Sydney braces for a freezing Sunday
Daisy Dumas 11:18 AM Sydney awoke to a frigid Saturday morning, with temperatures dipping to a brisk 7.3 degrees in the CBD at 7:15am.
Latest NSW news
How an Australian was stripped of citizenship
![Teresa Mullan has been told she is not an Australian citizen - despite having previously travelled on an Australian passport.](/web/20160625150727im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/p/p/x/z/j/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gpqv7y.11bc3y.png/1466865338746.jpg)
Eamonn Duff 12:00 AM She has travelled the world as an Australian national. Now immigration won't reissue her passport - because she cannot prove she's a citizen.
Baird's bid to win back residents
![Sydney Metro's education program supplies classroom lessons to schools.](/web/20160625150727im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/p/r/a/u/d/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gprrls.11bc3y.png/1466847215072.jpg)
Kirsty Needham 12:00 AM The PR program, to counter grassroots opposition, includes lessons for schoolchildren
Inside the life of Hamzy and Brothers for Life
![Victim Yehya Amoud.](/web/20160625150727im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/j/x/d/w/o/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gprdv4.11bc3y.png/1466846676581.jpg)
Ava Benny-Morrison 7:24 PM Tensions had been steadily simmering between Mohammed Hamzy and an alleged Brothers For Life member before October, 2012.
Online abuse: 'So common it's almost banal'
![Zane Alchin leaving the Downing Centre Local Court this week.](/web/20160625150727im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/p/n/2/v/p/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gpqhdk.11bc3y.png/1466847083580.jpg)
Rachel Olding 12:15 AM Prosecutions for online abuse are on the rise but they only touch the tip of the iceberg.
Program helps teens beat drugs and alcohol
![Julie McCrossin and Georgia, a young mother, spent a year in a residential program by Australian Red Cross.](/web/20160625150727im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/p/p/y/0/h/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gpps8a.11bc3y.png/1466844726984.jpg)
Julie Power 11:45 PM At 18, Julie McCrossin was lost and a series of couches away from being homeless after telling her family she was homosexual.
Is a NSW preschooler worth less?
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Kelsey Munro 11:56 PM Is a NSW child worth less? – asks the campaign run by the community childcare peak body.
Historic jail could be put up for sale
![The future of the historic Darlinghurst jail is under a cloud.](/web/20160625150727im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/k/4/b/y/y/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gpr6il.11bc3y.png/1466844726984.jpg)
Sean Nicholls The NSW government's property arm has taken control of the long-term home of the National Art School
Inner West council chief's WestConnex stance
![Inner West Council Administrator Richard Pearson was heckled at his council's first public meeting](/web/20160625150727im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/p/2/y/b/k/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gpr2p3.11bc3y.png/1466844726984.jpg)
Sean Nicholls Merged council administrator Richard Pearson has written to inner west ratepayers about the controversial motorway.
How Rita helped her son's life – and her own
![Daniel Germanos with his mother Rita.](/web/20160625150727im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/p/q/e/c/1/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gpqdi1.11bc3y.png/1466844726984.jpg)
Kate Aubusson "Not many mothers get to test their unconditional love like this" says Rita Germanos.
Debate NSW has been avoiding for 100 years
![Anna Groth waited for five days in a hospital after a botched abortion.](/web/20160625150727im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/p/p/d/8/j/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gpp2ns.11bc3y.png/1466844726984.jpg)
Kate Aubusson It took Anna Groth five days to get the emergency procedure she needed.
Sydney cold snap on the way - and good snow
![The predicted winter storm has hit Perisher with strong winds and 15cm of snow over the past 24 hours across our four ...](/web/20160625150727im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/p/p/l/u/v/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gppr8b.11bc3y.png/1466844726984.jpg)
Peter Hannam Sydney's run of well-above average temperatures is about to come to a chilly halt that will please few save those headed for the snowfields.
Sex assaults dismissed as 'pranks', inquiry told
![The Australian Defence Force has come under the spotlight at the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child ...](/web/20160625150727im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/m/8/v/r/2/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gpqf42.11bc3y.png/1466844726984.jpg)
Rachel Browne Repeated assaults caused injuries that required corrective surgery, witness tells commission.
Spotlight on pay, conditions for Uber drivers
![Labor says one of the major omissions in the ride-sharing laws is a minimum standard of pay for drivers.](/web/20160625150727im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/p/n/x/n/1/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gpq3es.11bc3y.png/1466844726984.jpg)
Matt O'Sullivan Pay and work conditions for Uber drivers in NSW are set to become the next area of contention in the regulation of new forms of transport services.
NSW to double existing solar farm capacity
![NSW has the second lowest share of clean energy as a total of its electricity.](/web/20160625150727im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/o/6/w/b/6/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gpq7qb.11bc3y.png/1466844726984.jpg)
Peter Hannam Four new plants will bring hundreds of jobs while saving 342,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas annually.
Ex-governor defends 'initiation ceremonies'
![Former defence force personnel are giving evidence about alleged sex abuse at the Royal Commission into Institutional ...](/web/20160625150727im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/p/q/1/d/j/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gpptwm.11bc3y.png/1466844726984.jpg)
Rachel Browne Peter Sinclair defended navy initiation rites but agreed they could get "out of control".
Foley's plan to build even more schools
![Opposition Leader Luke Foley says the state government has broken 'a clear commitment'.](/web/20160625150727im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/p/o/9/w/i/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gpp2f7.11bc3y.png/1466844726984.jpg)
Kelsey Munro The Opposition Leader saw a perfect spot for a new school in his electorate. But the land was quickly put out of reach.
'Not like a handbag': Minister apologises
![Eleni Petinos is a young Liberal rising star.](/web/20160625150727im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/p/p/b/7/m/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gppaxj.11bc3y.png/1466844726984.jpg)
James Robertson A cabinet minister has been forced to back down after telling a female colleague building roads was "not like buying a handbag".
Obeid 'duped' senior bureaucrat, trial hears
![Eddie Obeid with members of his legal team and family outside the Darlinghurst Supreme Court on Monday.](/web/20160625150727im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/p/n/5/m/m/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gpotz8.11bc3y.png/1466844726984.jpg)
Michaela Whitbourn Eddie Obeid "duped" a senior bureaucrat in the state maritime authority, the Crown has told the jury in the former Labor MP's criminal trial.
Babies put at risk by unsafe cots, strollers
![The Multifunctional Luxury Baby Stroller, sold by Online Dealz, posed an entrapment risk for children and had unsafe straps.](/web/20160625150727im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/p/p/8/r/y/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gpp86h.11bc3y.png/1466844726984.jpg)
Kim Arlington Online Dealz fined $100,000 for selling mislabelled, unsafe baby and toddler products.
Confusion among top cops over siege endgame
![Assistant Commissioner Mark Jenkins believed an "emergency action" response would only be triggered by death or serious ...](/web/20160625150727im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/p/5/m/f/h/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gpp4eb.11bc3y.png/1466844726984.jpg)
Patrick Begley Three levels of senior police command had three different ideas of what would trigger a storming of the Lindt cafe siege stronghold.
The good news about guns
![About 700,000 guns were handed in to Australia's buyback nearly 20 years ago.](/web/20160625150727im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/o/e/g/a/b/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gpp4wp.11bc3y.png/1466844726984.jpg)
Harriet Alexander The rate of all intentional deaths has declined since gun laws were introduced in 1996.