A western Sydney man charged with foreign incursion offences told the court he had grown increasingly distressed by online videos of atrocities from Syria's civil war, often watching them for an hour a day before he left.

Residents have speculated that dredging may have been to blame for the fish deaths.

The Greenfield Park man won the entire division one Powerball prize using the numbers his late father urged him to use.

NSW coroner recommends more mental health training for police after a drunken, knife-wielding postal worker was gunned down by an officer.

Former northern NSW farmer Richard Heath will replace Mick Keogh as Australian Farm Institute boss on May 29.