Botany's missing $4.2m the tip of the iceberg

Leesha McKenny   Fake invoices were used to misappropriate millions of dollars of Botany Bay ratepayer funds, a corruption inquiry has heard.

Sydney's heat 'just keeps on coming' 

Peter Hannam   Sydney's late-summer spell of unusual warmth shows little sign of making way for autumn with another week of mild to hot weather ahead.

D-Day for cyclists as penalties enforced

Matt O'Sullivan   Police are hoping for a "smooth transition" to higher penalties for cyclists in NSW and have emphasised the need for motorists and bike riders to respect each other.

'This is double-dipping in a major way'

Peter Hannam   Once paid to stop logging in a key NSW forest, the door has opened for timber harvesters to again take wood away.

Secret behind Sydney's home price downturn

Matt Wade   During the property boom, one area of spending also boomed. And now it has slowed sharply.

The big winners from the lockout laws

Jessica Irvine   Premier Mike Baird's lock-out laws have delivered a $150,000 windfall to one group of savvy inner-city residents.

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Berejiklian takes axe to state agencies

Sean Nicholls   NSW Treasurer Gladys Berejiklian has foreshadowed a dramatic reduction in the number of government departments and  agencies in an  efficiency drive that could include public service job cuts.

Victim of yacht collision named 

Anne Davies   The two yachts involved in Saturday's tragic accident  hit head-on as one approached a mark off Clareville in Sydney's Pittwater, and the other began its run downwind.

Young Australians lead a surge in ice use

Rachel Olding   Regular users of the drug ice have more than doubled in four years, placing acute pressure on treatment services across the country.

Plan to privatise bus network

Matt O'Sullivan   Placing Sydney's entire bus network in the hands of private operators could result in almost $500 million in savings over five years, a report says.

'Sleep with one eye open': council at war 

James Robertson   Liverpool council will this week mount its third successive attempt to fire its chief executive, a push that has turned ugly and led to claims of threats and intimidation.

When sex is a pain

Harriet Alexander   Doctors are advised to ask women about sexual problems before they get worse.

Plane victim had made 9 emergency landings

Rory Callinan, Georgina Mitchell   The pilot killed in a plane crash in the Blue Mountains had more than 8000 flying hours' experience and had worked as a chief flying instructor.

Cyclist knocked down in alleged hit and run 

Michaela Whitbourn   Shocking footage of a cyclist being hit by a car in Glebe has raised questions about whether the state government should have provided a bike lane.

Shark spotting drone the 'future of rescue'

Sean Nicholls   Premier Mike Baird has declared a $250,000 helicopter-shaped shark spotting drone to be "the future of rescue" in NSW and predicted every surf club in the state will eventually want access to the technology to save lives.

Call to build very fast train now

Ross Peake   Call for Australia to grab the opportunity of cheap money to build the very fast train now along the east coast.

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You can cross the line ...

Michael O'Reilly   Drivers will be allowed to cross centre dividing lines when overtaking cyclists - so long as it's safe.

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Expert vows to start pill testing trial

Eamonn Duff   Australia's leading drug expert has put himself on a collision course with Premier Mike Baird and NSW Police by vowing to roll out pill testing at Sydney's forthcoming major music festivals.

All good news in the complementary world 

Harriet Alexander   Critics say that a leading institute in complementary medicine is too reliant on sponsorship to carry out independent research.