Surprise edition to violent venues list
Sean Nicholls 3:20 PM The Sydney Cricket Ground Trust has made the state's most violent venues list - the first time a sporting venue has been included since the scheme began in 2008.
Latest NSW news
10 homes on a 600 square metre block
James Robertson 4:40 PM Sydney's future housing will mirror of its working-class past, in a vision outlined by the state's planning minister on Friday.
Between a rock and horse stud
Peter Hannam 6:09 PM The Baird government has been accused of ranking the health of horses above humans after a coal mine near famous studs got knocked back but another near a Hunter village won approval.
Minister spills beans on light rail route
Melanie Kembrey 1:38 AM Duncan Gay has dropped the strongest hint yet about a new route.
The 'hillybilly heroin' hotspots of NSW
Harriet Alexander 8:28 AM Parts of western NSW and the mid-North Coast are dispensing opioids at a rate 10 times higher than places such as Epping and Pennant Hills.
Australia's colonoscopy capital
Harriet Alexander and Jane Lee 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 1:34 AM 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 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 7:54 AM 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
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 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 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 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.
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The tale of two Sydneys
"We were just at the mercy of the landlord," says Michael. "We felt powerless."
The pitch battle for Sydney's green space
From Parramatta to Petersham, the fight is on to save every blade of Sydney's grass.
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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Sydney Metro Northwest set in concrete
The last of almost 100,000 concrete segments to line Australia's longest twin tunnels has been manufactured, marking a milestone for the Sydney Metro Northwest project.
Samsung washing machine blaze destroys home
Joel Hudson and his family lost their Newcastle home to a fire caused by a repaired Samsung washing machine in August 2015.
Floating church on the Clarence
The Church on the Clarence is a floating church on the Clarence River in northern NSW that serves parishioners marginalised by society says Reverend Lyn Bullard.
