Adelaide United took another step towards the minor premiership with a comfortable 2-0 win over Newcastle.

The NSW Government will hold an inquiry into the treatment of a second woman who miscarried in a hospital toilet.

The world's biggest private sector coal company says it will cut metallurgical production by 2 million tonnes across its Australian operations this year.

Parks Victoria is urging campers not to base themselves under trees because of the threat of them falling over.

Another pregnant woman has miscarried in the toilets of a New South Wales public hospital.

Myall Lakes MP John Turner says he does not think the Bulahdelah bypass in New South Wales will be constructed for years.

Firefighters today hope to extinguish a bushfire that has burnt out almost 300 hectares of national park south of Singleton.

Hunter region police say they are appalled at the way the region's drivers have started 2009, with dozens arrested for drink driving and driving without a licence.

The Hunter's Rescue Helicopter Service is hoping the state's Ambulance Service will give approval for crew members to use night vision goggles (NVG) on its three aircraft.

Police have seized a large cache of weapons, illegally owned native wildlife and police equipment during a raid on a house in Newcastle in the New South Wales Hunter region.