Dee Why - 2099

Sitting federal independents have hit the hustings outside their own electorates, mentoring and campaigning for those who hope to follow in their footsteps to Canberra.

An analysis of small grey balls that washed up on Sydney's Northern Beaches earlier this month found they were largely made of soap scum and cosmetics.

Nine beaches along Sydney's Northern Beaches have closed for precautionary reasons after numerous tiny balls were found washed up on the shoreline.

It's time to ring in the new year — from public transport, to scheduled fireworks timings and best vantage points, here's everything you need to know about the Sydney's New Year's Eve celebrations.

Sydney's new young councillors all feel very lucky to have got in at all. But cost of living and negative politics are keeping young people away from running.

Police say a spear fisherman handed in the firearm, which was found off Dee Why Beach.

It's rare to see leatherback turtles at all, but Sydney lifeguards have freed two of the endangered species from nets in one day, with both heading safely back out to sea.

The endangered leatherback turtle was freed by two lifeguards off Sydney's Northern Beaches

Adam Bray lost his son Zach in the tragedy that claimed 10 lives in June. He wants a federal taskforce to examine bus safety management, seatbelt use, and regulation to ensure no-one else has to suffer his loss.

Michael Regan will run as an independent candidate for the safe Liberal seat of Wakehurst which is being vacated by retiring Health Minister Brad Hazzard at the state election in March.

Two years after being bitten by a great white shark, Ms Doyle is preparing to face her fears in the boxing ring to raise money for marine conservation. 

Chantelle Doyle is training for her first boxing match. She will raise money for the Australian Marine Conservation Society to help protect sharks and their habitat.

Residents and commuters film flooding on Sydney's Northern Beaches

The 68-year-old woman who was killed in yesterday's severe storm in Sydney's northern beaches has been identified as Susan Cobham.

More than 500 calls were made to the SES following the storms on Sydney's Northern Beaches

One person has died and two others have been critically injured after a storm swept through Sydney's Northern Beaches this afternoon. Emergency services crews are at multiple sites across the Northern Beaches where trees and power poles have been ripped out.

A severe weather event lasting minutes leaves a trail of destruction and power outages across Sydney's northern beaches with one woman dead and two others seriously injured.

MORNING BRIEFING: A man accused of firing "random" shots at pedestrians and vehicles before taking a shopkeeper hostage in a South Coast town will front court today.

Darko Desic, who broke out of Grafton jail 30 years ago, decides life will be "much easier" if he is behind bars again after the pandemic stripped him of work and left him homeless.

A man who broke out of prison with a handsaw and bolt cutters more than 30 years ago hands himself in to Sydney police.