A million customers' private data exposed

Esther Han 8:27 PM   Private information of more than a million customers of an online takeaway giant is at risk of being stolen, with experts deeming the website as "vulnerable" and "not secure".

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Sinodonis slapped down

Liberal Senator Arthur Sinodinos arrives as the guest speaker at a Liberal Party fundraiser at Darren Taylor Catering, ...

Sean Nicholls, Kate McClymont 11:43 PM   Senator's demand that references to him in an explosive NSW Electoral Commission statement should be removed has been rejected.

Lockout laws 'reduce facial injuries'

Lockout laws.

James Robertson 4:35 PM   Severe facial injuries have been reduced by 60 per cent since lockout laws were introduced, according to new data.

'Eggs from hens that don't go outside'

Consumer affairs ministers have set a legal definition for free range eggs.

Esther Han 3:57 PM   There is now a legal definition of "free range" eggs - and it's not acceptable, says consumer group Choice.

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'More harm than good'

St Pauls students Aiden Helu, Bailey Miller and Jasper Toshack

Eryk Bagshaw 6:20 PM   The number of Sydney schools banning laptops and tablets is increasing as education experts find technology is impeding learning.

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Private college to be pursued for $210m

NCH - NEWS - National news story + Newcastle Herald .

Eryk Bagshaw 7:31 PM   A private college that allegedly recruited illiterate, disabled students into thousands of dollars worth of debt is being pursued by the ACCC.

Hospital that has run out of emergency space

Ambulances.

Harriet Alexander   A Sydney hospital is seeking partnerships with the private sector as it braces itself for an influx in patients.

Packer casino stoush: 'Let him walk away'

James Packer

Jacob Saulwick   If Crown doesn't want to reduce its public land impact, NSW should find another buyer, says top architect.

How is this free range egg farming?

Shoppers, on average, pay 70 per cent more for eggs labelled free range, compared to caged.

Esther Han 9:05 AM   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.

Donations reform on leaders' menu 

Political donations reform will be raised by the Prime Minister at a leaders' dinner.

Sean Nicholls   National political donations are in the spotlight again as Premier Mike Baird seeks nation reform.

Government must pay Mehajer's legal bill

Salim Mehajer arrives at Burwood Court earlier this year.

Michaela Whitbourn   It's the latest court win for the controversial developer turned politician.

'Like playing Russian Roulette'

Yvonne Skarbek.

Lucy Cormack   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'

Jarrod Morton-Hoffman told the inquest he initially thought the bank across the road was being robbed.

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

SMH/EDUCATION/NEWS.  Portrait of Nalini Joshi leading mathematician who is slamming gender inequality in Australia's ...

Eryk Bagshaw   "Australia is frozen in time," says one of the nation's top mathematicians, Nalini Joshi.

'It took forever but it was worth it'

Rachel and Peter Maxwell are the adoptive parents of Leevi, born in 2009. Leevi's adoption order was made in February ...

Rachel Browne   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

The Hunters Hill bus stop where Terrence John Leary attempted to rape and stab a woman on June 19, 2013.

Rachel Olding   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'

The proposed design for new civic building in Parramatta.

Melanie Kembrey   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.

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Accused man's text messages to victim revealed

Victim: Jamie Gao.

Emma Partridge   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? 

Ricky Slater-Dickson, who was found inside a Newcastle home and allegedly killed by Benjamin Batterham.

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

A scandal at 7-Eleven was a key focus of the inquiry.

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

Assistant Minister for Cities Angus Taylor

Federal frontbencher Angus Taylor was briefed on a  fundraising body that has embroiled cabinet secretary Arthur Sinodinos in a political donations row.

Highlights

The toxic legacy beneath Barangaroo

The clean up of toxic waste beneath Barangaroo has started - but who should pay?

'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.

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Monis said hostage barristers could leave

Hostage Stefan Balafoutis has spoken publicly about dead barrister Katrina Dawson for the first time during the Lindt cafe inquest.

'Free range eggs' definition reached

Australia's consumer affairs ministers will adopt a legally binding standard with a definition of what constitutes a free range egg.

'I saw the shark thrashing around': rescuer

Joel Trist paddled straight out to his mate Brett Connellan in a bid to save him from a shark attack near the NSW south coast town of Kiama. Vision courtesy ABC News 24.