Danuta Kozaki

Amid pleas for the children of Islamic State terrorists to return to Australia for their safety, a leading psychiatrist says it is vital to understand the country is not ready to support these children who will carry unthinkable trauma.

Whether you have a mortgage, are renting, or are trying to get into the property market, Sydneysiders are Australia's most stressed about housing, a new report shows.

Ramadan is about religious focus and family, but as a busy working mother, it is also about being organised enough not to miss that all-important caffeine hit.

The NSW Government says it is reviewing a controversial Chinese Government-sponsored program to teach Mandarin in schools, amid claims it could expose children to propaganda.

Sydney has been ripped off in tomorrow's federal budget, with Victoria getting the lion's share in federal funding, the state's Opposition says.

Australia's largest Islamic school's future hangs in the balance after a full bench of the Federal Court dismisses an appeal against its $19 million federal education funding cut.

Calls for Australia to stop relying on Chinese international students and start looking to its neighbours will be discussed at an ASEAN education meeting in Malaysia.

For Syrian refugees who have managed to find safe haven in Australia, the recent weeks of renewed fighting in their home country has led to a spike in demand for counselling services.

New South Wales' gambling landscape is set to be overhauled, with a cap on new pokies in several areas in western Sydney and huge fine increases for badly behaved online bookies.

A car thought to be connected to the disappearance and suspected murder of a Sydney crime figure is found on a rural property.

A 37-year old Russian woman is charged after allegedly glassing a 21-year-old man with an empty wine bottle during an argument on board a P&O cruise ship over a line for the loo.

Seven people remain in Sydney hospitals after a train crash yesterday in Sydney's north-west, as authorities return to Richmond station to investigate the cause of the accident.

A house fire claims the life of a 61-year-old woman on the New South Wales far south coast.

The 78-year-old woman was badly injured when she went to the aid of her pug which was being attacked by her two cross-bred dingoes and a kelpie-cross in Sydney's south-west.

Opera singer David Lewis has been charged with historic child sex offences.