'Devastating and unnecessary'

Matt O'Sullivan 4:16 PM   With some 80 trees gone for the light rail, more than 300 still face the axe - and opposition to the process has been reignited. 

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Time's up for Sydney Harbour Control Tower

View of the view from the Harbour Control Tower at Barangaroo Reserve which will be demolished at the end of March. 9th ...

Melanie Kembrey 10:13 PM   It's been called a "hypodermic in God's bum" and a "concrete mushroom". And soon it will be gone.

Lockout law protest movement gathers steam

Hugos owner Dave Evans and staff of Hugos in Kings Cross picket after closing in August. The restaurateur blamed the ...

Daisy Dumas 8:44 PM   Support for anti-lockout law and pro-Sydney nightlife campaigns is gaining momentum, with action groups vowing to fight the "devastating cultural and economic impact" it believes the NSW Government's measures have brought.

Baird's message to 'hysterical' Sydney drinkers

Mike Baird

James Robertson 5:13 PM   The NSW Premier has made no secret of his opinion as lockout laws go to review.

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'Sick of our school being in the newspaper'

Australia's largest Islamic school has lost up to $19 million in Commonwealth funding.

Eryk Bagshaw 6:35 PM   More than 2000 Sydney children could be left stranded after the government withdrew $19m in funding.

'Anti-adoption sentiment' must change

Forced adoptions and the Stolen Generations have influenced sentiment, says Brad Hazzard.

Rachel Browne 3:58 PM   As the number of children in care nears 20,000, advocates are pushing a "family for life" model.

Australia is not the lucky country, report finds

SMH News story by Erik Bagshaw, Australia is far more unequal than we thought. A new study from the department of ...

Australians have very little ability to move beyond their family's socioeconomic status unless one key investment is made.

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Is your bus stop seat frying your bottom?

"We've got bus stops on major roads like Parramatta Road, which itself is a heat island, and you see shelters with glass ...

Lucy Cormack   Change is on its way to make your wait much cooler - and smarter.

Builder who ran out of excuses fined $90,000

Sinking funds and strata levies can tell you a lot about the property you want to buy.

Esther Han   Mark carried out a quick licence check for Sydney builder Paul Logan before paying him thousands to carry out work in his new North Bondi home. So what went wrong?

'It's a hospital ... you don't expect a gun'

Nepean Hospital security guard Barry Jennings is unsure if he will ever return to work at the hospital following a ...

Rachel Olding   ​Barry Jennings has been punched, kicked, spat on, had chairs thrown at him and almost been stabbed while working as a security guard at Nepean Hospital. But this was the last straw.

It's raining cats, and weather is to blame

February is a peak time for kitten numbers.

Kim Arlington   "There's just kittens coming out of everyone's ears."

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 Patients charged $30,000 for treatment

Treatment options differ: Patients face a confusing array of choices when diagnosed with prostate cancer.

Harriet Alexander   Men who have been diagnosed with prostate cancer face a confusing array of treatment choices, each with its own price tag and idiosyncratic side effects.

Pell to give evidence by video link

Cardinal Pell will not have to fly, the royal commission has ruled.

Rachel Browne   The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has accepted that Cardinal George Pell is too sick to return to Australia to give evidence.

The perfect week in store for Sydney

Swimmers rejoice: Great weather forecast for Sydney this week.

Peter Hannam   Sydney could get its best weather for the year, with a week of gently warming days, lots of sunshine and little rain.

Dyldam directors embroiled in family feud

Carol Khattar with her late husband, George Khattar.

Kate McClymont   One of the nation's largest privately owned development companies, Dyldam, is claiming it is too cash-strapped to pay money to the widow of one of its four owners.

Heat to stay on CSIRO climate cuts

There are claims Malcolm Turnbull was blindsided by the news.

Peter Hannam   Leading scientists will use a national conference to appeal to the Turnbull government to intervene to reverse plans by the CSIRO to eliminate most of its climate roles amid claims the Prime Minister was "blindsided" by the move.

Guards want power to restrain patients

Hospital security guards have called for dedicated "ice" rooms or seclusion rooms in emergency departments, such is the ...

Rachel Olding   Hospital security guards have outlined overwhelming concerns about staff numbers, job training and hospital safety ahead of a roundtable meeting with the government on Monday.

Chinese New Year: Get ready to party

Lunar New Year celebrations in Cabramatta's Freedom Plaza.

Phoebe Moloney   It's the Year of the Monkey and Sydney's celebrations could be our most creative yet.

Police question restaurant over wine list

Diners at the 10 William St restaurant.

Eryk Bagshaw   Police question Paddington restaurant over its wine list

Urban sprawl crushing Sydney's food bowl

Dairy Farmer Tony Biffin in the paddocks at the family run 'Biffin Dairy' in Cawdor near Camden, Sydney. Biffin Dairy ...

The share of vegetables grown in the city's food basin is heading for a crash.

The changing face of Sydney's Chinatown

Jacky gets ready to tackle the New Year rush. He's run the Shun Fai Modern AV Co in Sussex Street for the past 25 years.

As Haymarket wakes up to the Year of the Monkey, the change that has crept over the inner-city suburb is developing into a brisk march.

'Heavy handed nanny state'

Aaron Manahan claims police harassed him.

Eamonn Duff   When police nabbed a Sydney drag queen for urinating in a public place, it sparked an eight-month 'harassment' case unlike any other.

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Highlights

The Year of the Monkey do's and don'ts

Gong xi fa cai! Welcome, year of the fire monkey.

Objecting to timing of training takeover

The Turnbull government's leaked plan to take over control of vocational training should come as no surprise to the Baird government.

Confessions of a window cleaner 

What window cleaners see: You could virtually make it up and it would all be true.

Back room strategy no longer working for Packer

James Packer's natural game is the backroom deal but it's no longer going all his way over his proposed casino development at Barangaroo.

Sydney's deadliest road?

There was once a warning sign at the beginning of Appin Road with the death toll emblazoned under the words "Accident Zone, Drive Carefully."

AGL's belated exit from coal seam gas leaves Santos exposed in Pilliga

The company executives with most to worry about after AGL's ditching of CSG belong to Santos.

VIDEO

Secret recording of Anita Cobby confession

A secret recording, played for the first time in a Seven Network special, captures John Travers confessing to the rape and murder of Anita Cobby with four other men in 1986. Vision: Seven Network.

Shelters have kittens over longer breeding season

Changing weather patterns are affecting cat breeding cycles, leading to longer seasons and more kittens being dumped at animal shelters.

Man jumps from Kiama Blowhole

A young man jumps off a cliff surrounding the Kiama Blowhole on the NSW south coast.