Bungee jumping at Barangaroo
Nicole Hasham Bungee jumping over Barangaroo and a tower offering unrivalled Sydney Harbour views are among the radical visions proffered by heritage experts to save a city landmark.
Latest NSW news
Three charged over GHB overdoses
4:50 PM SYDNEY, Dec 7 AAP - Three men have been charged after two people were hospitalised with suspected drug overdoses in southern Sydney.
Rainstorm lashes Sydney
Amy McNeilage, Eryk Bagshaw 9:34 PM Hail and thunder as weather system engulfs Sydney from the west.
The Phantom hits a purple patch with artists
Julie Power 8:06 PM Artist Peter Kingston admits to a 60-year love affair that will never end with the ghost who walks, the Phantom.
Porn pushing young men into violence
Emma Partridge 1:19 PM One of the state's top cops says there is a link between pornography and the increasing number of young people committing acts of domestic violence.
Election battle looms over TAFE funding
Angharad Owens-Strauss 7:39 PM A poll has found 59 per cent of voters from marginal NSW seats oppose the state government's funding increase for private education providers.
Rite of passage or reckless booze-fest?
Amy McNeilage Bleary eyes, sunburnt shoulders and sleazy selfies will be the lingering evidence of schoolies for the thousands of weary Australian teenagers dragging themselves home this weekend.
Hay re-endorsed for Wollongong
Kirsty Needham State political editor Wollongong MP Noreen Hay has been re-endorsed as the Labor candidate for the 2015 state election.
Foxes are fair game after pest declaration
Eamonn Duff Foxes are to be officially declared a pest species across NSW.
Woman who puts paedophiles behind bars
Tim Barlass By day Karen Lindley is a gemologist. But she also has a volunteer job that the NSW Police Force's Sex Crimes Squad says has helped put more than 16 paedophiles behind bars.
Drug dealer linked to Tweddle death jailed
Emma Partridge A drug dealer who tried to sell cocaine to Sydney man Gary Tweddle✓ on the night he fell off a cliff and died in the Blue Mountains has been sentenced to two years' jail.
PM's Christmas party goes down a storm
Daisy Dumas After what he admitted was a "ragged week", the Prime Minister's Kirribilli House soiree was a success.
Rescued siblings meet saviour
Chris Harris This month is 50 years since siblings Gary and Judith were saved at the Bondi Icebergs. They were reunited with one of the heroic people who saved their lives - Les Hawkins
Drug doctor sparks law reforms
Eamonn Duff Health complaint bodies will be forced to disclose the disciplinary records of doctors to hospitals as part of new reforms aimed at improving patient safety.
Search underway for missing grandmother
Daisy Dumas Police searching for missing 84-year-old Gaida Coote are focusing on Ku-Ring-Gai Wildflower Gardens, where Ms Coote's car was found on Friday afternoon.
'Caught up in international drug networks'
Phillip Wen, Rose Powell, Nick Ralston Kalynda Davis could have become embroiled in what police suspect is the work of sophisticated international drug trafficking syndicates.
Cricket helmet sales rise 59 per cent
Pallavi Singhal Rachael Sullivan is one of the many parents who have gone out to get better helmets for their kids after the death of Phillip Hughes.
New shots fired in battle for Malabar headland
Tim Barlass The equestrian club at Malabar Headland was forced to ride off into the sunset three years ago.
Unschooling could leave kids unskilled
Alexandra Smith Is unschooling inflicting a new disparity of education Australia's children?
NSW gas plan not up to world standard, report
Kirsty Needham The Baird government's Gas Plan falls short of world's best practice in safeguarding communities from coal seam gas exploration, a report by the Environmental Defenders Office has claimed.
Richo caught up in new ICAC inquiry
Kate McClymont Graham Richardson, one of the Labor party's most enduringly controversial figures, is embroiled in a potentially explosive investigation being conducted by the ICAC.
NSW to become hotter, more fire danger days
Peter Hannam Sydney and the rest of NSW can expect shifting rainfall patterns and more extreme fire danger weather as a result of global warming, according to a model of the future climate.
Release of secret report on bugging blocked
Sean Nicholls The release of a secret report into a police bugging scandal has been blocked by the NSW Premier's department.
Baird's billions for projects 'don't add up'
Sean Nicholls The Premier won't detail how he will turn $13 billion from the sale of electricity assets into $20 billion for new infrastructure, in response to opposition claims that it would mean a decade of no spending.
Sydney woman faces death by firing squad
Rachel Olding and Philip Wen She liked playing basketball, posting Instagram photos and going to music festivals but Kalynda Davis, 22, is now facing possible death by firing squad in China.
Keating turns down Barangaroo role
Anne Davies Former PM Paul Keating has turned down a role on a new design advisory panel which will provide advice about the latest modifications to Barangaroo, including James' Packer's projects.
Unemployment a $15bn drag on wellbeing
Matt Wade Australians are feeling the effects of a sluggish national economy with new figures revealing a sharp rise in the social and economic cost of unemployment.
