Sydney's 'pop-up' school plan

Kirsty Needham 6:44 PM   Hundreds of students will be moved to a greyhound racetrack as their school is demolished and rebuilt.

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When mum, dad, kids and the dogs go vegan

Vegan Cauliflower, quinoa and goji berry and pumpkin hummus salad at The Grain Store.

Lucy Cormack 12:00 AM   Meet the Sydney family where even the family dog is vegan (most of the time).

NSW Fire axes aerial rescue trucks

"Bronto" fire trucks in action at a NSW fire.

Kirsty Needham 9:37 PM   "The government will save dollars, but is that at the expense of community safety?"

The $26m not spent on fixing your school

Department questioned over unused funds: The Department of Education spent $26 million less than last year.

Kelsey Munro 12:00 AM   One school is waiting for almost $3.5m worth of repairs to be done.

'I feel in my heart someone didn't push him'

Elwyn and Catherine Rath's son died in North Head in Manly in 1977.

Ava Benny-Morrison 12:15 AM   It was just after sunrise on June 16, 1977, when a fisherman found Paul Rath at the base of a cliff in Sydney's northern beaches. 

The battle for renters' rights

"I've been pretty distraught": Rachael Laidler.

Adam Morton 12:15 AM   Rachael Laidler loved her dog, but she didn't get to keep her long.

Internal conflicts could have led to killing 

Michael Davey, also known as 'Ruthless', was killed in Kingswood on March 30.

Ava Benny-Morrison 12:15 AM   The Prince of Penrith had been a well-known member of the Rebels bikie gang.

Group warns unis at risk over sexual assault

ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 03:  'End Rape on Campus' founder Sharna Bremner poses for a photo at the University of ...

Cosima Marriner 12:15 AM   Victims' advocacy group End Rape on Campus warns universities their "deliberate indifference" and "total cover up" of sexual assaults could be the subject of legal action.

'No refugee comes here wanting welfare'

Australia Day Address Speaker Deng Thiak Adut on Thursday.

Kirsty Needham 12:00 AM   The Baird government will offer refugees a priority pathway to public service jobs in a new commitment that puts it at odds with recent comments by federal Immigration Minister Peter Dutton.

'I was just the person letting it grow inside me'

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 03:  Leah with her 4 month old daugher Alyza with her cousin and surrogate Belinda on June 3, ...

Cosima Marriner 7:37 PM   Belinda Cahill couldn't bear the thought of her cousin never having a baby. So she carried Leah Ellis's child for her.

'Secret son' case prompts IVF overhaul

IVF clinics will require women who use donor eggs, sperm or embryos to give a written undertaking to have a blood test ...

Cosima Marriner 12:15 AM   Women who use donor eggs, sperm or embryos must agree in writing to provide the results of a pregnancy blood test to their IVF clinic or be reported to state authorities.

Mardi Gras in turmoil over claims of theft

Tensions have erupted between directors of the community organisation that runs Sydney's Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras.

Andrew Taylor 9:50 PM   Sydney's Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras has been plunged into turmoil over proposed measures to prevent criminal activity, mismanagement and nepotism within the organisation that runs the event.

Toxic compounds found across Sydney

Aerial view of the area surrounding Sydney Airport, in Mascot.

Michael McGowan 12:00 AM   A potentially cancer-causing chemical has been found at dozens of sites, including Sydney Airport.

The rise of the high-rise high school

Artists' impressions of Arthur Phillip High at Parramatta.

Eryk Bagshaw 12:15 AM   By 2020 Sydney will have at least five new high rise public schools. 

Is your neighbourhood making you fat?

Glenmore Park resident Jessica Lowe exercises in the local park.

Harriet Alexander 3:00 PM   Some neighbourhoods are much more conducive to healthy residents than others.

Tsunami evacuation maps cause panic

Sydney's harbourside suburbs would be effected by a tsunami. according to tsunamisafe.com.au

Julie Power 1:58 PM   It could have been the rain bucketing down that prompted the near hysterical reaction to the publication of new tsunami evacuation maps.

Stormageddon: Weather pummels NSW

The Wollongong Harbour breakwall on Saturday.

Patrick Begley, Julie Power and Francesca Wallace 4:28 AM   Sydney's Vivid lights were dimmed, and some events cancelled, as winds and rain pummeled NSW and threatened to flood at least 23 river valleys.

Baird budget cuts spark ICAC 'funding crisis'

ICAC chief Megan Latham has warned of staff cuts.

Sean Nicholls   The Independent Commission Against Corruption says it has been plunged into a "funding crisis" and will be forced to cut 15 per cent of its staff due to state government funding cuts.

Baird's WestConnex mea culpa

Premier Mike Baird at Luna Park for the 2016 Corporate Club Australia Business Lunch in Sydney where he addressed ...

Jacob Saulwick   But the premier vows he will continue to make controversial decisions - or he wouldn't be doing his job, he says.

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Is this the end for the Dish?

CSIRO's radio telescope in Parkes may be under threat.

Marcus Strom   Leaked briefing notes show that CSIRO cuts threaten the iconic radio telescope at Parkes

Sydney Trains removes Greens adverts

The "Vote for Public Transport" message, which has since been removed.

Jacob Saulwick   "Operator is saying it's politically sensitive to talk about public transport," says candidate.

He couldn't speak. They didn't care.

Debtors are being threatened with court action.

Esther Han   A debt collector is in trouble for demanding - for five years - to speak with a stroke victim who lives in a nursing home.

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We need more fighters like John Kaye

It was an unusual spectacle, but the late John Kaye fought tirelessly for the underdog and the public interest, with less regard for the votes that might be in it for his Greens party.

'I felt as if I was adding nothing beneficial' 

When Tamyka hit rock bottom there was only one way to go.

The question that nearly threw Albanese

The question that threw Anthony Albanese on the campaign trail.

'Like returning a lamb to a den of lions'

Deo Nuyu has volunteered for community groups while working as a cleaner, dish washer, forklift driver and catering packer in Sydney. He now faces 'imminent danger of death'.

Now for the real ATAR

Universities are going to come clean on their admissions processes.

Slavery 'persists in Australia'

Some 4300 people are trapped as slaves in Australia - and they are almost all in two industries.

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The best and worst of #SydneyStorm

Sydney's wild weather brought out amateur and professional photographers and videographers alike on Saturday.

'Expensive' fire trucks to be mothballed

Metropolitan Sydney fire fighters will lose their capacity to perform some high rise rescues as specialised fire trucks are scrapped due to funding cuts.

One surrogate's story

Belinda Cahill offered to be a surrogate because she couldn't bear the thought of her cousin Leah never having a baby.