Sydney 11th-priciest city in world: new data
Charmaine Wong While many enjoy complaining about how much a coffee costs in Sydney, an exercise in crowdsourcing shows the city is cheap when compared to New York, Paris, London and Singapore.
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Teenager knocked senseless in attack
RACHEL OLDING A second teenager was in a coma on Sunday after his skull was fractured in another one-punch attack on Sydney’s streets.
Burns victim was homeless, sleeping in park
SARAH WHYTE For months, members of the Indian and Muslim communities in Sydney tried to help a homeless Fijian Indian woman, Monika Chetty, who was found severely burnt on Friday night in Hoxton Park and is in an induced coma.
Locals not impressed with backpacker haven
LEESHA MCKENNY They are as seasonal as cicadas and sunburn, and to some, just as painful. Backpacker vans have descended en masse in Sydney, and managing the influx is an issue not just for beachside councils.
Fringe land releases spark urban sprawl fears
LEESHA MCKENNY The state government's land releases last year were concentrated on Sydney's fringe, prompting warnings from planners that it needs to encourage development in built-up areas or risk urban sprawl.
Christmas time from a different perspective
Natalie O'Brien Just as most households are pulling down their Christmas trees and putting away their seasonal decorations, Orthodox Christians are just ending their 43-day fast and beginning their own celebrations, culminating with their Christmas Day on Tuesday.
The Richies pay homage to Benaud
Andrew Wu, Daniel Lane There was a tinge of grey on the second day of the ''Pink Test'' between Australia and England at the SCG
Faces of the violence
RACHEL OLDING As Daniel Christie remains on life support, those whose lives have been changed forever by violence speak out.
Woman rescued from Blue Mountains canyon
Georgina Mitchell A woman has been flown to hospital with suspected spinal injuries after spending the night in a remote canyon in the Blue Mountains.
Bullying survey results questioned
KIRSTY NEEDHAM The NSW Public Service Commission will respond to a damning survey that found half of all public servants had witnessed bullying and a third had been bullied, by rephrasing its questions.
A lot of water has gone under bridge
Lucy Marks There are 100,000 images that have taken almost 75 years to collect, and not a single ''selfie'' among them.
Lawyer used clients' cash to fund his lifestyle
EMMA PARTRIDGE For more than three years, a Sydney lawyer convinced his Greek clients that their money was safe in his practice's trust account. It wasn't.
Women remain underused in government
KIRSTY NEEDHAM The NSW government has failed to lift the number of women on government boards, despite election promises that it could be done without quotas or the 50 per cent target used by Labor.
Bean prices plummet but no bargains here
ESTHER HAN A global glut has caused coffee bean prices to tumble but Sydneysiders might end up paying more for their cappuccino than ever.
Best HSC marks fail to guarantee places
AMY MCNEILAGE Only 48 of the more than 65,000 school leavers in NSW achieved the 99.95 ATAR needed to gain entry into medicine at the University of Sydney.
RLS warns drowning is deceptively silent
Tim Barlass A drowning is almost always a deceptively quiet event, with the waving, splashing and yelling often seen in the movies rarely witnessed in a real emergency, Royal Life Saving has warned.
Shotgun found in Glebe house, police say
Megan Gorrey A man and woman have been charged after police say they found a pump-action shotgun in the bedroom of a Glebe house and a loaded pistol hidden in the yard.
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
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.
Token promises
Is there anything more ridiculous than celebrity New Year's resolutions?
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. One of the challenges is letting go of the boy you thought you knew and accepting the emerging man.
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Bondi bashing victim leaves hospital
Robert McEwen, father of Bondi bashing victim Michael McEwen, speaks of his relief that his son is making a successful recovery.
Sydney hammer attack
An office worker is reportedly attacked by his colleague with a hammer in Sydney's CBD on Monday morning. Nine News.
Sydney a 'cheap' international city
It might be the most expensive city in the nation yet the Harbour City is ranked as the 11th-priciest city in world. Nine News.
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.
