When aircraft noise is a good thing

Leesha McKenny 2:48 PM   The plan to turn a suburb into Sydney's answer to New York's Brooklyn.

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Revealed: $11 billion school funding shortfall

NSW premier Mike Baird and NSW Education Minister Adrian Piccoli visit Homebush West Public School in 2014 to make the ...

Eryk Bagshaw and James Robertson 7:34 PM   NSW schools face a funding shortfall of at least $11 billion over the next 15 years, documents from the Department of Education reveal.

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'The time for civil disobedience is now'

"It's now clear that the planning process has been a sham": Greens MP Jenny Leong.

Matt O'Sullivan 2:10 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.

Labor's promise to beat airport noise

Labor has promised a "no-fly zone" from 11pm to 6am at Badgerys Creek.

Melanie Kembrey   Planes at Badgerys Creek would be directed "over essentially forest rather than over people" at night, Labor says.

Sydney Uni and UNSW the best of frenemies

Quantum particles offer much more precise measurement than classical light.

Marcus Strom 6:37 PM   Sydney opened two quantum computing laboratories this week, but those working in them say their research is competitive collaboration.

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.

Esther Han   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.

James Robertson   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.

Lachlan Leeming, Megan Levy   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.

Eryk Bagshaw   A survey of 1400 students has found just how little some workers are being paid.

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Publisher cleared of misleading ICAC

Newspaper publisher John Booth has been found not guilty of giving false and misleading evidence to ICAC

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.

Leesha McKenny and Inga Ting   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.

Eryk Bagshaw   Elderly couple who own many decaying buildings across the CBD are sharing their wealth.

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Gonski polling puts marginal seats at risk

The Member for Eden-Monaro, Dr Peter Hendy, who is Assistant Minister for Finance.

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

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

"Not a big increase": BOCSAR director Dr Don Weatherburn.

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.

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

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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.

James Robertson   Two alcohol policy groups have called for the Baird government's controversial "lockout laws" to be extended.

Ocean Wave or Beachy McBeachface?

The public is encouraged to submit names for a proposed new eastern suburbs council.

Melanie Kembrey   The public has been asked to submit name suggestions for an amalgamated Sydney council.

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'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. ...

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 is famously indifferent to the Apple Watch.

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.

James Robertson   The sense of impending crisis around Salim Mehajer's empire deepened on Monday morning.

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'Who would steal a TV?'

You're safer than you've been for a very long time. But who gets the credit?

Dame Leonie Kramer dies at 91

Influential Dame Leonie Kramer died peacefully on Thursday morning at the age of 91.

Losing the human touch in the office

Nine in 10 of us say face-to-face meetings are the best - so why isn't this happening?

Vice-chancellor rails against 'stupid' thinking on innovation

University of Sydney has invested $110 million in its centre for nanoscience research, alongside $40 million from the federal government.

'Pretty shocking': Coral bleaching hits Sydney

The giant coral bleaching event that is now devastating wide swaths of the Great Barrier Reef has now extended all the way south to Sydney Harbour, researchers say.

This puppy could change your thinking

It turns out there is such a thing as human intuition - and it can be tested scientifically.

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Sydney Metro rail expansion detailed

Plans for more than 15km of new Sydney Metro rail lines and tunnels are explained in a promotional video.

Watching an atomic blast in shorts and sandals

Ken Palmer, a national serviceman from HMAS Murchison was one of a group of men who witnessed the British detonate a nuclear bomb off the Monte Bello archipelago off the coast of Western Australia. They stood on the top of the ship in shorts and sandals to watch the blast.

Million-dollar terror fraud exposed

Police have allegedly uncovered a million-dollar fraud racket.