Muslim community honours Cronulla riot cop
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The scam more lucrative than fake romance
![Scam victim Ruth Robertson](/web/20160515171601im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/o/u/o/q/8/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.goulwr.11bc3y.png/1463312032480.jpg)
Esther Han 12:15 AM Investment scams has have now overtaken dating and romance scams as the category with the biggest financial loss to victims.
The generation that won't give up the habit
![At 46, Shane Warne is among the age group that saw the percentage of smokers increase in the past year.](/web/20160515171601im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/m/r/0/n/1/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gour4c.11bc3y.png/1463313198528.jpg)
Kate Aubusson 12:15 AM Rusted-on older smokers are resisting stubbing out their cigarettes, as younger generations drive a dramatic drop in smoking rates, NSW Health data reveals.
'A decade' to repair NSW roads
![Crews repair the road surface on York Street last August.](/web/20160515171601im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/j/5/z/s/h/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.govknl.11bc3y.png/1463311410548.jpg)
James Robertson 12:15 AM The state's roads are in a state of disrepair amounting to $1.7 billion, according to an annual snapshot by the state's motoring body.
Review kept secret as WestConnex sales surge
![St Peters resident Ngaire Worboys said she felt like she had been imprisoned when contractors erected a fence around her.](/web/20160515171601im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/o/1/l/u/a/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.goucc9.11bc3y.png/1463311410548.jpg)
Sean Nicholls 12:00 AM Almost $100,000 was spent on a report into the system by which hundreds of millions of dollars worth of land is being compulsorily acquired for projects like the WestConnnex motorway, but which the NSW government refuses to release.
Crucial link between asthma and anaphylaxis
![Caitlin Louey, 16 years old, and has suffered from anaphylaxis to pecan nuts (while undergoing allergy testing at MCRI ...](/web/20160515171601im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/o/v/m/u/8/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.govmnj.11bc3y.png/1463311410548.jpg)
Lucy Cormack 12:00 AM The symptoms of asthma and anaphylaxis can be so similar, it can be life-threatening.
Rookwood cemetery former chair hits back
![The Minister for Primary Industries Niall Blair announced last week that Rookwood's general cemetery trust chair, Bob ...](/web/20160515171601im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/i/e/m/9/0/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.govnh6.11bc3y.png/1463311410548.jpg)
Inga Ting 5:36 PM The former chairman of the Rookwood General Cemetery Trust, Bob Wilson, has hit back at claims that his resignation was motivated by an investigation into the trust's governance, burial practices and prices.
'Factories to cut off people's toes'
![Obesity has been shown to create a higher risk of chronic pain in weight bearing knees and hips.](/web/20160515171601im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/o/i/4/1/9/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gotfas.11bc3y.png/1463311410548.jpg)
Harriet Alexander Dr Lim's 130kg scales weren't enough for his patients, so he bought 160kg scale. And still they weren't enough.
How Breagha's new heart flew to meet her
![Breagha Patterson has had a heart transplant from a re-animated heart, at St Vincent's Hospital.](/web/20160515171601im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/o/t/k/l/3/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gotw3a.11bc3y.png/1463311410548.jpg)
Kate Aubusson, Health editor She lay on the operating table as her new heart was beating away in an aircraft 30,000 feet above.
'We can stay here until we die'
![Gwenda Waddington, 85, says registered nurses are needed in all aged care homes.](/web/20160515171601im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/o/v/2/2/f/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gov7nb.11bc3y.png/1463311410548.jpg)
Kirsty Needham A Baird government decision to abandon a nursing homes requirement will increase emergency admissions, Greens say.
Buyers, sellers to prove residency status
![Buyers and sellers of property will have to provide residency details to the NSW government from July.](/web/20160515171601im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/i/n/7/j/o/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gov65h.11bc3y.png/1463311410548.jpg)
Kirsty Needham Speculation that new rules pave the way for NSW government to impose surcharges for foreign buyers.
Inside the sex life of a college student
![Condoms are still regarded as the best way to prevent sexually transmitted infection.](/web/20160515171601im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/z/r/3/n/0/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.govb8c.11bc3y.png/1463311410548.jpg)
Cosima Marriner As told to Fairfax Media by a former college student at one of Sydney's universities.
Why we don't trust the health star rating
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Esther Han Shoppers are confused and losing confidence in the health star rating system, with new research showing only one-fifth always or mostly view the front-of-pack score.
Shopping list of an accidental multimillionaire
![Christine Jia Xin Lee, 21-year-old woman who was accidentally given $4.6 million by Westpac BANK and spent most of it on ...](/web/20160515171601im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/o/v/2/b/s/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gov31p.11bc3y.png/1463311410548.jpg)
Rachel Olding A Sydney student mistakenly given $4.6 million allegedly spent vast amounts on designer handbags, clothes, jewellery, phones, a "selfie" camera and even a deluxe vacuum cleaner.
Allergic to the smell of meat
![SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MAY 13: Janelle Williams has an allergy to meat vapour from BBQ's on May 13, 2016 in Sydney, ...](/web/20160515171601im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/o/v/2/d/s/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gov2wc.11bc3y.png/1463311410548.jpg)
Tim Barlass 11:09 AM After a tick bite, Janelle is now one of a growing number of Australians battling allergies.
The worst merge spot for Sydney motorists
![High volumes of traffic from Flemington Markets, a factory outlet and Olympic Park make the spot where Homebush Bay ...](/web/20160515171601im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/i/i/u/w/l/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gou5gq.11bc3y.png/1463311410548.jpg)
Matt O'Sullivan It's the place where merging vehicles are most likely to collide.
How Ainona got her ideal job
![Former Merrylands High School student Ainona Manu now works at Holroyd Council](/web/20160515171601im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/o/u/c/w/f/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.go9n0a.11bc3y.png/1463311410548.jpg)
Anna Patty Ainona Manu's first job after completing Year 12 at Merrylands High School last year turned out to be her first choice.
Pharmacist spiked assistant's drink: police
![Pharmacist Yan Chi "Anthony" Cheung was charged with using a poison after being accused of drugging his assistant.](/web/20160515171601im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/o/6/s/1/s/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gov4hc.11bc3y.png/1463311410548.jpg)
Patrick Begley A private pharmacist working on UNSW's Kensington campus spiked the drink of his assistant, a 26-year-old woman he had been friends with for three years, police allege.
Merger fallout widens for Baird, Turnbull
![SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MAY 11: NSW Premier Mike Baird during a media conference at Martin Place station on Sydney Metro on ...](/web/20160515171601im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/o/s/9/w/2/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.goutzb.11bc3y.png/1463311410548.jpg)
Jacob Saulwick, Melanie Kembrey, Anne Davies Council amalgamations threaten to disrupt Malcolm Turnbull's re-election campaign in NSW.
Wesley College defies university
![Sydney University's 99-year-old Wesley College.](/web/20160515171601im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/o/s/w/j/0/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.goukip.11bc3y.png/1463311410548.jpg)
Eryk Bagshaw, Aparna Balakumar A Sydney University college that drew outrage over a "slut-shaming" journal is refusing to co-operate with an investigation.
'Illegal' rooms cost councillor $3600
![NSW Premier Mike Baird on the 2015 campaign trail in Auburn with the party's candidate Ronney Oueik.](/web/20160515171601im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/n/3/k/s/l/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.goqkys.11bc3y.png/1463311410548.jpg)
Leesha McKenny Liberal politician on Auburn council built an apartment block with too many bedrooms.