Governor's triumphant farewell
JAMES ROBERTSON 1:24am The Governor of NSW, Dame Marie Bashir, has given a farewell address to the NSW Parliament before stepping down from high office next month.
NSW news
Rozelle: Triple murder charges possible
EMMA PARTRIDGE 5:27pm Whoever deliberately started a deadly fire at Rozelle could be charged with triple murder, police say.
Inner-city high school 'needed urgently'
AMY MCNEILAGE 5:56am Inner-Sydney parents, teachers and community members want a new high school and they want it now, the feedback from extensive community consultation indicates.
NSW faces busy season of storms, bushfires
PETER HANNAM 3:13pm NSW’s emergency services are bracing for another active thunderstorm season with elevated fire risks among the leading concerns.
Managers ignored pleas about killer nurse
PAUL BIBBY 7:16pm Nurses working at night at a Quakers Hill nursing home feared for their lives in the hours before their drug-addicted colleague Roger Dean set fire to it, an inquest has heard.
Byron Bay: the danger that lurks in paradise
Damien Murphy 1:30am Byron Bay is a state of mind that prefers not to talk about the other side of paradise.
Man attacked by shark at Byron Bay
MEGAN LEVY 2:57pm A man has died following a shark attack at Byron Bay on the NSW north coast, paramedics say.
Young women with breast cancer 'not getting the help they need'
AMY CORDEROY 1:36am Young women who develop breast cancer do not get the help and support they need, and many are suffering long-term financial and emotional consequences, the National Breast Cancer Foundation says.
O'Farrell wooed developer funding researcher
SEAN NICHOLLS Two weeks before the 2011 state election, then opposition leader Barry O'Farrell announced a tax policy that would benefit developer Brickworks.
Report slams Sydney business voting model
JAMES ROBERTSON 5:56pm As the state government presses ahead with reforms to give businesses two votes in city of Sydney elections, an independent review has recommended overturning the practice in Melbourne.
Former premier takes a swipe at Tinkler
Michaela Whitbourn, Kate McClymont, Sean Nicholls 1:25am Former Premier Barry O'Farrell has told a corruption inquiry he was not the mysterious "big man" behind a $120,000 payment.
How to beat the Opal card
JACOB SAULWICK The Transport Minister has given the thumbs up to commuters who manipulate their travel to get the best deal out of their Opal card.
Light rail breakdown closes line
MICHAEL KOZIOL 10:12am Trams were not operating between Central and Lilyfield this morning following a breakdown near the Fish Markets shortly before 9am.
Local government reform being sidetracked
JAMES ROBERTSON One of the state government’s top advisers has called for it to abandon plans to undermine Sydney lord mayor Clover Moore.
Tunnelling starts on North-West Rail Link
JACOB SAULWICK Tunnelling has started on the $8.3 billion north-west rail link, the largest public transport project in the country.
Accelerant found at Rozelle crime scene
Emma Partridge, Peter Munro A Rozelle shop fire which killed three people appears to have been deliberatly lit after traces of accelerant were found at the scene.
Brown to run in Newcastle byelection
SEAN NICHOLLS Prominent alcohol reform campaigner Tony Brown has announced he will run as an independent in the October 25 Newcastle byelection sparked by the resignation of former Liberal MP Tim Owen.
Xie's wife urged the Lin accused to stay put
STEPHANIE GARDINER Amid frantic cries and screams to triple-0 operator, Kathy Lin allegedly pleaded with her husband to stay with her, saying "I am more scared than you are".
Home schoolers teaching creationism
Amy McNeilage and Eryk Bagshaw Christian parents who home school their children in NSW have admitted they teach creationism as part of science, despite it not being part of the state's curriculum.
Nursing home did not check Roger Dean's CV
PAUL BIBBY When drug-addicted nurse Roger Dean applied for a job at the Quakers Hill nursing home in September 2011 his CV stated that he had spent the past four years working at the local Cheesecake Shop.
ICAC lifts suppression order on emails
KATE MCCLYMONT Previously suppressed emails at a corruption inquiry raise serious concerns about a major donor to the Liberal Party being rewarded with extraordinary access to senior party figures.
Push to cut 41 Sydney councils down to 15
SEAN NICHOLLS The politically explosive issue of council amalgamations is set to be revisited by the NSW government.
Her own governor, and a governor for everyone
Comment: It is a measure of Dame Marie Bashir's success that although no group owned her, lots of groups, and people, felt she belonged to them.
Green movement in full swing on sports fields
Turf-sniffing groundsmen are using age-old olfactory techniques and modern laboratory analysis in an attempt to revive water-soaked playing fields before summer.
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Byron Bay witnesses recount shark attack
Onlookers describe the circumstances in which a 50-year-old NSW man was killed by a shark on Tuesday morning, as authorities refrain from hunting the predator.
Barry O'Farrell in ICAC hot seat
The last time the former NSW Premier was at the corruption inquiry he lost his job over a bottle of wine. On Tuesday he told the ICAC he's not the "big man" at the centre of the investigation.
Barry O'Farrell grilled by media
RAW VISION: Former NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell speaks to the media after giving evidence at the Independent Commission Against Corruption on Tuesday.
Barry O'Farrell outside ICAC
Former NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell speaks to the media after giving evidence at the Independent Commission Against Corruption on Tuesday.
Man killed in Byron Bay shark attack
Byron Bay beaches have been closed along the New South Wales far north coast after a man died following a shark attack on Clarkes Beach. Photo: ABC North Coast
Barry O'Farrell returns to ICAC
RAW VISION: Former Premier Barry O'Farrell speaks to the media before heading in to the Independent Commission Against Corruption in Sydney on Tuesday.
