Surpluses ahead but we'll pay for our success
Sean Nicholls 1:49 PM NSW Treasurer Gladys Berejiklian has unveiled budget surpluses worth more than $8 billion over the next four years.
State Budget 2016
The budget explained in six charts
Inga Ting 6:18 PM It all looks rosy now but there's a sting coming.
Why NSW will lose more than $10 billion
Matt Wade 4:49 PM NSW is a victim of its own success when it comes to the taxing of goods and services.
$1b for new suburban trains
Matt O'Sullivan 12:40 PM It is the first major purchase for Sydney Trains since the troubled Waratah project.
NSW Budget 2016: Winners and losers
Kirsty Needham 5:21 PM Schools, trains and unicorns are in the money, while public servants and foreign property investors lose out.
New schools, 1100 new classrooms
Kelsey Munro 4:14 PM Sydney's north is the big winner in new school allocation.
$1b health boost but funding cliff still looms
Kate Aubusson 5:34 PM Health services will receive almost $1 billion additional funding in the latest NSW budget, but the budget fails to address the impending funding black hole.
$80 million for cycling infrastructure
Sean Nicholls 12:00 AM Improving bicycle access to the Sydney Harbour Bridge could be one of the projects bankrolled by a new $80 million cycling infrastructure fund.
Latest NSW news
Could you beat the Class of '67?
Eryk Bagshaw The very first students to sit the HSC had no calculators. Can you answer the questions they faced?
'It's a weight off my shoulders'
Kirsty Needham April Sheppeard was living in a refuge with a baby when she enrolled in TAFE. Now she's getting high distinctions.
NAB customer 'felt violated'
Esther Han A major bank is being tipped off when disloyal customers approach its rivals seeking loans.
Early elections not ruled out
Jacob Saulwick The administrator appointed to run an enlarged Inner West Council says he would have no problem with council elections taking place early next year instead of September.
Sydney school hunting for unicorns
Sean Nicholls 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'
James Robertson NSW taxpayers are spending $3 million a week on consultants, new figures show.
Surgeons charge patients exorbitant fees
Kate Aubusson 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
Jessica Irvine Is it acceptable that 20 companies in the ASX200 still have zero female representation on their board?
Flat note at Joan Sutherland centre
Damien Murphy 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
Jacob Saulwick A rapidly growing service giving people a chance to camp in glorious seclusion is facing opposition.
Dam could spill on Monday
Ashleigh Tullis, Emma Partridge Warragamba Dam could spill due to heavy rainfall predicted for Sunday evening.
Question no one in government can answer
Patrick Begley 12:15 AM The NSW government does not know how many reports of sexual abuse against children in state care it receives. Â
Baird's budget has $70 billion to build
Kirsty Needham Lucy Turnbull's Greater Sydney Commission gets $62m boost to "engage" community as city faces more wrecking balls.
Anger at fee that will drain accounts of elderly
Kirsty Needham The government argues the fee covers insurance to protect the vulnerable from being "ripped off".
Rugby clubs forfeit games over safety
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'
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'
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
Kate Aubusson Online tool to predict your risk launched as osteoporosis rate rises in Australia.
Major flooding events 'on the increase'
Peter Hannam New research as Sydney braces for second east coast low in as many weeks.
Sydney Trains worker killed by train
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.
Highlights
Why so cautious, Treasurer?
ANALYSIS: Berejiklian is unlikely to ever get the state's finances into bother, but nor is she likely to win any medals for agile reform.
Why NSW will lose more than $10 billion in GST
NSW is a victim of its own success when it comes to the taxing of goods and services.
'It's real cowboy territory'
Consumer watchdog cracks down as formaldehyde, acetaldehyde and acrolein are found in vaping products.
HSC 2016: Study guide
HSC inspectors and teachers give their best advice ahead of this year's exams.
Sydney seats where job rates have improved
Unemployment rates in NSW federal electorates reveal a stark divide.
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.
VIDEO
ADF sex abuse survivor speaks out
Graeme Frazer tells journalists outside the royal commission that sex abuse victims like himself were 'treated with disdain' by Defence Force authorities.
NSW State Budget 2016: 'Could have been better'
NSW Treasurer Gladys Berejiklian's second budget is good, but could have been better, says Fairfax's Ross Gittins.
NSW Budget 2016: Win or lose?
Schools and business see the benefits of the 2016 NSW state budget, while others lose out.
