'It will completely change Sydney'
James Robertson 4:09 PM Darling Harbour was designed for Australia's bicentenary in 1988 in a manner sympathetic with Sydney's history. That is about to be turned on its head.
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The suburbs where agents still break the rules
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Sean Nicholls 12:15 AM A crackdown on under quoting by real estate agents following the passage of new laws to deter the practice has detected 176 breaches.
The fallout for Foley from Clements' exit
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Sean Nicholls 12:15 AM With the exit of NSW general-secretary Jamie Clements, Luke Foley has lost a key backer. That, along with poor polling, means the state Labor leader is increasingly vulnerable.
Cracks emerge in section of $8.3b rail line
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Jacob Saulwick 6:36 PM Two concrete spans erected for a new Sydney rail line may need to be pulled down.
Investigation found 'insufficient' evidence
![Jamie Clements, who resigned as NSW Labor general secretary on Thursday.](/web/20160115160856im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/i/t/k/r/n/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gm6oxz.11bc3y.png/1452845270620.jpg)
Sean Nicholls 6:17 PM Staffer "exhibited a genuine level of anxiety" but claims could not be substantiated, investigation found.
'We are failing children with disability'
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Rachel Browne 12:46 AM A Federal senate inquiry has described "disgraceful" treatment of children with a disability at school.
Florence reaches the end of the line
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Matt O'Sullivan The end of tunnelling led Premier Mike Baird to declare that that the $8.3 billion Sydney Metro Northwest rail project was "ahead of time and under budget".
'Just like eBay': Dark net drug market gets real
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Phoebe Moloney 8:33 AM Australian drug dealers are over-represented on the dark web, but that's not the only worrying trend found by UNSW researchers.
Woolworths 'racial profiling' claim
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Esther Han Three furious customers are demanding an apology from Woolworths for cancelling their online baby formula orders and suspending their accounts, accusing the supermarket giant of racial profiling.
Aldi to remove microbeads from products
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Rachel Browne Aldi has come into line with Coles and Woolworths to remove damaging microbeads from its personal care products.
Protected areas fail to support corals, fish
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Lucy Cormack 10:36 AM Marine protected areas all around the world are designed to .... and yet they are failing to protect most of the evolutionary diversity of the world's coral and fish, a new study has found.
Bridge-top performance for Australia Day
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Daisy Dumas Jessica Mauboy will help to unfurl celebrations across Sydney on Australia Day by singing the national anthem in Indigenous languages while perched atop the Harbour Bridge.
Greenhouse gas rise delaying ice age: scientists
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Peter Hannam The build-up of carbon dioxide emissions through the burning of fossil fuels may postpone the next glaciation event by at much as 100,000 years, according to new climate research.
Woolies, Coles fined for underweight products
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Esther Han Sponge cakes and lamb chops were discovered to weigh less than what was claimed.
Mind the gap - and your kids
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Matt O'Sullivan Video footage of children falling in gaps between trains and platforms has prompted a warning to parents and carers.
'If you have to fill up, shop around'
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Han Nguyen Prices at neighbouring stations have varied by as much as 32 cents in Sydney.
'A major stimulus to walking, cycling'
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Jacob Saulwick A bridge unused for two decades is back in the frame to solve Sydney's newest transport dilemma.
Early childhood teachers to be accredited
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Phoebe Moloney Early childhood teachers will be required to have qualifications from government approved universities and will have to complete ongoing professional development to maintain their accreditation.
Release of property resumption report delayed
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Sean Nicholls A senior barrister's landmark report into the NSW compulsory acquisition system being kept secret by the Baird government was due to be publicly released two years ago, emails reveal.
Fee freeze 'not enough' to save TAFE
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Eryk Bagshaw Teachers have warned that the NSW government freeze on TAFE fees will not be enough to curb plummeting enrolments.
MP's self-funded campaign under scrutiny
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Sean Nicholls An MP spent $130,000 of his own money funding his re-election campaign, raising queries about possible breaches of electoral laws.
How UNSW won the first preference race
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Eryk Bagshaw As teenage angst seized school-leavers, the University of NSW had the advantage.