Minister spills beans on light rail route
Melanie Kembrey 5:40 PM Duncan Gay has dropped the strongest hint yet about a new route.
Latest NSW news
Australia's colonoscopy capital
Harriet Alexander and Jane Lee 4:16 PM One area of Sydney has the nation's highest rate for the procedure, a study has found.
Central Barangaroo buildings increase again
Leesha McKenny and Jacob Saulwick 6:11 PM The latest increase to development at Barangaroo "could be squeezing the lemon too hard," according to Paul Keating.
Shorten helps to defuse preselection challenge
Sean Nicholls 6:03 PM A potentially embarrassing situation of a long-serving senior female Labor MP being rolled for preselection by a male newcomer has been avoided.
Massive cost blowout for intercity trains
Matt O'Sullivan 5:00 PM They are rolling off the shelf but won't be ready to roll without the state government forking out an extra $1.1 billion.
Mehajer 'betrayal' sparks expulsion
Sean Nicholls
7:01 AM
An Auburn councillor has been sensationally expelled from the Labor Party after his failure to vote for his ALP colleague saw embattled deputy mayor Salim Mehajer re-elected.
'Classic Ponzi scheme': Sydney housing
Jessica Irvine 6:35 AM When Gough Whitlam was dismissed, Sydney houses cost four times the annual income. It's now 12 times.
Obeid objects to coal mine next to family farm
Anne Davies A company linked to Eddie Obeid has lodged a formal objection to plans by Korean power company KEPCO to develop a coal mine directly to the east of the family's cattle property in the Bylong Valley.
'I've done you a favour'
Akansha Singh The NSW government is making no apologies new road penalties, saying "people are losing their lives and they're killing others".
Bonanza from Transgrid privatisation
Sean Nicholls 12:15 AM About $8 billion will be poured into NSW infrastructure projects from the privatisation of high voltage electricity company Transgrid for $10.26 billion by the state government.
Bosses fail to practice what they preach
Jessica Irvine 12:11 AM Female managers are paid 29 per cent less than their male counterparts - a gap worse than lower paid women. And bosses are failing to practise the family friendly work patterns they preach.
A 'war against our own children'
Amy Corderoy Australia is caught in an irrational, un-winnable war against drugs that is actually just a "war against its own children", according to health and legal experts.
Expert questions 'smart' drumlines for sharks
Lucy Cormack GPS buoys will allow sharks to be hooked, tagged and released. But experts have raised concerns.
New Wallabies home sparks land debate
Jacob Saulwick The new home of the Wallabies is planned to be built at Moore Park in the next 18 months.
School maintenance, construction outsourced
Eryk Bagshaw The government will outsource the maintenance of more than 200 Sydney schools as it seeks to sell off part of the state's public works program.
Leichhardt Council vetoes own refugee plan
Michael Koziol A proposed refugee hub at Lilyfield's Callan Park was blocked on Tuesday night during a chaotic Leichhardt council meeting stormed by right-wing anti-Islamic extremists.
$500,000 bill - without a brick being laid
Rachel Browne When a charity applied to build much needed low cost housing in Sydney's west, it was not prepared for a $500,000 bill from the local council.
Class action as schools become movie studios
Eryk Bagshaw From digicams to hovering drones, public schools are trying to out-film each other.
The Sydney suburb that prays for track work
Saffron Howden Stop talking, pause the movie, close the windows: a train is coming. The cost of living alongside a line notorious for "wheel squeal".
Skyline shake-up as towers face demolition
Matt O'Sullivan Almost 20 buildings in Sydney's CBD – some as high as 22 storeys – will have to be torn down for construction of train stations for the $10 billion-plus metro line.
The forgotten commuters of Sydney
Melanie Kembrey They are the "forgotten" commuters of Sydney - set to have their direct train service to the CBD taken away from them.
Keating slams Art Gallery expansion
Kate Aubusson Paul Keating has railed against the proposed expansion of the Art Gallery of NSW, calling the project a "land grab" entertainment complex "masquerading as art".
Highlights
Could council mergers prove Baird's sinkhole?
They were from Liberal Party heartland. They were Baby Boomers. And they were mad.
Powerhouse visitor boom makes mockery of claims
The Powerhouse Museum saw a 12 per cent leap in visitors this year, contradicting Troy Grant's claim the museum must be moved west because fewer Sydney residents are using it.
Time to fix question time
The final question time of the NSW Parliament rolled around on Thursday. But anyone who fears that the quality of our democracy will suffer by its absence until the resumption of hostilities next February should relax.
'I don't think it really captured the whole essence of Christmas'
The David Jones city Christmas window display usually pulls large, excited crowds but this year has only attracted a dribble of frowning and disappointed shoppers.
Who wants clothes when Sydney sweats?
Clothes came off, sunscreen slapped on – it was only 9am and Sydney was starting to sweat.
Blowing hot or cool? Depends where you're at
If you really want to know how hot you are, try getting around the city with an expert in urban microclimates with an infrared camera and a hand held weather station.
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Fans behaving badly
From beer to bare bums: sports fans misbehaving
Myer whistleblower sacked
Rafael Colobon is sacked after he spoke out about the exploitation of cleaners at department chain Myer. Courtesy ABC News 24.
Do you know this man?
Police believe this man may be able to help with inquiries into an assault which left 29-year-old Vineshwar Pal in a critical condition on Wednesday 4 November 2015. For information call Crimestoppers 1800 333 000.
