Australia's richest suburb: they're swimming in it
Matt Wade It has Taronga Zoo, Balmoral Beach and a higher annual income than several African nations. Mosman's postcode, 2088, has the largest combined taxable income in Australia - a handy $2.5 billion, the latest tax data shows.
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Final preferences loom for new uni students
Alexia Attwood Thousands of hopeful students are scrambling to make last-minute tweaks to their university preferences, as the midnight deadline for Main Round applications looms.
Medicare spending unsustainable: Dutton
DAN HARRISON Health Minister Peter Dutton predicts an overhaul of Medicare, saying spiralling costs will make the system ''unmanageable'' without change.
Labor urges O'Farrell to try Newcastle solution
NICOLE HASHAM Premier Barry O'Farrell should urgently recall MPs from their summer break to enforce lockouts and early closing times on Sydney's pubs and clubs, the opposition says.
Anxious parents take direct action on safety
Enrolling children in self defence classes, warning them about the dangers of alcohol and drawing up a list of no-go zones are just some of the strategies parents are using to protect them from increasingly vicious street attacks.
No honour in a king hit: Man who lost son
Peter Munro Matthew Stanley never saw it coming. The 15-year-old was punched once to the head and went down, smashing his skull on the ground.
Computer failure adds to patients' pain
LOUISE HALL The Ambulance Service of NSW was forced to seek a cash bailout from the government after its new electronic billing system malfunctioned, meaning $7.5 million in invoices could not be sent out.
Opera House memory involves grandmother
Louise Schwartzkoff In the fifth part of our series in which Herald writers tell their favourite Opera House stories, Louise Schwartzkoff recalls a memorable evening with her grandmother.
Sydney at its hottest in 150 years
PETER HANNAM Australia smashed its previous annual heat record in 2013, with a summer heatwave and spring hot spell among the outstanding periods of unusual warmth.
Demand for tougher laws on drunken violence
Thomas Kelly's parents have demanded the state government drastically reform sentencing laws for alcohol-fuelled violence as they despaired at yet another teenager left in a coma after being punched in Kings Cross.
Shaun McNeil: Portrait of an angry young man
His victim critically ill on life support, the alleged assailant denies knowing how the fight started.
Sentencing laws must be fixed: Kelly family
Only penalties that fit the crime will deter bashers, write Ralph and Kathy Kelly.
Christie's family say it was a 'coward punch'
RACHEL OLDING His friends call him ''Bones'' and they are hoping he has the strength to pull through the biggest challenge of his life.
New grandstands won't erase SCG magic
ANDREW WEBSTER Glorious new Noble and Bradman stands will be unveiled at the Sydney Cricket Ground for the first day of the fifth Ashes Test, but as far as Perry Brown is concerned nothing changes.
Victim may have beaten three murder charges
A man who was shot on a luxury yacht as it pulled into Rose Bay wharf is believed to be a member of the Brothers 4 Life gang who has beaten three murder charges in the past decade.
ABC defends
ABC defends: we did a terrific job
NICK GALVIN ABC TV's director of television Richard Finlayson has played a straight bat to criticism over the corporation's New Year's Eve broadcast.
Wet'N'Wild: Questions over party organisers
Owners of the Wet'n'Wild theme park are facing questions about their decision to hire out the venue to inexperienced outdoor concert promoters for a New Year's Eve festival that was cancelled.
Property
Sydney up the most as house prices balloon
GLENDA KWEK Capital city house prices rose by almost 10 per cent last year, the highest yearly growth in four years.
Man found shot after yacht attack, say police
Megan Levy A man who was shot on board a luxury yacht as it pulled into Rose Bay wharf late on New Year's Day is believed to be a member of the notorious Brothers 4 Life gang.
Nearly 150 revellers charged over drugs
Police targeting a dance festival, Field Day at The Domain swooped on scores of people who were allegedly taking drugs, while ejecting others for drunkenness.
Eight beers, one wine, four punches
RACHEL OLDING New Year's Eve started well for Shaun McNeil. But he then allegedly went on the rampage in Kings Cross, leaving an 18-year-old fighting for life.
Fed up 'n' riled with Wet'n'Wild
LUCY CARROLL The new water park has been plagued with problems since it opened in December.
Girl's circumcision: Sydney father charged
MEGAN LEVY The child abuse squad was alerted after mother took her daughter to a doctor.
SCG, sans roof, all set for Sydney Ashes Test
Cricket fans without a roof over their heads in the SCG's unfinished new stands will be handed hats and sunscreen on their way into the Test.
No country for young men: notions of gender must evolve
Parenting a teenage son is like standing on the deck of a ship and watching an unfamiliar land slowly come into view.
VIDEO
Shaun McNeil's criminal history
It is revealed that the man accused of king hitting Sydney teenager Daniel Christie escaped jail time on at least four occasions for serious crimes. Nine News.
Dramatic Blue Mountains rescue
An injured woman is winched to safety after plunging ten metres down a cliff face at Mount Tomah. Nine News.
Dawn raid at the SCG
Thousands gather to get their first taste of the Sydney Cricket Ground's multimillion dollar redevelopment. Nine News
Daniel Christie's family leaving hospital
RAW VISION: the family of king-hit victim Daniel Christie leaves St Vincent's Hospital, where he remains in critical condition. Nine News.
Amateur MMA fighting
Igor Breakenback from Igor MMA in Bondi Junction talks about the sport of mixed martial arts
Brothers 4 Life member target of luxury yacht shooting
A man who was shot on board the luxury yacht, OSCAR II, is believed to be a member of the notorious Brothers 4 Life gang. Nine News.
Circus Oz gives it a good old-fashioned twirl
Lying under a giant wooden hull can be scary but swinging in the air from your toes is calming. Circus Oz performers share their experience as they prepare for the Cranked Up Sydney season.
