Major flooding events 'on the increase'
Peter Hannam 3:21 PM New research as Sydney braces for second east coast low in as many weeks.
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Mehajer's 'feature film' under scrutiny
James Robertson 5:20 PM It was his pre-wedding video that helped vault Salim Mehajer into public consciousness. But on Friday a sequel took centre stage.
Cost of major storm events before they happen
Peter Hannam 8:02 AM As coastal councils brace for another hammering of their beaches over the weekend, new research methods are emerging that could help local communities assess the threats from beach erosion.
Obeid did not reveal 'conflict of interest'
Michaela Whitbourn 6:52 PM A former top bureaucrat has told Eddie Obeid's criminal trial the then state Labor minister did not reveal his family had an interest in two Circular Quay cafes when lobbying him about the plight of harbourside tenants.
Curtis pleads for non-custodial sentence
Michaela Whitbourn 5:42 PM The barrister acting for convicted insider trader Oliver Curtis has declared there "isn't a person in Sydney" who would want to live through what Curtis and his family have endured.
Let them out: calls to free women from prison
Patrick Begley, Inga Ting 12:40 PM Bianca was 13 when she ran away from home, 14 when she met the drug dealer who would become her abusive husband, 16 when she tried ice and 28 when she first went to jail.
Killer's son to pay millions for clearing land
Damien Murphy 9:48 AM The son of Ian Turnbull, the octogenarian farmer who gunned down a NSW environment officer, has been ordered to carry out repairs worth $4.5 million on illegally-cleared land.
Program that put more people in hospital
Kate Aubusson It was supposed to keep people out of hospital. It didn't quite work out that way.
TAFE: enrolment system dumped
Eryk Bagshaw The NSW government had dumped part of a $531 million enrolment system from the state's TAFE network after years of chaos.
'They're greedy. Serves them right'
James Robertson A former mayor of Auburn council has denied he spoke against a planning proposal to reduce the height of a building because its owner, a local Lebanese group, supported his political rival.
$1 fee on all taxi and Uber trips: 'Nobody's talked about it'
Julie Power 12:15 AM Nearly 90 per cent of NSW residents don't know about the new $1 levy that will be added to all taxi and rideshare trips, no matter how short, following the expected passing of new legislation this week. Â
'Billions of tax dollars being squandered'
Kelsey Munro Private vocational courses cost taxpayers seven times as much as TAFE, new analysis finds.
'We don't know how we'll cope through winter'
Kate Aubusson A Sydney hospital in 'crisis mode' will get just $1 million in next week's state budget.
'The hairiest question' to ask
Peter Hannam Sydney's major dams may spill next week if a forecast storm brings even moderate rainfall to the area.
Medibank's secret changes to boost profits
Esther Han Medibank has been accused of failing to disclose policy changes to members in a bid to boost profits ahead of its privatisation.
'Efficient policing' means jail spending
Sean Nicholls Multibillion-dollar funding injection announced as NSW prison population surges.
What the jury didn't hear
Louise Hall and Emma Partridge The first trial of Roger Rogerson and Glen McNamara was aborted in July last year after McNamara's then barrister Charles Waterstreet made a reference to Rogerson "killing two or three people when he was in the police force".
Gao's family speaks after verdict
Emma Partridge The family of murdered university student Jamie Gao have broken their silence for the first time after a jury found disgraced former detectives Roger Rogerson and Glen McNamara guilty of the 20-year-old's murder.
Story behind the story: Rogerson, McNamara
Emma Partridge Former detective Roger Rogerson once said the people he shot never ended up in hospital - they went straight to the morgue. But not this time.
Teacher withdrew $1.9m in cash, court told
Eryk Bagshaw Teacher was a relative of the college's owner and told the court she could not remember where the money came from.
More budget cuts to government agencies
Sean Nicholls Government agencies will be hit with a further $1.4 billion in cuts in next week's NSW budget as the "efficiency dividend" continues.
Glen Turner gunned down 'like a feral pig'
Elderly farmer Ian Turnbull gunned down NSW environment officer Glen Turner "like a feral pig" in an act of revenge that has "broken" the dead man's family, his widow has told the NSW Supreme Court.
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The $3 novelty ring with three lethal surprises
A Sydney mother woke this morning to find a button battery-operated toy she bought at Vivid in pieces in her son's hands.
Look which suburb has become unaffordable now
If you want to rent an affordable home in Sydney you'll need a whole lot of petrol.
How Woolworths crashed Kmart's party
More than 100 shoppers queued outside the new Kmart in a suburban Sydney shopping mall. Woolworths had a bigger line.
'A casualised, unstable world of work'
Young people have it a lot tougher than their parents' generation, new study shows.
RBA won't generate another economic boom
Households needed a bit more help, and they got it. But the RBA is waiting to see if more is needed.
Boost for solar farms
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.
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Growing inequality amongst our poorest
UNICEF research shows poverty is growing in Australia and the gap between children at the bottom and those in the middle is widening.
Sydney needs more schools
Over the next ten years demand for schools across Sydney is almost going to double.
Why new cars float in floods
A team of engineers at UNSW has demonstrated why it can be more dangerous to drive through floodwaters in new cars than older ones.
