Court hears Anthony Facchi was on bail when he walked into a house uninvited and fatally stabbed a 16-year-old boy he had never met. 

The remote western NSW communities have been waiting on the removal of 40,000 cubic metres of asbestos material for years.

The son, sister and mother of David Collisson who was murdered near Mudgee speak of their unimaginable pain in coming to terms with how he died.

A man who stands accused in fatal stabbing that broke out over an alleged drug-related dispute pleads his innocence on grounds of self-defence. 

Criminal proceedings against alleged triple murderer Julian Ingram grind to a halt as the five-and-a-half-week-long search for the 37-year-old continues. 

Exports have been halted and shipping containers filled with Australian meat are stranded at sea as the Middle East conflict takes a toll on trade.

A community battery project three years in the making, run by a local not-for-profit and backed by the council, was killed after a spark of misinformation about its fire risk was ignited.