'People could be jealous of him'
MEGAN LEVY 12:56pm The best friend of a man who was clubbed to death inside his Badgerys Creek home says he can not comprehend why anyone would want to hurt a "genuine, hard-working man".
Latest NSW news
Tanilla's murderer jailed for 40 years
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LOUISE HALL 5:19pm Riot police on standby as man who murdered a two-year-old girl after weeks of abuse is sentenced.
Smoking banned on UNSW campuses
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Patrick Begley 2:49pm Nonchalantly puffing on a roll-your-own cigarette between classes will be a thing of the past for students at the University of NSW.
Woman accused of $2m romantic swindle
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Melanie Kembrey 10:27am A Sydney woman is accused of swindling millions of dollars from older men she met through singles message boards.
Australia basks in record warmth
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PETER HANNAM 3:26pm Much of Australia has been basking in an exceptionally lengthy last-autumn warm spell that has set records in a wide arc from Brisbane to Adelaide, the Bureau of Meteorology said.
Cleaners left dangling after cable snaps
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Melanie Kembrey 4:54pm Two window cleaners were rescued by a cherry picker after they were left dangling off a high rise building in the Sydney CBD when a cable snapped.
Masseur charged with sex assault in clinic
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EMMA PARTRIDGE A masseur has been charged with sexually assaulting a 67-year-old woman at a massage clinic on Sydney's lower north shore.
Buildings scrapped to make room for casino
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NICOLE HASHAM Buildings have been reduced in size or dumped altogether and an ornamental water feature has been scrapped to make room for James Packer's towering luxury hotel-casino resort at Barangaroo.
Women denied access to contraception
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AMY CORDEROY Australian women are behind the rest of the developed world when it comes to access to long-lasting, effective contraception, a review has found.
Baird will consider medicinal cannabis bill
![Dan Haslam, cancer sufferer, Photo: Geoff O'Neill 31-03-14](http://web.archive.org./web/20140530075951im_/http://images.smh.com.au/2014/05/30/5469371/MOR-dan-haslam-20140530102747365260-90x60.jpg)
SEAN NICHOLLS Premier Mike Baird has left open the possibility he may support a private member's bill to decriminalise the use of cannabis for medicinal purposes
Women's-only services for homeless at risk
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RACHEL BROWNE Childhood sexual abuse survivor Suzanne has moved 36 times in 40 years, having fled her violent home as a teenager.
Australian student sues Duke University
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Michaela Whitbourn An Australian student accused of sexual assault is suing Duke University after the elite US college banned him from his May graduation.
'Can you stop mentioning Henry please?'
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PAUL BIBBY A Sydney grandmother who lost five members of her family tearfully regrets that she did not insist that her grandson stay with her on the night he was murdered.
Football
Western Sydney Wanderers sold
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SEBASTIAN HASSETT One of the most protracted ownership handovers in Australian sport has finally been concluded.
Vegetation-clearing curbs to be eased
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PETER HANNAM Residents in bushfire-prone regions of NSW will be given greater scope to clear vegetation close to homes to reduce fire risks under laws proposed by the Baird government.
Commercial
$1b revamp in store for Wynyard area
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CAROLYN CUMMINS Wynward station surrounds and the Sydney stalwart Menzies Hotel are set for a $1 billion-plus revamp with plans now lodged by the owner, Brookfield Office Properties.
Kidnapping and assault: Gao's murky past
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Emma Partridge, Nick Ralston Slain university student Jamie Gao faced court on kidnapping and assault charges a week before he was allegedly shot dead by two former detectives during a botched multimillion-dollar drug deal.
Sydney urban planning wake-up call
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Leesha McKenny, Kim Arlington Sydney will need more than 600,000 extra homes for an additional 1.6 million people in the next two decades, according to state government figures.
Booze laws 'sending a strong signal'
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SEAN NICHOLLS Police Minister Stuart Ayres says the introduction of 1.30am lockouts and 3am last drinks for licensed venues in central Sydney is driving a cut in alcohol-related violence.
Truck in fatal crash had faulty brakes: driver
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The tanker driver charged over a fatal crash on Sydney's northern beaches has claimed his vehicle had defective brakes.
Baird backs renewable energy target
![A technician stands on a wind turbine nacelle at Capital Wind Farm in Bungendore, Australia, on Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010. The wind farm comprises 67 2.1MW wind turbines with a total installed capacity of 140.7MW, which is equivalent to providing the energy needs of approximately 60,000 homes. The electricity generated at the Capital Wind Farm is fed directly into the TransGrid network via an onsite substation, with the majority of output going on to supply the Sydney Desalination Plant at Kurnell.
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PETER HANNAM The NSW government has broken ranks with conservative counterparts in Canberra and the other states by declaring its strong support for the national renewable energy target.
No shots after midnight: new bans on Sydney alcohol service
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SEAN NICHOLLS Pubs, clubs and bars across central Sydney will be hit with a fresh crackdown on alcohol service from mid-July, including a ban on shots, doubles and pre-mixed drinks after midnight, in a bid to prevent alcohol-fuelled violence.
Xie nervous as he told of family deaths: court
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PAUL BIBBY A man accused of murdering five members of a Sydney family seemed "nervous" and "scared" when he told the surviving relatives about finding the bodies, a court has heard.
Chickens culled in egg cartel: ACCC
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ESTHER HAN Australian egg farmers planned to kill millions of hens prematurely and bury their eggs as part of an industry-wide strategy to boost their profits, the Federal Court has been told.
ICAC finds SES boss Murray Kear corrupt
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MICHAELA WHITBOURN The state's corruption watchdog has recommended Murray Kear be sacked for deliberately failing to investigate allegations of misconduct against a "mate" and for dismissing a whistleblower.
Baird challenged over co-payments
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SEAN NICHOLLS Labor will introduce legislation to ensure people won't pay $7 to visit an emergency room. The Premier must back it, they say.
Sydney Olympic Park through the years
Sydney Olympic Park has worn every moniker from swamp to Olympic showpiece to ghost town. Today it is a thriving business, sport and entertainment district.
Man of a million images in photo finish
Outgoing curator of photography can remember thousands of the 1.5 million images in the collection that comprise the "visual DNA of our society".
Bike lanes are working
City cycle ways are providing safety for cyclists while helping to reduce congestion, new data shows.
Roger Rogerson myth can stand no longer
After today, Roger Rogerson can no longer be seen as the larrikin rogue.
VIDEO
Warren Ross sentenced to 40 years
NSW Supreme Court judge sentences a man found guilty of murdering two-year-old Tanilla Warrick-Deaves to 40 years in jail. Nine News