Successful applicants: one thing in common

James Robertson   Liverpool council has defended employing at least seven staff with Liberal links in non-political public service jobs, at a cost to ratepayers of more than $500,000 in salaries.

PM must 'close our borders': Nats MP

Sean Nicholls   A senior member of the NSW Coalition government has called on Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to "close our borders" to refugees from the middle east in response to the terrorism attacks in Paris.

Facebook posts illegally hacked by police

Eamonn Duff   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

Kirsty Needham   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

Kirsty Needham   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

Cosima Marriner   Black-tie glamour is in fashion Sydney high school students.

Snakes in the grass as summer approaches

Kim Arlington   Blood into jelly: just one reason you don't want a snake bite.

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'What they gave me, no gift could compare' 

Harriet Alexander   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

Harriet Alexander   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

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

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

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'

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

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

Michaela Whitbourn   The NSW corruption watchdog has hit back at claims it treated a target of its political donations inquiry with "sneering disdain".