Young gun Amy Sayer is the latest Matildas player who will be sidelined for the upcoming Olympics after she was helped off the pitch with a ruptured ACL while playing for her club side.

A man in his 20s is in hospital following a stabbing near the popular Park Beach on the NSW Mid North Coast this morning.

A retiree says NSW's blanket ban on houseboat living should be reviewed as he enjoys a "cheap, comfortable" way of life.

Former foreign minister and diplomat Jeremiah Manele has been elected as the new prime minister of Solomon Islands, defeating former opposition leader Matthew Wale.

Former AFL footballer Hamish Brayshaw pens an open letter to the AFL, lamenting the inconsistency in the League's tribunal and match review panel for "single-handedly destroying the game".

Five years after her daughter was murdered at the hands of her partner, Tammy Simpson is using her grief to call for lasting change.