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Latest rat run turns 8km trip into 300m journey
Cameras needed on new bridge to stop motorists flouting the rules, residents say.
Cameras needed on new bridge to stop motorists flouting the rules, residents say.
The Veterans Affairs Minister has called on MP Hugh McDermott to table his military service record.
Parents and residents are furious with government plans to redevelop a school in a high fire danger zone.
Your water bill is set to become a lot cheaper. But there's a sting in the tail.
Foreign buyers of property in NSW will be slugged with a 4 per cent stamp duty surcharge and pay an extra 0.4 per cent land tax.
The state government refuses to release detailed business cases for Australia's largest public transport projects.
A NSW MP has blamed Operation Desert Storm for the Army's poor keeping of his service record.
Federal Opposition Leader Bill Shorten's idea of a plebiscite on council mergers has hit a snag in the form of the NSW Premier.
Hundreds have gathered with candles and rainbow flags in Sydney's Taylor Square for a vigil to remember victims of the Florida gay nightclub massacre.
One tip-off to a consumer group about insurance netted 740 people compensation.
A festivalgoer lay dead in a car from a suspected drug overdose as others partied on around him.
Child care centres at four hospitals in Sydney are set to be closed or privatised.
Life as a botanist has taken Dr Barbara Briggs from the Royal Botanic Garden to assisting with a murder mystery.
The state's farmers have lopped paddock trees at an accelerating rate in the past 18 months even before a new land-clearing law eases controls further, government figures obtained by the Greens show.
Workers are being urged to form co-operatives they collectively own to protect their entitlements and to out-do Uber and Airtasker at their own game.
And she's not the only one reaping the benefits of new technology.
Foreign language learning in Australia is in serious decline in the second decade of the so-called Asian Century.
The government calls it a ''hand up''. For Braeden, it's a golden opportunity to fulfill his dreams.
A record number of patients - 74,351 - are waiting for elective surgical procedures.
New research has pinpointed the single biggest reason why 3 per cent of Australian babies still aren't being immunised.
Sydney light rail workers to strike over changes to shifts, safety concerns.
An ex-Waratah star has banned his teenage son from the sport he loves.
Households needed a bit more help, and they got it. But the RBA is waiting to see if more is needed.
The NSW government's electricity supplier has been asked to buy a substantial amount of energy from the state's solar farms – enough to power about 700 schools.
Study findings have "disturbing implications" for treating depression in young people, psychiatrist warns.
Sexism is alive and well in our most respected and trusted professions, a new analysis reveals.
Chief scientist lashes out at universities accepting students without two-unit maths as one Sydney university becomes the first to publish full ATAR data.
''That accent is about as authentic and credible as the facts alleged.''
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.
When Tamyka hit rock bottom there was only one way to go.
The question that threw Anthony Albanese on the campaign trail.
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'.
Universities are going to come clean on their admissions processes.
Some 4300 people are trapped as slaves in Australia - and they are almost all in two industries.
Cassandra Mao is backing humans in the tech race.
In a creaky, unprepossessing mansion in Sydney's south, nine mothers are roused from their sleep at 7:20am sharp each morning.
The most exposure the majority of 18 year olds get to Iron Women and Men is from the Nutri-Grain box in their cupboard.
Two thirds of violent men who attend behaviour change programs completely stop abusing their families within two years.
A revolutionary online tool is set to unravel the hidden mysteries of retirement village fees.
Twenty-seven, gay and Indigenous he arguably falls outside the popular conception of what a Liberal candidate might look like
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.
The effects of child abuse linger in the bodies of victims long after they've grown up, an Australian psychiatrist says.
The 164 people who lined up in rows four deep on the stadium pitch had a simple message.