Five men are charged after police allegedly found more than 1,000 bricks of cocaine, weighing just over a tonne in total, on a boat off the coast of Nambucca Heads.

Scientists are testing Charles Darwin's theory on species diversity by analysing Kentia palm varieties that have grown side by side for 1 million years.

It's an exclusive tourist destination and one of the most pristine places on the planet. It's the last place you would expect to find birds with bellies so full of plastic that they crunch if you squeeze them.

The outgoing deputy mayor of a New South Wales town says she may be able to afford to return to politics when she is "old and semi-retired".

Cash-strapped NSW councils are struggling to keep local road networks up to scratch as natural disasters take their toll. 

Some NSW national park campgrounds could cost six times more per night if an attempt to standardise fees is adopted, and nature enthusiasts are concerned it will make camping unaffordable for many.

Yvonne Cole was told a police investigation into her violent attack was being suspended so she posted the disturbing details of what happened to her online.