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Man charged after two sex attacks in Sydney
![Mustafa Kayirici, 26, has been charged after allegedly kidnapping and sexually assaulting a teenage girl.](/web/20160626151102im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/p/s/4/y/w/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gps0zp.11bc3y.png/1466927356807.jpg)
Ava Benny-Morrison, Michaela Whitbourn 3:00 PM A Sydney man allegedly raped a young woman he met through an escort agency before going on to kidnap and rape a 13-year-old girl.
'I will not be going home' says expat
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Emily Smith 9:35 PM Yorkshire born and bred Stephen Whitehead has been in Australia for six months. He won't be going back to England.
Australia strips Australian of citizenship
![Teresa Mullan has been told she is not an Australian citizen - despite having previously travelled on an Australian passport.](/web/20160626151102im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/p/p/x/z/j/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gpqv7y.11bc3y.png/1466921410409.jpg)
Eamonn Duff She has voted in 10 federal elections and travelled the world as an Australian national. Immigration is refusing to reissue her passport.
Bondi Rescue lifeguards try to save dolphin
![Lifeguards at Bondi tried to save this injured dolphin washed up on the beach June 25 2016](/web/20160626151102im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/p/r/z/p/l/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gprzn6.11bc3y.png/1466942310217.jpg)
Kim Arlington 9:58 PM "We tried so hard": Lifeguards from hit reality TV show work to help injured dolphin.
Man high on ice killed aunty with a brick
![Ice led to Jamie May's state, the court found.](/web/20160626151102im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/j/j/x/d/r/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gpr64q.11bc3y.png/1466921410409.jpg)
Emma Partridge 10:12 AM Regular churchgoer Judy Townsend was a respected member of her community described by elders as ''a gentle lady'' .
Baird's bid to win back residents
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Kirsty Needham The PR program, to counter grassroots opposition, includes lessons for schoolchildren
Health likely to follow privatisation path
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Kirsty Needham 5:00 AM A Liberal pioneer of public sell-offs has warned against "crude outsourcing".
Inside the life of Hamzy and Brothers for Life
![Victim Yehya Amoud.](/web/20160626151102im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/j/x/d/w/o/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gprdv4.11bc3y.png/1466921410409.jpg)
Ava Benny-Morrison 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'
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Rachel Olding 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/20160626151102im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/p/p/y/0/h/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gpps8a.11bc3y.png/1466921410409.jpg)
Julie Power 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 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/20160626151102im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/k/4/b/y/y/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gpr6il.11bc3y.png/1466921410409.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/20160626151102im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/p/2/y/b/k/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gpr2p3.11bc3y.png/1466921410409.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/20160626151102im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/p/q/e/c/1/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gpqdi1.11bc3y.png/1466921410409.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/20160626151102im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/p/p/d/8/j/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gpp2ns.11bc3y.png/1466921410409.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/20160626151102im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/p/p/l/u/v/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gppr8b.11bc3y.png/1466921410409.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/20160626151102im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/m/8/v/r/2/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gpqf42.11bc3y.png/1466921410409.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/20160626151102im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/p/n/x/n/1/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gpq3es.11bc3y.png/1466921410409.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/20160626151102im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/o/6/w/b/6/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gpq7qb.11bc3y.png/1466921410409.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'
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Rachel Browne Peter Sinclair defended navy initiation rites but agreed they could get "out of control".