'Let him walk away'
Jacob Saulwick 5:57 PM If Crown doesn't want to reduce its public land impact, NSW should let James Packer walk away from the deal and find another buyer, says top architect.
Latest NSW news
Donations reform on leaders' menu
Sean Nicholls 8:26 PM National political donations are in the spotlight again as Premier Mike Baird seeks nation reform.
Government must pay Mehajer's legal bill
Michaela Whitbourn 12:15 PM It's the latest court win for the controversial developer turned politician.
NSW government's Big Egg link
Esther Han 1:34 PM A government-linked farm is supplying "free range" eggs to a company that has played a critical role in lobbying efforts to weaken labelling standards.
'Like playing Russian Roulette'
Lucy Cormack 10:21 AM Yvonne had her Thermomix seal replaced following women being burnt interstate. But she has no confidence in the device.
'I think we're in danger'
Louise Hall The first hostage to give evidence at the Sydney siege inquest says he thought the Reserve Bank building near the Lindt cafe was being robbed.
Top mathematician mistaken for waitress
Eryk Bagshaw 4:36 PM "Australia is frozen in time," says one of the nation's top mathematicians, Nalini Joshi.
'It took forever but it was worth it'
Rachel Browne 2:12 AM It took six years for the Maxwells to adopt Leevii. And with only 87 children adopted in NSW last year, the state government is working on fixing the process.
Leary given another chance for parole
Rachel Olding 2:17 AM Terrence John Leary had been out of jail and on parole for just 10 months when his colleagues at a meat processing factory suddenly noticed a change in him.
'To Parramatta what Opera House is to city'
Melanie Kembrey 10:53 AM Parramatta has been busy telling everyone it is taking off as a CBD – and now it is set to have a spaceship-like building right at its centre.
Accused man's text messages to victim revealed
Emma Partridge 5:50 AM Hours before university student Jamie Gao was shot dead inside a storage shed, he sent his accused killer a text thanking him for a drink.
How far can you go to protect yourself?
Michaela Whitbourn What is a reasonable response to being confronted by a home intruder? It is among the most difficult questions that can be posed in a courtroom.
'Must be deliberate': 7-Eleven race claim
James Robertson 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
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
James Robertson 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'
Eryk Bagshaw 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
Sam Rigney 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'
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
Esther Han 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
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
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
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.
Highlights
'Really good beach days' ahead after record March
Don't put away those beach towels just yet - there's more warm weather on the way that might lure you back to the beach.
Easter long weekend holiday services guide
Information on transport, church services, entertainment, services and shopping over the Easter long weekend.
Beppi Polese: the passing of an Italian tradition
Beppi Polese, who helped stoke Sydney's long love affair with Italian food, has died on the eve of his Yurong Street restaurant's 60th anniversary.
How Facebook decides which breasts you can see
An acclaimed artist is conducting a social media experiment on the naked form.
'The system is a scam'
New documents show how coal firms won the right to claim planting of grass or trees on old mine sites as conservation offsets for future woodland destruction.
'This is going to deny access to sacred land'
Bogaine Spearim is prepared to get arrested to protect our first peoples' right to access sacred land - which is under threat from the Baird government's plan to jail anti-mining protesters.
VIDEO
Shark attacks man near Kiama
A 22-year-old man is in a serious condition after being attacked by a shark at North Bombo Beach near Kiama on Wednesday evening.
Kitten rescued by Sydney firefighters
A NSW Fire and Rescue team have saved a kitten trapped on a building ledge 50 metres above a busy Sydney street.
Suspect arrested after body found in car
Compelling vision shows police apprehending a man near the NSW town of Bermagui on Thursday afternoon, where the body of a woman was found in a car on Wednesday.
