Wife's heartbreaking last call
Rachel Olding 5:06 PM Prabha Arun Kumar told her husband she was being followed by a suspicious-looking man. Seconds later, he heard her screams.
Latest NSW news
Mining opens Nationals to challenges
James Robertson 8:32 AM As the major parties try to distance themselves from CSG, independents in rural seats are trying to use the issue to wrest support from the National party.
'I actually thought about killing myself'
Flora Cauchi 10:12 AM Three months after the tragedy that changed her life, Martin Place siege survivor Marcia Mikhael opens up about being thrust into the public eye, her fears and recovery.
Tax status opens needy schools to donations
Alexandra Smith 8:00 PM Donations to the most disadvantaged public schools will now be tax-deductible through Australia's first dedicated education funding charity.
Minor parties to align against power sell-off
Heath Aston 6:36 PM Minor parties will not direct preferences to the Coalition or the Greens in a bid to have an impact on the NSW election.
Upgrading roads without 'blackmailing' voters
Amy Corderoy 6:50 PM Labor has launched its Central Coast campaign by promising it too will expand local hospitals and upgrade roads without "blackmailing" voters by linking the improvements to electricity privatisation.
Relatives unleash fury at owner of facility
Paul Bibby 7:02 PM For months, loved ones of the 11 people who died in the Quakers Hill nursing home fire held their tongues as lawyers and experts tried to determine whether anything could have been done.
Accused murderer timid, shy, court hears
Stephanie Gardiner 4:06 PM Daniel Jack Kelsall's father and his former boss from the Sydney Cooking School have given a NSW Supreme Court jury insight into what the former kitchen hand and cleaner was like.
The four charts that will terrify the mentally ill
Amy Corderoy 11:34 PM They're four simple charts that should terrify you if you, or anyone you love, suffers from a mental illness.
'I was devastated when I saw the headline'
Louise Hall 5:09 PM Treasurer Joe Hockey has told a court he was "absolutely devastated" when he saw the headline "Treasurer for Sale" on a series of articles about his relationship with a Liberal fundraising body.
'Scurrilous and false allegations'
Louise Hall, Michaela Whitbourn 4:12 PM Joe Hockey could not allow "scurrilous and false allegations about corruption" reported by Fairfax Media to remain unchallenged, his lawyers have told the opening of a defamation trial.
Corruption findings 'the tip of the iceberg'
Michaela Whitbourn A series of corruption findings in NSW over property developments are likely to be only the "disclosed tip of a much larger problem", the High Court has been told.
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Backlash over anti-marriage equality ad
Michaela Whitbourn, Su-Lin Tan Broadcaster SBS has pulled the Australian Marriage Forum's anti same-sex marriage television advertisement from its Sunday night telecast of the 37th Sydney Mardi Gras.
Stamp duty changes on Labor agenda
Sean Nicholls Premier Mike Baird and Opposition leader Luke Foley have clashed during the second formal debate of the election campaign
Stoner sues Jones and Buckingham
Sean Nicholls Former NSW deputy Premier Andrew Stoner is suing broadcaster Alan Jones and Greens MP Jeremy Buckingham after they criticised his actions in relation to contentious coal seam gas and coal mining projects.
Rosie Batty says victims let down by system
Michaela Whitbourn Australian of the Year Rosie Batty has questioned why women have to "work so hard to be believed" when they report domestic violence and called for the legal system to be overhauled to better support victims.
Rotavirus jabs slash preschool gastro cases
Harriet Alexander An influx of vomiting toddlers at the emergency departments of children's hospitals used to go hand in hand with blooming jacarandas to signal the beginning of spring.
Show me more sex, judge tells council
Eamonn Duff A Sydney council has lost a landmark legal battle against a massage parlour it alleged was operating as an illegal brothel,
Greyhound inquiry to investigate mass kills
Natalie O'Brien Claims of the mass shooting of unwanted greyhounds are set to be reinvestigated, with a hotline set up to take information and tipoffs about integrity and animal welfare issues.
Nightclub owner's son guilty of sex crime
Nick Ralston The son of a prominent Sydney nightclub owner has been convicted of sexually assaulting a young female in an alleyway behind the back of a King Cross nightspot run by his family.
Blockbusters
$120m Lego boost to animation studio
Garry Maddox The spin-offs Ninjago and The Lego Batman Movie will mean $120 million worth of production.
Highlights
Stalemate as tent embassy prepares to fight eviction
Talks have broken down over the future of The Block, which is scheduled for commercial development.
Violinist's playing soothes newborns - and parents
Amid the beeps and alarms at the The Children's Hospital at Westmead's neonatal unit, a sweeter note is sounding.
How we're turning our kids into narcissists
Parents who shower their child with too much praise may be cultivating a narcissist, research suggests.
'Grammargate' row for plain-speaking Foley
Luke Foley opened up about his upbringing on talk radio. But it was the pronoun he used that had the listeners calling in.
Labor's stamp duty plan an 'unfair burden'
The Baird government has rubbished a proposal by Labor leader Luke Foley to allow first home buyers to defer stamp duty payments, saying it could create a financial trap for young families.
Frackman premieres to 'anti-CSG auction'
Film director Richard Todd first encountered Frackman at a noisy anti-coal seam gas rally outside NSW Parliament in February 2011.Â
Mardi Gras: Rainbows rule under clear skies
Amidst the sea of red, yellow and black volunteer T-shirts, the floats began to arrive as preparations for the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras proceeded apace on Saturday afternoon.
Cancer claims rugby reformer Ross Turnbull
Ross Turnbull, the former Wallaby, chair of NSW Rugby and President of the NRMA, died in Sydney on Saturday afternoon aged 74.
Leaders drop their guard for fascinating 15 minutes
If you want to get an idea about what makes opposition leader Luke Foley tick, look up a 19th century document called Rerum Novarum.
Cycle of life: Rookwood cemetery gets a retread
Roads and paths are to be enhanced and cycleways and recreational walkways are to be built at Rookwood Cemetery.
Women in Parliament - 'We have a long way to go'
Had she been a man, Labor's candidate for the NSW seat of Strathfield, Jodi McKay, believes her former ALP colleagues would not have tried to undermine her before the 2011 state election.
Judging the Knox head by today's standards?
This week the former headmaster of Knox Grammar, Ian Paterson, outed himself as a moral relativist.
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Put your pollie on the spot
Journalist John Hill, who famously exposed a Liberal candidate's lack of grasp on party policy, explains how to interview a pollie with a smartphone. Send your videos to election@fairfaxmedia.com.au
Seat profile: Newcastle divided over rail line
Newcastle is divided geographically and politically by the train line that separates the city from its foreshore, 2.5 kilometres of track that have never been such hot property.
NSW election: Prospect the new Smithfield
Prospect will replace the seat of Smithfield and university professor Hugh McDermott hopes to claw back the traditionally safe Labor area from the Liberal's Andrew Rohan.
