'The time for civil disobedience is now'
Matt O'Sullivan 8:40 PM Construction will start within weeks on tunnels and a spaghetti junction of ramps in Sydney's inner west for the second stage of the $16.8 billion motorway project.
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Labor's promise to beat airport noise
![Labor has promised a "no-fly zone" from 11pm to 6am at Badgerys Creek.](/web/20160421151228im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/z/s/o/z/e/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gobtvd.11bc3y.png/1461234811399.jpg)
Melanie Kembrey 8:33 PM Planes at Badgerys Creek would be directed "over essentially forest rather than over people" at night, Labor says.
IKEA warning after third child fatality
![Ted McGee was crushed to death when an IKEA chest of drawers fell on top of him in February.](/web/20160421151228im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/o/b/x/4/o/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gobo9l.11bc3y.png/1461238252488.jpg)
Esther Han 5:07 PM Furniture giant says it has no plans to issue a recall of its Malm chest of drawers.
'My rent went up': candidate's novel excuse
![Parramatta Liberal councillor Jean Pierre Abood.](/web/20160421151228im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/o/b/i/8/g/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.goatbx.11bc3y.png/1461232525050.jpg)
James Robertson 12:18 PM Councillor and nominee for federal seat of Parramatta says enrolling at the wrong address was a complicated mistake.
Train and car involved in crash
![The Westpac Rescue Helicopter at the crash site.](/web/20160421151228im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/o/b/y/b/y/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gobn4j.11bc3y.png/1461232525050.jpg)
Lachlan Leeming, Megan Levy 4:04 PM Three young girls and a woman, reported to be pregnant, were injured when a freight train and a car collided on the NSW Mid North Coast, paramedics say.
'Staggering' findings on student pay
![Up to 35 per cent of students in restaurants were being paid as little as $12 an hour, the survey found.](/web/20160421151228im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/o/b/s/w/p/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gobkzh.11bc3y.png/1461235174588.jpg)
Eryk Bagshaw 8:39 PM A survey of 1400 students has found just how little some workers are being paid.
Publisher cleared of misleading ICAC
![Newspaper publisher John Booth has been found not guilty of giving false and misleading evidence to ICAC](/web/20160421151228im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/1/3/k/0/e/v/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.goau8g.11bc3y.png/1461232525050.jpg)
Leesha McKenny Colourful local newspaper publisher John Booth has been acquitted of giving false and misleading evidence to the corruption watchdog.
'This is not how I envisioned my life at 41'
![Matthew Lytham, who is struggling to find housing.](/web/20160421151228im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/o/a/q/v/5/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.go9tje.11bc3y.png/1461232525050.jpg)
Leesha McKenny and Inga Ting 1:52 AM Sydney's housing problem is a "consistently depressing story" - and it's spreading.
Sydney Uni's record $35 million donation
![Isaac and Susan Wakil say they were inspired by the university's approach to healthcare challenges.](/web/20160421151228im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/h/d/c/p/a/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.goaoex.11bc3y.png/1461232525050.jpg)
Eryk Bagshaw 9:26 AM Elderly couple who own many decaying buildings across the CBD are sharing their wealth.
Gonski polling puts marginal seats at risk
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Eryk Bagshaw Voters in marginal seats are set to abandon the government over its refusal to fund the final two years of Gonski funding, a new poll has revealed.
'I couldn't breathe and I was told it is normal'
![Krystle Morgan wants tighter regulation of the multibillion-dollar cosmetic surgery industry](/web/20160421151228im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/j/x/g/y/o/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.goakgj.11bc3y.png/1461232525050.jpg)
A woman who was rushed to hospital after her lung was punctured during routine cosmetic surgery has called for tighter regulation of the multi billion dollar industry.
Small rise in assaults at Star casino
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James Robertson Report appears to disprove one line of criticism used by opponents of the lockout laws.
Steaming hot world sets temperature records
![Warming up: The Earth is sizzling.](/web/20160421151228im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/o/6/k/b/s/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.goaf58.11bc3y.png/1461232525050.jpg)
Peter Hannam The Earth sizzled in March with the most unusually warm month in history as average land surface temperatures easily exceeded levels deemed by scientists to constitute dangerous climate change.
Train privatisation documents kept secret
![Train generic](/web/20160421151228im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/1/3/6/6/a/9/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.go9nqe.11bc3y.png/1461232525050.jpg)
Matt O'Sullivan and James Robertson Speculation over transport privatisation plans revived as NSW bureaucrats refuse to release 97 documents.
Extend lockouts beyond Kings Cross: groups
![Pubs want changes to lockout laws, which are currently under review.](/web/20160421151228im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/o/5/7/h/h/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.goa5a8.11bc3y.png/1461232525050.jpg)
James Robertson Two alcohol policy groups have called for the Baird government's controversial "lockout laws" to be extended.
Ocean Wave or Beachy McBeachface?
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Melanie Kembrey The public has been asked to submit name suggestions for an amalgamated Sydney council.
'It was a hush-hush thing'
![Trish Robbo, and her granddaughter Miracle, aged 2. Trish is the owner of a Samsung
washing machine that caught fire. ...](/web/20160421151228im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/o/7/7/u/q/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.go8zcz.11bc3y.png/1461232525050.jpg)
Esther Han A fire broke out in Patricia Borg's laundry. But two different stories have emerged about what happened in the aftermath.
Wozniak worries about Uber monopoly
![Steve Wozniak.](/web/20160421151228im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/o/8/w/x/w/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.go8ztu.11bc3y.png/1461232525050.jpg)
Matt O'Sullivan Apple's co-founder Steve Wozniak harbours concerns about the ride-sharing multinational forcing down the wages of its drivers.
Mehajer company fights wind-up move
![Salim Mehajer outside Burwood Court earlier this year.](/web/20160421151228im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/n/q/0/5/k/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.go8wj0.11bc3y.png/1461232525050.jpg)
James Robertson The sense of impending crisis around Salim Mehajer's empire deepened on Monday morning.
Uni tutor resigns after calling students 'pigs'
![University of Sydney tutor Wei Wu](/web/20160421151228im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/o/6/t/j/v/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.go93x6.11bc3y.png/1461232525050.jpg)
A University of Sydney business school tutor has resigned after being caught making a series of derogatory social media posts insulting mainland Chinese students.
Search for woman and disabled grandson
![Police are searching for missing woman Laura Stavron and her grandson George Kondilis.](/web/20160421151228im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/o/9/4/7/h/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.go9463.11bc3y.png/1461232525050.jpg)
Kate Aubusson Police are appealing to the public for assistance as they search for a missing woman and her disabled grandson in Sydney's south.
Sydney's 'permanent peak hour' problem
!["The economic growth of western Sydney is being strangled by congestion:" NRMA president Kyle Loades.](/web/20160421151228im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/o/4/y/n/8/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.go86qb.11bc3y.png/1461232525050.jpg)
Lucy Cormack Sydney's road congestion is so bad that one third of western Sydney businesses has experienced a loss of sales, an NRMA survey says.