Tainted Labor members in Hay vote
Heath Aston The minutes of the April 7 meeting of the Labor Party's Mount Keira branch in the Illawarra records a lively discussion about the resignation of NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell.
'Violent discipline' part of culture, inquiry told
Rachel Browne A former senior member of a yoga centre told an inquiry that "violent discipline" was an acceptable part of ashram culture.
Trial aborted as police admit drug raid errors
Neil Mercer A trial involving 400 kilograms of cocaine has been aborted after Australian Federal Police denied on oath the existence of certain video footage – only for it to be found on their own website.
Ambulance delays: three dead in a month
James Robertson Three people in Sydney have died in recent weeks after waiting 30 minutes for an ambulance, much longer than the eight-minute benchmark.
Great Wall of Wyong for Chinese 'Disneyland'
Leesha McKenny A $500 million Chinese cultural theme park planned for the central coast may be forced to build a Great Wall of Wyong.
Sydney's trams to be world's longest
Jacob Saulwick Back in the 1940s, Sydney could boast the world's most heavily used urban tram system. Now, it seems, we will have the longest trams.
Tradesman gets 17 years for murder
Louise Hall Tradesman Tony Halloun has been sentenced to at least 17 years jail for the murder of doctor's wife Shahnaz Qidwai.
Barrister wins case over fake Tucker painting
Anne Davies In a landmark decision that will rock Australian art market, Sydney barrister Louise McBride has won $118,718 in damages from the international auction house Christie's and others over the sale of a fake Albert Tucker in 2000.
Leadership the secret to job satisfaction
Anna Patty Ineffectual leaders who fail to clarify their company's direction are the leading cause of worker disengagement.
The man behind #putoutyourbats
Rick Feneley Paul began to cry when he heard the news. Then he posted a simple image that captured the world's hearts
Seven cyclists hit: man pleads guilty
A man has pleading guilty to dangerous driving after his vehicle collided with seven cyclists in Sydney's eastern suburbs and will be sentenced later this month.
Sexual abuse rife at yoga group, inquiry told
Rachel Browne Behind closed doors an international yoga master groomed and violated his young followers, a royal commission has heard.
Police accused of brutality in Potts Point arrest
Megan Levy Four people have been charged over an incident in Sydney's eastern suburbs in which a taxi driver and a police officer were assaulted.
Metgasco seeks extension of Bentley licence
Sean Nicholls Metgasco has signalled it may push for a four-year extension of its controversial gas exploration licence if it wins a Supreme Court case.
Home birth safer, expectant mothers told
Amy Corderoy Hundreds of thousands of British mums will be given the choice of having their second child at home - a move welcomed by Australian midwives but not doctors.
Highlights
TAFE advertising blitz as election nears
The Baird government has launched its first major branding campaign for TAFE NSW, boasting TAFE gives graduates the "stamp of quality".
"Outrageous" display lights up neighbourhood
Built to withstand a cyclone, Garry and Bruce Pollack's Christmas lights display is a bright spectacle in their Paddington street.
Can Baird bask in two houses of the rising sun?
Across the country, no Liberal leader is riding higher than Mike Baird at the moment.
How we're driving the obesity pandemic
New research finds that obesity has become a major pandemic and looks set to get worse - in animals as well as humans.
NSW Police to trial unmanned drones
NSW Police is trialling unmanned drone aircraft, which if successful could be used in search and rescue and emergencies.
Bang for our buck: making the world a better place
What should be on the world's priority list? The United Nations is grappling with that very question right now.
Dining with the dead: the plan to save cemetery
The future of Waverley Cemetery is shaky. It is situated on geological dyke filled with building waste between two walls of rock, the sand has drainage issues and the base is inundated by waves.
'Salt and pepper' housing just the shake we need
A new approach to social housing that doesn't require external funding could be paid for by selling surplus private units created after redevelopment of dilapidated sites.
Sandstone sell-off betrays public legacy
Sydney is being massively remade. Everywhere are cranes and demolitions.
It’s worth the risk of arrest to stop coal mining
Former Wallabies captain David Pocock explains why he joined anti-mining protesters at Maules Creek, which led to his arrest.
Sydney has room for two new theatre venues
Two new musical theatre venues could be built in Sydney if the man dubbed the most powerful person in British theatre gets his way.
Potoroos found along highway upgrade route
Three long-nosed potoroos, one of 38 threatened species in the Ngunya Jargoon Indigenous Protected Area endangered by the proposed Pacific Highway upgrade, were caught this week.
Drug surveillance 'an abject failure'
Comment: We must stop exaggerating the impact of tough and expensive responses.
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Great white spotted in Lake Macquarie
A 2.5m great white shark is filmed circling near Murrays Beach jetty on Thursday morning.
Sydney bombarded with lightning
Spectacular electrical storms hammered Sydney on Thursday night, and there may be more in store for the weekend.
Jessica Silva found guilty of manslaughter
Jessica Silva put her head in her hands and sobbed after jury found her guilty of the manslaughter of her abusive partner, James Polkinghorne.
