How Waterloo beat Sydney Uni for the rail station
Jacob Saulwick 10:55 AM When a state government plans a new rail line, one might imagine the views of the transport department and the treasury would be telling in how the line will work. But other ministers had an ace up their sleeves.
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Sydney Uni's push for light rail
Matt O'Sullivan 4:30 PM Major city roadway targeted as solution after uni loses out on metro train station.
Mehajer suspended for four months
Michaela Whitbourn 12:33 PM Sydney's most colourful deputy mayor has been blasted for his "hubris" and suspended from civic office.
Union breaks ties with NSW Labor
Anna Patty 1:19 PM The union says it needs to step back to "focus on the issues affecting our membership".
Workers allegedly underpaid $45,000
Anna Patty 12:15 AM Overseas workers at three Sydney factories that supply pastries, vitamin pills and desserts to businesses including Coles, Woolworths and airlines, have been allegedly underpaid by more than $45,000.
NSW hospitals putting 'babies at risk'
Harriet Alexander 6:05 PM Thirty-eight weeks or 39? Non-medical factors are pushing women to have elective caesareans earlier than official guidelines - and hospitals are playing along.
Mehajer fined for driving without licence
Michaela Whitbourn 8:58 PM The latest stage in the very public life of Auburn deputy mayor Salim Mehajer, 29, was played out in Bankstown Local Court on Thursday.
The drug police don't test drivers for
James Robertson 5:45 PM There's one popular party drug that drivers aren't tested for at roadside stops.
'Disrespectful and wrong'
Matt O'Sullivan As opposition mounts against tree-felling for light rail works, the RSL says some signs have gone too far.
'It should not be accepted as an excuse'
Anna Patty 7:48 PM A worker who pushed a colleague into a swimming pool at a work Christmas party was fairly sacked, the Fair Work Commission has found.
Albanese to recontest Grayndler
Deborah Snow 5:54 PM Anthony Albanese has decided to run again for the seat of Grayndler, despite radically redrawn electoral boundaries, but has harsh words for the Greens who will be a key danger in the seat.
Hospitals staring at 'funding black hole'
Harriet Alexander The Australian Medical Association is warning of an imminent crisis for public hospitals unless funding is increased.
Taxpayers pay 'substantial amounts' for ferries
Matt O'Sullivan Sydney's ferries are experiencing their peak loads for the week on Sundays as travellers delay their trips to take advantage of cheaper fares.
Let's move beyond ATARs: Vice-Chancellor
Eryk Bagshaw UNSW's Vice-Chancellor Ian Jacobs said NSW should move away from the ATAR as the only measurement of academic success.
'We don't understand what the concern is'
James Robertson Less than six months since his "wedding of the year", Salim Mehajer and the Auburn City Council have convened for potentially the final time.
ICAC chief quizzed before inquiry begins
Sean Nicholls The chair of a parliamentary committee preparing to quiz anti-corruption chief Megan Latham has signalled a fiery line of inquiry.
'Too much of this iPhone thing'
Daisy Dumas In the midst of lively and poignant festivities came a message we all might heed.
'Funding pressures ... are no excuse'
Eryk Bagshaw and Inga Ting NSW universities are admitting students with ATARs as low as 30 into competitive tertiary degrees, investigation shows.
Auburn councillor: Let me keep my job
James Robertson As Auburn council prepares for what could well be its final meeting on Wednesday night, a member of that council has made an appeal to the state government.
'Lack of respect': Cafe's Australia Day sign
Albert McKnight A sign erected at a south coast coffee shop just before Australia Day has sparked online outrage.
Rail safety program misses another deadline
Matt O'Sullivan Already running five years late, a $361 million safety project for Sydney's train system has missed its most recent deadline and transport officials have given up predicting when it will be finished.
Gutting of terrace forces National Trust to act
Leesha McKenny The destruction of the "exceptional" heritage interiors of a rare 1840s terrace has prompted the National Trust to again urge the state government to cease offering Millers Point properties for freehold sale.
Highlights
'If you have a pulse you can get in'
Of the 6000 students who are offered a university place with an ATAR below 50, less than 20 per cent graduate. And taxpayers are footing the bill to the tune of $7bn.
The force driving diseases like Zika virus
Regions with "increasing average temperatures" at greater risk of mosquito-born diseases, say researchers.
Volcano search finds island split in half
Scientists aboard the Investigator have discovered fluids cooling volcanic rock beneath the sea. But it's what they found above the water that surprised them.
Lego into technology (at a fraction of the cost)
Physics PhD student Richard Moser shirked a high-tech tensometer, worth $50,000, to make his own piece of equipment out of Lego. And it works just as well.
How well are new refugees settling in?
Since arriving in Australia 16 months ago, Syrian refugee Youssef Darwish has learned English and is studying for a qualification in furniture removal and warehousing.
Medical testing on primates: more openness and transparency needed
Evidence uncovered about what has been dubbed "Frankenstein-like" surgical experiments on primates using taxpayer funds.
VIDEO
Wild storms rock Sydney
20,000 homes lose power and two train lines are affected by overhead wiring damage as another fierce storm strikes Sydney on Friday afternoon.
Sydney storm hits Richmond
Vision of a large electrical storm rolling into Agnes Banks near Richmond in Sydney's west.
Multiple Sydney schools receive bomb threats
The Seven Network's helicopter captures student evacuations after threats are made against schools in Mona Vale, Woolooware, Richmond and Penrith.
