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Sydney and much of Australia caught in a hot spell
Peter Hannam 11:57 PM May and autumn will come close to being a record warm ones for Sydney, the state and the rest of Australia as the giant El Nino added a hot overlay to temperatures that are rising in the background here and in most parts of the world.
Marshall splitting opinions as CSIRO leader
Tim Elliott 10:03 PM One sunny afternoon last September, more than 250 handpicked members of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, or CSIRO, gathered in a grandstand of the Sydney Cricket Ground.
Labor Party head office embroiled in vote-rigging claims
Kate McClymont 12:15 AM The fallout from the charging of former ALP party boss Jamie Clements with misuse of the electoral roll is threatening to embroil the party in a deepening scandal with details emerging of widespread abuse of confidential electoral roll information by the party's head office.
'Facing your worst fear every day'
Julie Power 12:15 AM Peta Murchison has given people a tiny glimpse into the "weird universe you find yourself living in when you are a parent with a dying child".
Disgraced blogger Belle Gibson could be forced to apologise for lies
6:16 PM Disgraced blogger Belle Gibson could be forced to publicly apologise for claiming to have cured her terminal cancer with healthy food and natural therapies.
'Mean girl' culture must go
Anna Patty 5:18 PM Female career climbers have been urged to leave the ladder down instead of pulling it behind them after they reach the top.
Domestic violence leave would mean fewer jobs for women: Cash
Noel Towell 4:35 PM Minister for Women's comments are "beyond bizarre" says public service union.
It's all in the genes: How your parents can make you stay at school longer
Bridie Smith 3:50 PM The genes you inherit from your parents have a say in how long you stay at school and whether you go to university, according to the results of one of the world's largest genetic studies.
Is this why NSW childcare is the most expensive in the country?
Kelsey Munro, Education reporter 3:37 PM The Auditor-General says the government has hoarded hundreds of millions in funding budgeted for the early childhood sector, while high fees keep many families from sending their kids to childcare or preschool.
Australia cut from UN climate report
Peter Hannam 11:27 AM The Turnbull government intervened to excise references to Australia in a United Nations report on the risk of climate change to sites including the Great Barrier Reef in a move dubbed by one of the report's reviewer as "disgusting".
Do apes have culture?
Andrew Masterson 12:15 AM Playing video games, listening to Beyonce, taking selfies – do primates have rich inner lives?
Shorten holds out hope for public service pensioners
Noel Towell Government, opposition both claiming to stand for fairness on pensions and super.
Public servants, diggers warned on electioneering
Noel Towell Mind your Facebook likes and shares, public servants warned.
Check your tickets! $40 million Lotto unclaimed
Aisha Dow The hunt is on for a mystery $40 million Tattslotto winner in a tiny Victorian dairy town.
Child abuse leaves physical scars in adulthood: psychiatrist
Kate Aubusson The effects of child abuse linger in the bodies of victims long after they've grown up, an Australian psychiatrist says.
Thirty-eight years of public service, then booted off the pension
Noel Towell But it's all about fairness, government insists.
Sydney Uni medical school cheating controversy
Eryk Bagshaw Doctors at some of Sydney's top hospitals have cheated in their medical exams, Fairfax Media can reveal.
A 'second chance' for kids failing maths
Kelsey Munro There is a way to minimise the impact of a student's background, an expert says.
Australian man dies in Laos after suspected drink spiking
A Melbourne man has died after his drink was reportedly spiked in Laos.
Dangerous operation to recover Melbourne woman's body from Everest under way
Aisha Dow The body of Melbourne woman who died on Mount Everest has been moved 300 metres down the mountain, in the first stage of an arduous operation to repatriate the Monash University lecturer to Australia.
Alarm sounds on pill-popping professionals
Anna Patty The 24/7 economy is pushing so-called 'smart drugs' into the office
Jury behaviour study raises possibility of reform
Rachel Browne Assumptions about sex abuse cases have been challenged by an international study.
Navigating a path to recovery
Ade Djajamihardja 12:15 AM A stroke survivor reveals the secrets of staying positive when your world collapses.
It's OK to be a cry baby at bedtime, doctors say
Bridie Smith Parents, cut yourselves some slack. Doctors say letting your child cry itself to sleep is no reason for you to lose any yourself.
Australian veterans welcome British report on controversial drug mefloquine
Henry Belot Australian veterans welcome British report on controversial drug mefloquine.
Rain is always the snow 'killer'
Peter Hannam Expect more precipitation on the mountaintops - but will it be the right stuff?
'Caring doctors should tell them'
Kate Aubusson The type 2 diabetes pandemic demands a radical change in treatment, experts say.
Consulate driver wins unfair dismissal case
Anna Patty Indian Consulate driver Hitender Kumar would not clear out some office files or even hang a picture of Mahatma Gandhi without written instructions from his boss. When his employer sacked him, he retaliated.
El Nino officially comes to end
Peter Hannam After a year of driving global temperatures to unprecedented warmth, the giant El Nino weather event in the Pacific is officially over, raising hopes that drought-hit regions may be in for some relief in Australia and elsewhere.
'It was almost as if she overheard'
Kate Aubusson Anxiety was constant for 22-year-old Steph Ewing's family during her final days.
