The nature strip outside the home of Salim Mehajer, who installed artifical grass without his own council's approval.

Turf's up: Salim Mehajer replaces fake lawn

Leesha McKenny and Michaela Whitbourn 5:56 PM   The grass will no longer be greener for Auburn's suspended deputy mayor, Salim Mehajer.

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Biggest uni entry shake-up in a generation

Professor Peter Shergold

Eryk Bagshaw 6:00 PM   A discussion paper to be released on Thursday outlines new key ATAR requirements for universities.

Call to make teen sexting legal

Youth Action argues that sexting could be taught in sex education classes in schools.

James Robertson 5:21 PM   "Sext" education and banning websites that glorify eating disorders are among the suggestions for updating the way young people's sexuality is taught and regulated.

'You can't just take a city's pool off them'

Parramatta lord mayor Paul Garrard says the state government must pay if it wants to demolish the public swimming pool ...

Melanie Kembrey 4:15 PM   The Baird government has been accused of an "outrageous land grab" as it prepares to demolish a public swimming pool to make way for a new sports stadium.

Email against same-sex unions sparks furore

Marriage Alliance spokeswoman Sophie York.

Sean Nicholls 7:08 PM   Mass email to Liberal Party members includes mock-up of Titanic and an iceberg.

Sydney private schools face sexual abuse suits

Sydney lawyer Ross Koffel has filed 10 claims on behalf of abuse victims against elite schools.

Jacob Saulwick 11:19 AM   The Royal Commission into child sexual abuse has helped trigger a fresh wave of litigation against Sydney private and Catholic schools.

Babies prescribed drugs in CTP scams

There has been a 30 per cent increase in the number of CTP insurance claims in the last 12 months alone.

Lucy Cormack 2:14 PM   Children as young as six months are being exploited in fraudulent CTP insurance claims, which are being targeted by the government's recently launched CTP fraud task force.

'They need really good training'

Cricket ACT is disappointed at Cricket Australia's decision to overlook a Canberra-based team for the national one-day ...

Rachel Browne 5:45 PM   Sweeping reforms are needed to volunteer-run sports clubs to help prevent child sexual abuse, a royal commission has heard.

Liquor and gaming in 'chaos' before review

Deputy Premier Troy Grant has driven the regulation shake-up.

Sean Nicholls 12:15 AM   A shake-up of NSW liquor and gaming regulation driven by deputy premier Troy Grant has led to an exodus of senior executives and claims it has sparked "chaos".

'The heat was relentless'

The planet hasn't been this hot since reliable records began about 130 years ago.

Peter Hannam 6:13 PM   From hot oceans to shrinking Arctic ice and glaciers, the evidence of a warming planet has gone into overdrive in the first three months of 2016.

Public grows sceptical on coal and CSG: poll

The Mount Arthur Mine at Muswellbrook: the public is becoming increasingly sceptical about the impact of coal mining.

James Robertson 6:15 PM   A majority of the NSW public now views coal and coal seam gas mining negatively and calling for it to be more tightly regulated, a new poll has found.

Turning a cost blowout into a saving

The NSW government's claimed savings are being questioned.

James Robertson 10:38 PM   How do you turn a $100 million cost blowout into a $10 million saving? If you're the NSW government, focus on the positives.

Builder 'a menace best avoided'

Michael Issa, fined and jailed after trading as an unlicensed builder.

Lucy Cormack   An unlicensed builder has been sentenced to 12 months in jail and ordered to pay more than $40,000 in fines and compensation.

Soccer mums, dads told to be alert for abuse

A girl was attacked by her soccer coach, a royal commission has heard.

Rachel Browne   A Football NSW official says parents need to be better educated about the risk of child sexual abuse.

'Pick up the phone': hostage's fury at Abbott

Marcia Mikhael enters the inquest into the deaths arising from the Lindt cafe siege on Tuesday.

Louise Hall   Lindt cafe hostage Marcia Mikhael has described her growing frustration at the failure to meet the demands of gunman Man Haron Monis.

'Amount of beverage litter is appalling'

Four per cent of beverage containers in NSW are littered every year - that's 168 million containers weighing 17,700 tonnes.

Lucy Cormack   Public hearing on marine plastic pollution shows the scale of the problem, say green groups.

How Baird could make $5b for NSW economy

There has been a call for stamp duty on property sales to be dumped and replaced by a newly designed land tax.

Matt Wade   By getting rid of what has been described as ''the state's worst tax'' we could be better off, analysis shows.

The one thing that slows your bus or train

Umbrellas cause havoc with Sydney's buses.

Alexandra Smith   If your train or bus seemed unusually late on this wet Monday, there was one thing you probably contributed to that.

Witness disappears in Obeid cartel  case

Moses Obeid, Eddie Obeid's middle son.

Michaela Whitbourn   A "centrally relevant" witness in a multimillion-dollar cartel conduct case against Moses and Paul Obeid and Sydney businessmen John McGuigan and Richard Poole has vanished overseas.

 Sydney Uni angers foreign students

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Eryk Bagshaw   Sydney Uni is under fire for its treatment of international students after changing the graduation date for one of its  business courses.

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Schools ready to take Malek Fahd students

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

Eryk Bagshaw   Four Sydney public schools will take Malek Fahd students when its funding is cut off on Friday.

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Chewie cracks the world venom record for a king brown, his handler at the Australian Reptile Park, Billy Collett, says.

Chewie the snake attracts world record claim

Stand aside, Donald Trump, when it comes to spitting venom, Chewie is the world champ.

Colin Moir 92 yrs from five dock walking for his mates during Anzac Day 2015 Young and old today gathered in Sydney for ...

Anzac Day March moved off George Street

For the first time, Sydney's Anzac Day march down will run down Elizabeth Street. 

Oregano has become a staple in kitchens with the growing popularity of Mediterranean cooking.

What's really in your oregano?

Shoppers buying and sprinkling chopped oregano leaves to flavour their food might actually be using entirely different ingredients, says consumer advocacy group Choice.

Jacob Saulwick

Where Sydney is letting down its people

Consider the possibility that, above the craps tables, James Packer and Crown had been made to build something useful at Barangaroo.

Clover Moore dinkus

It's time we grew up

Well-managed licensed premises should be exempt from the 1.30am lockout, and the 3am "last drinks" rule should be reconsidered.

Tesla electric car owner Sally Perini, at a charging station on top of Westfield Chatswood.

Baird government urged to do more to support electric car use

Five Green incentives that would tip the balance in favour of electric cars for car purchasers in Sydney.

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VR at Australian Museum

Explore the Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough's Virtual Reality Experiences at Australian Museum

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King brown snake breaks venom record

King brown snake breaks the record for the most venom from a single milking, claim the Australian Reptile Park, providing 1.5 grams of venom vital for the production of anti-venom.

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Police break up 'road rage fight' on Sydney Harbour Bridge

One man is in hospital and another was arrested after a fight broke out on the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Vision courtesy: ABC News 24.