Tens of thousands of people in Australia's New South Wales state were without power on Saturday after a low pressure system brought damaging winds and heavy rains, sparking flood warnings.

George Brandis, who is now a professor of national security at the Australian National University, says Australia's hate crime laws and their penalties are not strong enough.

Authorities declared a natural disaster Saturday in parts of eastern Australia where gales have toppled trees and knocked out power to tens of thousands of homes. Heavy rain, lightning and winds as strong as 100 kph have swept across Sydney and other areas of New South Wales since Wednesday.

The national cabinet has announced the creation of a new national database to share intel on increasing crimes.

The building, adjacent to a synagogue and Jewish school, was set on fire and antisemitic slogans were graffitied in is the second antisemitic incident in four days

Police say they are stepping up investigations after building was graffitied with anti-Jewish slogans and then burnt, causing massive damage but no injuries

Rystad Energy's David Dixon stated that New South Wales was the best-performing state for utility-scale solar in December 2024.

A number of animals, plants and an entire ecosystem were added to Australia's extinction watch list in 2024. We look at the new species under threat.

The Albanese Labor Government is building Australia’s future and boosting New South Wales’ housing supply by investing more than $182 million in critical infrastructure that will unlock more than 25,000 new homes across the state.

Thousands without power in New South Wales due to severe weather, prompting flood warnings and emergency response.

A man died as wind gusts of more than 100 km/h hit New South Wales, and hundreds of thousands lost power across the state and the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) on Wednesday, January 15. RESTRICTIONS AND USAGE TERMS: Please credit “@belindalodia via Spectee”.