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Sydney school hunting for unicorns
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Sean Nicholls 12:15 AM A new Sydney "entrepreneur school" will be established by the state government in partnership with universities and TAFE to foster potential technology and other start ups in NSW.
$3 million a week a 'waste'
![Labor Treasury spokesman Ryan Park.](/web/20160619182259im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/n/z/0/l/k/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gpmgeu.11bc3y.png/1466335906903.png)
James Robertson 12:15 AM NSW taxpayers are spending $3 million a week on consultants, new figures show.
Surgeons charge patients exorbitant fees
![Mark Brandt and his wife Linda used their savings to pay his out-of-pocket health costs.](/web/20160619182259im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/p/m/e/d/n/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gpmebg.11bc3y.png/1466333957150.jpg)
Kate Aubusson 12:15 AM Cancer patients are being charged exorbitant out-of-pocket costs for "flashy" surgeries by surgeons who don't disclose the full financial burden or alternatives in the public system, cancer experts say.
The 20 companies with no women on boards
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Jessica Irvine 2:12 PM Is it acceptable that 20 companies in the ASX200 still have zero female representation on their board?
Flat note at Joan Sutherland centre
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Damien Murphy 5:26 PM The "feel" of an election campaign launch speech can be a good indication that a change is going to come.
'Airbnb for camping' under threat
![Selected visitors: YouCamp founder James Woodford (right) with Kangaroo Valley land owner Peter Botsman.](/web/20160619182259im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/p/l/h/0/k/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gpm74g.11bc3y.png/1466333788744.jpg)
Jacob Saulwick A rapidly growing service giving people a chance to camp in glorious seclusion is facing opposition.
Dam could spill on Monday
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Ashleigh Tullis, Emma Partridge 1:57 AM Warragamba Dam could spill due to heavy rainfall predicted for Sunday evening.
Baird's budget has $70 billion to build
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Kirsty Needham 5:00 AM Lucy Turnbull's Greater Sydney Commission gets $62m boost to "engage" community as city faces more wrecking balls.
'It's a weight off my shoulders'
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Kirsty Needham 5:00 AM April Sheppeard was living in a refuge with a baby when she enrolled in TAFE. Now she's getting high distinctions.
Anger at fee that will drain accounts of elderly
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Kirsty Needham The government argues the fee covers insurance to protect the vulnerable from being "ripped off".
Rugby clubs forfeit games over safety
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Eamonn Duff Junior rugby clubs are not showing up for games as fears deepen about the disparities in player sizes and safety.
'For me, the door is shut now'
![Geraldine Hewitt searched for years for her biological father.](/web/20160619182259im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/n/h/8/e/e/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gpki4j.11bc3y.png/1466333788744.jpg)
Harriet Alexander Geraldine Hewitt searched for her anonymous sperm donor father, until a phone call changed everything.
'It's not just a free-for-all playtime'
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Kelsey Munro For Randwick mum Emilie Capes, sending her two- and three-year-old to preschool is a crucial investment.
Bone breaks every 3.4 minutes: report
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Kate Aubusson Online tool to predict your risk launched as osteoporosis rate rises in Australia.
Major flooding events 'on the increase'
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Peter Hannam New research as Sydney braces for second east coast low in as many weeks.
Sydney Trains worker killed by train
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Michael McGowan and Catherine Armitage A Sydney Trains employee working on the T1 Western Line was struck and killed by a train early this morning.
Mehajer's 'feature film' under scrutiny
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James Robertson 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
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Peter Hannam 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'
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Michaela Whitbourn 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.