Paramedics denied winter uniforms
Harriet Alexander 1:32 PM Snowy Mountains paramedics say when they asked for winter clothing, they were asked for proof that they needed it.
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Law changed to help domestic violence victims
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Lucy Cormack 12:15 AM Tenancy laws in NSW have been described as "failing victims of domestic violence". New reforms say that will soon change.
Opal death knell for paper tickets
![Opal cards are now used for about 95 per cent of trips on public transport in NSW.](/web/20160704152702im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/l/t/4/z/g/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gpxqk5.11bc3y.png/1467612168961.jpg)
Matt O'Sullivan 10:19 AM The very last paper tickets will not be sold nor can they be used at the end of the month.
Pack that umbrella, Sydney
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Peter Hannam 4:24 PM NSW will likely cop its third buffeting from an east coast low in five weeks but there is some good news.
Policemanlooks up woman on eHarmony
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Emma Partridge 3:14 PM "Ok miss, I'll check and make sure you are the cleanskin you are claiming to be ha ha."
Four kilos of the drug ice seized
![Four kilograms of the drug ice was seized on the Hume Highway near Goulburn on Monday morning.](/web/20160704152702im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/p/y/0/3/d/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gpxzj4.11bc3y.png/1467612168961.jpg)
1:40 PM Police have seized more than $700,000 worth of drugs and cash from a car after it was pulled over for speeding on the Hume Highway.
Plastic Free July will be good for Andrew
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Pallavi Singhal 1:08 PM Andrew the green turtle is one of the youngest victims of the plastic that ends up in our oceans.
Wran to be tried by judge only for murder
![Murder accused: Harriet Wran leaves court in June.](/web/20160704152702im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/p/p/d/c/v/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gpxwhn.11bc3y.png/1467612168961.jpg)
Emma Partridge 12:49 PM Harriet Wran, the youngest daughter of the late NSW premier Neville Wran, has won the right to fight a murder charge before a judge only.
The five ways the west was lost
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James Robertson 3:28 PM For the second election in a row, western Sydney has performed much better for Labor than expected.
Push for food safety standards to be displayed
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Pallavi Singhal 10:27 AM Customers want food safety standards to be displayed. So why are two-thirds of NSW restaurants getting off the hook?
Radio malfunction at crucial time in siege
![Police said they had intermittent radio problems throughout the siege, including at critical times.](/web/20160704152702im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/o/1/k/d/w/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gpxx5u.11bc3y.png/1467612168961.jpg)
Patrick Begley 1:09 PM The first police call to storm the Lindt cafe after hostage Tori Johnson was shot in the head failed to go through because of a radio malfunction, an inquest has heard.
TAFE refuses to release cost of report
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Anna Patty 3:20 PM TAFE NSW has refused to release information about how much it paid for a controversial Boston Consulting Group report or the details of the information it commissioned.
Two men killed, one hurt on violent night
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Patrick Begley Two men were killed and a third was seriously injured after a stabbing and two unrelated shootings in and around Sydney on Saturday night.
Carr backs calls for ice smoking room trial
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Eamonn Duff Ex-premier who approved Sydney's supervised heroin injecting centre has called for the service to be broadened.
'Our baby's organs were shutting down'
![Twelve-year-old Charbel Torbey, with his dad David, has the extremely rare genetic condition tyrosinaemia type 1 (HT-1).](/web/20160704152702im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/p/v/7/a/r/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gpvdnx.11bc3y.png/1467612168961.jpg)
Kate Aubusson As Charbel's parents dressed the four-month-old in his christening gown they noticed his nappy wouldn't fit over his engorged tummy.
Prison teachers plan 'an abdication of hope'
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Kelsey Munro There's not much to do in jail, says former prisoner Ken Casey.
A whole new climate genie may be uncorked
![Queensland's coal seam gas industry now has more than 7000 wells.](/web/20160704152702im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/p/w/3/y/w/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gpph1q.11bc3y.png/1467612168961.jpg)
Peter Hannam Signs that the gas industry may be uncorking a new climate genie are growing.
Doctor caught drunk allowed to return to work
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Harriet Alexander A public hospital anaesthetist who was found in a drunken stupor after abandoning a patient mid-operation has been conditionally allowed to return to work.