Eleven flood buyback homes sell without a reserve price in the NSW Northern Rivers, with more to hit the market before the end of the year.

The family of German backpacker Simone Strobel says a second inquest into her death has failed to bring them answers about how and why she died on holiday in NSW 20 years ago.

Cody Schaeffer is accused of assaulting five teenagers after police added a fresh charge during his first court appearance.

Homicide detectives are investigating the death of a man whose body was found on a walking track near Lismore.

The Commissioner of Corrective Services will undertake a review of inmate classifications after the assault of four prison guards earlier this year. 

A thick cloud of coral spawn has blanketed parts of the Great Barrier Reef this week, signalling a key window for restoration work.

Gold Coast singer Fairlie Arrow disappeared from her home in 1991. As a police kidnapping investigation unfolded and media attention ramped up, Arrow had to admit it was all a hoax.