughter.

Charlie Fry's first thought was "this is mental, you're about to die" as the shark's teeth loomed but then thought "just do what Mick did".

After the man fell onto the tracks at a central Sydney station, six other men jumped down onto the tracks to help him.