'Enormous disruption to traffic'

Matt O'Sullivan   With light rail construction about to make "life very difficult" for commuters, Transport Minister fires back at protesters.

Broader counterterrorism powers for police

Sean Nicholls   New "investigative detention" powers will allow police to detain and question terrorism suspects as young as 14 for up to two weeks without charge

How 'Mr Bean' cheated on his HSC

Eryk Bagshaw   Students are becoming increasingly brazen in their attempts to cheat their way to higher scores, new data reveals.

Land clearing: 'This is not Queensland'

Sean Nicholls, Peter Hannam   The NSW government has defended land-clearing laws that will give greater flexibility to farmers.

John Kaye planned medicinal cannabis bill

Sean Nicholls   Greens MP's beliefs were strengthened by the "benefit he received from cannabis as pain relief," fellow MP says.

Boy dies after being found in neighbour's pond

Megan Levy   A three-year-old boy who died in hospital after being found unconscious in a neighbour's pond in Sydney's northern beaches has been remembered as a "sweet" and "friendly" child.

Flemington markets in hunt for new home

Melanie Kembrey   Australia's largest wholesale market is considering what future it has at its long-standing base in Sydney's inner west.

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Why James Packer is odds-on to get his way

Leesha McKenny   Only a bureaucrat, an architect and a planning consultant stand between James Packer and his plans for Barangaroo.

Why Kim Kardashian is not your child's hero

Rachel Browne   Sports stars, pop stars, people famous for being famous - these are not the people your kids worship, a survey of young people has found.

Monis was psychopath terrorist, inquest hears

Lindt cafe siege gunman Man Haron Monis was a dangerous psychopath who would have killed more hostages had police not ended the ordeal, an inquest has heard.

Woz's bill pushes cost of summit to $1.15m

Matt O'Sullivan   Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak's $US200,000 ($262,000) payday wasn't the only expense from the state government's two-day summit of "great minds" canvassing NSW's transport future.

Convicted fraudster back in action

Kate McClymont   Stephen Larkin has hit upon a court-sanctioned fraud which has enabled him to "legally" plunder the bank accounts of his victims.

Protestors gather to save Sydney's trees 

Helen Pitt   More than 400 protesters gathered at Moore Park on Sunday at a rally calling for a parliamentary inquiry to stop the felling of six more fig trees on Anzac Parade slated for removal from 6am Monday.

'School sores' drug runs out

Francesca Wallace   Supplies of the drug Bactropan, which is commonly used to treat 'school sores', have been depleted in Sydney, with full restocking not expected until the end of this year.