Taxpayers fund private school pools

Eryk Bagshaw   New data reveals that the top 20 wealthiest private schools in Sydney received millions in taxpayer funding last year.

Record staff numbers in Baird's office

Sean Nicholls   Staff numbers in Mike Baird's office have hit a record high in the period since the Coalition came to government in 2011, with 32 employees now supporting the NSW Premier.

Future of Ultimo Powerhouse site uncertain

Jacob Saulwick   NSW Premier announces Powerhouse will open on the banks of the Parramatta River in 2022.

 'Complete disregard' for assault victim

Patrick Begley   The former head of Tennis NSW believed the state's top coach had tried to have sex with a promising junior player against her will.

'Rumour and scuttlebutt rife in coal industry'

Michaela Whitbourn   A Sydney businessman accused of striking a deal with members of the Obeid family to rig a government tender for coal licences has told the Federal Court the department overseeing the tender was not "watertight".

Codes reject new stadium offer at Moore Park

Michael Chammas and Jacob Saulwick   The three Allianz Stadium tenants are lashing out at the Baird government's plans to leave them homeless.

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Auburn paid Botany bureaucrat $130,000

Sydney's most controversial council paid more than $130,000 in consultancy fees to a former senior staff member accused of receiving similar payments for no known reason in a multi-million dollar corruption inquiry.

Irish tourist fell into Cockle Bay after drinking

Rachel Olding   An Irish tourist who drowned in Darling Harbour during the Vivid Festival couldn't swim and had drank several wines before toppling into the water in front of his friends, an inquest has heard.

What Australians purchase in secret

Lucy Cormack   Australians spend $2700 each every year on purchases they hide from their partner. But what do they spend it on?

New airport buses off the radar

Matt O'Sullivan   More than two years after plans to "improve bus access", extra buses to the airport are a pipedream for passengers wanting an alternative to Sydney's most expensive train journey.

The suburbs driving population growth

Kim Arlington   Does your neighbourhood seem to be crawling with kids? It could be, as new figures from the NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages show.

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Police to investigate 'online abuse' of  MP 

Jacob Saulwick   The apparent online abuse of a Greens MP by serving members of the NSW police force could undermine the willingness of elected officials to scrutinise police powers, the MP says.

Cabarita victim planned to be pastry chef

Nick Ralston   Five days after she arrived back in Australia, police found Miming Listiyani's naked body floating in water near Cabarita ferry wharf.

Prison managers' failure  led to brutal attack

Inga Ting   The "complete failure" of prison managers to share critical information with the rest of the staff is to blame for a brutal attack by an Islamic State supporter on his cell mate, according to the prison officers' union.