Latest rat run turns 8km trip into 300m journey

Cameras needed on new bridge to stop motorists flouting the rules, residents say.

'Unnecessary anxiety amongst veterans'

Sean Nicholls   The Veterans Affairs Minister has called on MP Hugh McDermott to table his military service record.

'Do not murder our children with this plan'

Eryk Bagshaw   Parents and residents are furious with government plans to redevelop a school in a high fire danger zone.

Sydney Water's new fees

Esther Han   Your water bill is set to become a lot cheaper. But there's a sting in the tail.

New taxes for foreign property buyers

Sean Nicholls   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.

'All we have is glossy documents'

Matt O'Sullivan   The state government refuses to release detailed business cases for Australia's largest public transport projects.

MP refuses to release military service record

Sean Nicholls   A NSW MP has blamed Operation Desert Storm for the Army's poor keeping of his service record.

'The mergers are done and this is a stunt'

Melanie Kembrey   Federal Opposition Leader Bill Shorten's idea of a plebiscite on council mergers has hit a snag in the form of the NSW Premier.

Orlando victims honoured at Sydney vigil

Georgina Mitchell   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.

Melanie's $231,000 tip-off

Lucy Cormack   One tip-off to a consumer group about insurance netted 740 people compensation.

Rave organisers' 'disregard' for safety 

Ava Benny-Morrison   A festivalgoer lay dead in a car from a suspected drug overdose as others partied on around him.

Clouds over hospital childcare centres

Matt O'Sullivan   Child care centres at four hospitals in Sydney are set to be closed or privatised.

Identifying a leaf became a murder mystery

Lucy Cormack   Life as a botanist has taken Dr Barbara Briggs from the Royal Botanic Garden to assisting with a murder mystery.

'The tip of the iceberg'

Peter Hannam   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.

Co-ops the solution to sharing economy trap

Anna Patty   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.

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It costs $4.20 a week to power Pia's car

Lucy Cormack   And she's not the only one reaping the benefits of new technology.

Students are turning away from languages

Kelsey Munro   Foreign language learning in Australia is in serious decline in the second decade of the so-called Asian Century. 

'There's only one plan'

Kirsty Needham   The government calls it a ''hand up''. For Braeden, it's a golden opportunity to fulfill his dreams.

'It's unacceptable and unfair'

Kirsty Needham   A record number of patients - 74,351 - are waiting for elective surgical procedures.