Hundreds gather in Martin Place
Georgina Mitchell 5:38 AM Hundreds of French nationals and Australians gathered in central Sydney on Saturday night to remember the victims of the Paris terror attacks.
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Facebook posts illegally hacked by police
![One of the offending posts, featuring pop star Miley Cyrus and a NSW officer, which was found by police during unlawful monitoring of a private Facebook page.](/web/20151115021541im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/k/y/6/7/w/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gky1bf.11bc3y.png/1447515763756.jpg)
Eamonn Duff 12:30 AM NSW Police illegally hacked the Facebook account of a Sydney man in a move branded a reprehensible and "criminal offence" by a magistrate.
Residents face the hardest choice
![Millers Point resident Patricia Tiedeman, 72, outside her home at Dalgety Terrace. She has lived her entire life in Millers Point.](/web/20151115021541im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/k/z/3/6/i/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gkz2vh.11bc3y.png/1447489758178.jpg)
Kirsty Needham 12:00 AM Milllers Point resident Patricia Tiedeman has two words for her agonising choice of whether to stay in the suburb: "Bloody unfair."
Minister met pub baron before liquor reform
![Pub baron Arthur Laundy says he didn't discuss any legal changes with the deputy premier.](/web/20151115021541im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/h/g/e/f/6/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gkyy88.11bc3y.png/1447490047168.jpg)
Kirsty Needham 12:00 AM Deputy Premier Troy Grant met with pub baron ahead of making controversial liquor law changes that stripped regulator of independence.
Students go with celebrity glow
![Putting on the Ritz: Year 12 students from Killara High School gather at Milsons Point before their formal at Luna Park.](/web/20151115021541im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/k/y/6/9/g/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gkyk3p.11bc3y.png/1447489967038.jpg)
Cosima Marriner 12:15 AM Black-tie glamour is in fashion Sydney high school students.
Snakes in the grass as summer approaches
![Billy Collett with a tiger snake. The 10 most venomous snakes in the world are all found in Australia.](/web/20151115021541im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/k/x/x/r/v/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gky09b.11bc3y.png/1447503198111.jpg)
Kim Arlington 8:00 PM Blood into jelly: just one reason you don't want a snake bite.
'What they gave me, no gift could compare'
![Aileen Nguyen's organ donation saved another person's life.](/web/20151115021541im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/k/x/u/2/b/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gkxtvn.11bc3y.png/1447515961069.jpg)
Harriet Alexander 12:15 AM Organ transplant patients are not really meant to meet their donor's family, but the internet has made it a lot easier for them to track each other down.
Beach haters can also get melanoma
![Most people avoid the beach in peak UV times and wear sun protection when they go, but not so much doing the gardening or having a barbecue at home.](/web/20151115021541im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/g/v/2/6/e/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gkx92q.11bc3y.png/1447497538858.jpg)
Harriet Alexander 12:15 AM Damien MacRae has no idea where he was exposed to the sun rays that gave him a melanoma, but he knows it was not at the beach.
Third man arrested over Cheng shooting
![Deputy Commissioner Catherine Burn talks to the media after the arrest of a third man in relation to the murder of Curtis Cheng.](/web/20151115021541im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/k/y/w/y/r/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gkywj7.11bc3y.png/1447492767254.jpg)
Tim Barlass Charge accused faces is not a terrorism offence but relates to participating in a criminal group, which is a state offence.
Surprise generation boosts Sydney Uni coffers
![University](/web/20151115021541im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/k/s/2/n/5/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gky35z.11bc3y.png/1447487263759.jpg)
Alexandra Smith The sandstone university has reached a fundraising target two years early with help from the least expected quarters.
The invisible threat in the air we breathe
![Glebe was identified as having one of the lowest concentrations of air pollution particulate matter in Sydney.](/web/20151115021541im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/j/4/r/8/3/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gkygv1.11bc3y.png/1447487263759.jpg)
Lucy Cormack Air pollution results in 3000 premature deaths each year in Australia, costing the nation up to $24.3 billion in health costs every year.
'The best thing that ever happened to me'
![Helmut Uhlmann was adopted at five years old and appreciates the security it gave him.](/web/20151115021541im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/k/x/2/r/8/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gkwv75.11bc3y.png/1447487263759.jpg)
Rachel Browne When Helmut Uhlmann tells people he was adopted, he's often met with sympathy. In fact, he feels lucky.
Six schools threatened with funding cut
![Malek Fahed Islamic school in Greenacre is under investigation](/web/20151115021541im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/h/e/p/4/o/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gkyca3.11bc3y.png/1447487263759.jpg)
Eryk Bagshaw, Louise Hall Six schools have been threatened with having their funding cut after an audit found them to be operating for profit.
ICAC hits back at claims of bias
![Former Newcastle mayor Jeff McCloy outside the ICAC in 2014.](/web/20151115021541im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/1/1/s/7/c/f/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gkxyak.11bc3y.png/1447487263759.jpg)
Michaela Whitbourn The NSW corruption watchdog has hit back at claims it treated a target of its political donations inquiry with "sneering disdain".
Nightmare drug-driving test costs man $5k
![Cabinetmaker Steven Hunt.](/web/20151115021541im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/k/y/0/i/q/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gkww9b.11bc3y.png/1447487263759.jpg)
Amy Corderoy One in 10 roadside drug tests return a positive result. But what if they are wrong?
Moves to protect coast from climate
![NSW Minister for Planning Rob Stokes.](/web/20151115021541im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/j/w/a/y/2/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gkyavg.11bc3y.png/1447487263759.jpg)
Peter Hannam Sea level changes, storm cells and changes to swell directions will be incorporated in the planning shake-up.
Council mergers: Stokes under fire
![NSW Planning Minister Rob Stokes says the Australian Technology Park will be a "vibrant creative and tech precinct".](/web/20151115021541im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/k/x/r/h/l/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gky1lm.11bc3y.png/1447487263759.jpg)
Melanie Kembrey The NSW Planning Minister has been accused of spruiking the benefits of expanding his local council.
Tigers set to lose right of return in Rozelle
![Balmain Tigers and Wests Tigers former club house on Victoria Road, Rozelle.](/web/20151115021541im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/k/w/i/f/r/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gkwfug.11bc3y.png/1447487263759.jpg)
Leesha McKenny The Balmain Tigers appear certain to lose their right to return to the leagues club's spiritual home in Rozelle.
The trend changing Sydney households
![The Cope family: Steve and Lee with their sons Dylan (left) and Brock.](/web/20151115021541im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/k/x/7/t/c/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gkwvph.11bc3y.png/1447487263759.jpg)
Matt Wade There's been a 20 per cent drop in the suburban mobility of one age group.
Anger over western Sydney walkout
![The Commonwealth Bank announced it will become the anchor tenant at Australian Technology Park, and it will abandon its Western Sydney offices.](/web/20151115021541im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/k/x/o/b/e/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gkxjvs.11bc3y.png/1447487263759.jpg)
The Commonwealth Bank is pulling thousands of employees out of western Sydney, angering advocates for the region concerned the Baird government is failing to support decent jobs in the area.
Balloon goes up in mayoral race
![Balloon goes up: Peter Maatouk with the slogan-daubed display.](/web/20151115021541im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/k/x/6/k/l/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gkw4eb.11bc3y.png/1447487263759.jpg)
James Robertson An aspiring local politician says council is crushing dissent after he was told to take down a balloon bearing slogans criticising the mayor.
'Just a drop in the ocean'
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Rachel Browne National Disability Insurance Agency staff expected only 167 participants in the early stage of the NDIS launch in western Sydney. They were overwhelmed with demand.