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Activity in Queensland's Whitsundays has changed from search and rescue, to a recovery mission, Defence Minister Richard Marles says. 

Labor falls short of a majority government in New South Wales as two of the remaining three seats go to the Liberal party — now only Ryde remains in doubt.

Pamphlets have been distributed across the south-west Sydney seat of Holsworthy containing unverified statements of Liberal candidate Tina Ayyad.

Premier Dominic Perrottet announces cash deposits for children to give them a head start on securing a house deposit and education by the time they turn 18. 

Liberal candidate Melanie Gibbons says her friendship with Gareth Ward is "fine" after being hand-picked by the premier to try and defeat him in the seat of Kiama.

Investigators are probing how the small kit-built aircraft crashed, as one of the worst years for light plane crashes draws to a close.

Long-serving Liberal MP Melanie Gibbons is ousted from the NSW lower house after losing a preselection challenge in her seat of Holsworthy.

A woman has been rescued from floodwaters at Holsworthy in Sydney's south-west.

The Liberal Party's pick for the southern Sydney seat of Hughes, after the defection of Craig Kelly, faces a fight from other candidates who have had months on the campaign trail already.

When fairy doors started appearing along a bush track in south-western Sydney, the local kids were enchanted and quickly joined in. Little did they know that they had just started.

NSW hits six consecutive days without any local coronavirus cases, while crowd numbers are closely monitored at beaches across Sydney as the long weekend heatwave sets in.

From the killing fields of Gallipoli and France to the guerrilla skirmishes of Uruzgan province in Afghanistan, the experiences of diggers from five different wars reveal common themes of horror, comradery and heroism.

The Federal Government has settled its first compensation case over the contamination of land by toxic firefighting foams at Defence Department facilities.

Four men who appeared in a Snapchat video standing near a fire as it spread through bush are cleared of any wrongdoing after handing themselves in to police and proving the video was shot well after the fire started.

As the blaze in Sydney's south-west remains out of control, fire authorities say giant waterbombing aircraft could have made a difference and they are talking to the Federal Government about additional funding for them outside of bushfire season.

Over 500 firefighters continue to battle an out-of-control blaze near Holsworthy, south-west of Sydney. The bushfire has burnt some 1000 hectares since yesterday.

Over 500 firefighters have worked through the night to stop an out-of-control blaze in Sydney's south-west.

There are reports a massive bushfire has affected properties in Menai and Barden Ridge, but the threat is downgraded to watch and act as firefighters work to bring the fire in Sydney's south-west under control.

The moment a passenger train drives through Sydney's bushfire is caught on camera, as more than 1,000 hectares in the city's south-west goes up in smoke.

An out-of-control bushfire is burning in Sydney's south-west, prompting the evacuation of locals as an emergency warning is issued.

Residents near an out-of-control bushfire in south-west Sydney have been told to remain where they are as it is too late to leave.

Firefighters have been working frantically to protect properties in Sydney's south-west, where an out-of-control blaze has burnt through the Holsworthy army base and left a 500-hectare trail of destruction.

A Navy warrant officer from HMAS Albatross is being escorted to Holsworthy Military Prison having been found guilty of indecent acts towards women between 2014 and 2017.

Questions have been raised about the Army's safety culture during the trial of a former soldier whose truck rolled over in 2012, killing one of his comrades. Reports show that the Army had been warned about poor safety standards up to two decades earlier.

Former Army personnel say the Defence Force ignored safety recommendations in the years leading up to a fatal military truck crash at Holsworthy that killed one soldier and seriously injured seven others.