'It's pretty scary. I try not to think about it'
Daisy Dumas, Lucy Battersby and Alana Schetzer 5:24 PM Emmanuelle-Rose Everett dreams of a stable job in the full-time labour force.
Latest NSW news
'Must be deliberate': 7-Eleven race claim
![A scandal at 7-Eleven was a key focus of the inquiry.](/web/20160329043447im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/n/m/n/0/n/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gnshr6.11bc3y.png/1459154509443.jpg)
James Robertson 6:22 PM A Sydney lawyer has alleged 7-Eleven employed a de facto policy of ethnically screening its franchisees and, with ANZ, luring them with "easy" loans they could not repay.
Second minister caught in donations row
![Assistant Minister for Cities Angus Taylor](/web/20160329043447im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/n/j/q/9/6/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gns7li.11bc3y.png/1459156963463.jpg)
Federal frontbencher Angus Taylor was briefed on a fundraising body that has embroiled cabinet secretary Arthur Sinodinos in a political donations row.
Enough marijuana to fill SCG three times over
![Victoria could be distributing its first home-grown medical marijuana by 2017.](/web/20160329043447im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/k/5/v/a/c/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gnsbj8.11bc3y.png/1459154509443.jpg)
James Robertson 12:15 AM Malcolm Turnbull pledged $1b last December for an 'ideas boom' for Australia's future. A study has found legalising medical cannabis would create an innovative multi-million dollar industry.
Scots board dumping was 'invalid'
![The Scots College.](/web/20160329043447im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/h/m/b/v/s/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gns4w8.11bc3y.png/1459154509443.jpg)
Eryk Bagshaw 3:53 PM The trustees of the Presbyterian Church acted invalidly in removing the Scots College Council to save the job of principal Ian Lambert, a former NSW judge says.
Emotional family of 'burglar' in court
![Ricky Slater-Dickson, who broke into a house in Newcastle and was allegedly killed by homeowner Benjamin Batterham.](/web/20160329043447im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/n/s/5/j/b/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gns2z6.11bc3y.png/1459214437195.jpg)
Sam Rigney 10:26 AM Emotional family members of alleged murder victim Ricky Slater have shown up outside the Newcastle Bail Court on Monday to demand justice.
'Priority to get job done properly'
![Bob Sendt: "We haven't been given a deadline, we're independent."](/web/20160329043447im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/n/s/1/u/f/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gnr0de.11bc3y.png/1459154509443.jpg)
Melanie Kembrey The newly appointed head of the Boundaries Commission says he is 'comfortable' with the body's level of independence from the government.
How Big Egg is winning the free range fight
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Esther Han 4:12 PM Consumers are about to get some certainly over free range egg labelling. But consumer and animal welfare groups say the options reflect what the egg industry, not shoppers, want.
The empty homes of Sydney
![The mismatch between housing supply and need could be artificially inflating Sydney's housing shortage, experts say.](/web/20160329043447im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/m/j/k/g/g/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gnpc52.11bc3y.png/1459154509443.jpg)
Leesha McKenny and Inga Ting Sydney is in the midst of housing crisis yet up to 90,000 homes in some of the city's most desirable suburbs are empty, new analysis shows.
Body failed to declare $1m in donations
![Cabinet secretary Arthur Sinodinos is under pressure over the NSW Liberal party's political donations scandal.](/web/20160329043447im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/m/q/t/s/g/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gnrs1m.11bc3y.png/1459154509443.jpg)
Sean Nicholls The Liberal-linked body that has embroiled cabinet secretary Senator Arthur Sinodinos in a campaign finance scandal failed to declare to NSW electoral authorities receipt of almost $1 million in political donations for the year covering the 2011 state election.
Decision expected on reopening city jail
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Melanie Kembrey It was Australia's oldest-serving jail until it was closed in 2011. Now the state government is set to decide whether it will reopen the jail despite plans for a major residential development nearby.
Woman lay on floor pretending to be dead
![Keith Cini.](/web/20160329043447im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/n/q/j/x/6/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gnqcby.11bc3y.png/1459154509443.jpg)
Ava Benny-Morrison As Lucina Boldi lay on the floor of her Badgerys Creek home pretending to be dead, she could hear her house being ransacked.
The school where sports stars are made
![Cricket coach Tim Laws with student Luke Hawksworth, who is part of the school's targeted sports program.](/web/20160329043447im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/n/p/j/5/9/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gnq0kf.11bc3y.png/1459154509443.jpg)
Alexandra Smith Endeavour Sports High's partnerships with leading teams from across the state have resulted in demand for a spot at the school skyrocketing.
Child models used to 'sell' adoptee children
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Rory Callinan Children offered for adoption are being represented as photogenic child models with attractive personalities in a controversial internet advertising campaign run by a NSW government-funded charity.
Re-apply for your job, councillors told
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Anne Davies NSW councillors have been told they need to re-apply for their jobs, as the NSW Government lays the groundwork to terminate existing councils and implement its amalgamation agenda.
Terror attacks at heart of Easter messages
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Easter Sunday services drew large crowds, as Christian leaders spoke about the significance of faith in the 21st century, drawing on recent terrorists attacks to illustrate their messages.
Baird's stadium tsar lives it up at Super Bowl
![A high-powered delegation from NSW saw Beyonce, Coldplay singer Chris Martin and Bruno Mars perform at the Super Bowl ...](/web/20160329043447im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/m/o/8/y/f/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gnqn7u.11bc3y.png/1459161947081.jpg)
Jacob Saulwick When the Baird government sorts out what kinds of stadiums it wants to build, it should have no shortage of inspiration.
Will the world run out of chocolate?
![Lots of chocolate will be consumed on Sunday.](/web/20160329043447im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/1/m/b/m/3/a/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gnpfg4.11bc3y.png/1459154509443.jpg)
Esther Han We're eating more chocolate than ever before. But cocoa farmers are struggling to meet demand, and some are abandoning the crop altogether, worrying chocolate makers.
Baird to seek deal on terror suspect detention
![Joint counter terror raids in wake of the 2015 Parramatta shooting.](/web/20160329043447im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/k/4/o/q/1/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gnrhy2.11bc3y.png/1459154509443.jpg)
Kirsty Needham Premier Mike Baird will step back from his call for terrorism suspects to be detained for up to 28 days without charge in a bid to secure national support for new terror laws.
Domestic violence
Josie's plea sets a new course
![Josie Pohla story. Last year, after Josie's mother committed suicide on the back of sustained domestic abuse, she wrote ...](/web/20160329043447im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/n/r/d/y/m/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gnqvuc.11bc3y.png/1459154509443.jpg)
Eamonn Duff It all began with a heartfelt plea to politicians, typed on her grandmother's laptop, three weeks after her mother's suicide.
Bob Carr flies high on taxpayer expense
![Former foreign minister Bob Carr says there is a "stock of goodwill' in China towards Australia.](/web/20160329043447im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/l/e/k/s/r/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gnrjbm.11bc3y.png/1459154509443.jpg)
Kirsty Needham Bob Carr's taxpayer funded mobile phone bill has blown out to $9755 in six months, as the former NSW premier continues the globe trotting lifestyle he famously diarised as a foreign minister.
Baird vows to stick to building NSW
![NSW Premier Mike Baird vows to keep building, a year after his re-election.](/web/20160329043447im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/n/r/0/s/r/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gnrgvk.11bc3y.png/1459154509443.jpg)
Kirsty Needham A year after receiving a mandate from NSW voters, Premier Mike Baird has vowed he won't be distracted by the daily issues that confront government.