Labor campaign chief Kaila Murnain.

Did this decision cost Shorten the election

James Robertson 4:45 PM   Insiders say if funds were redirected, Labor could have done even better in NSW.

Latest NSW news

The suburb getting a big transport boost

Trams

Matt O'Sullivan 10:35 AM   A tram every four minutes and bendy buses are on the way for this overcrowded route.

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Viruses warning after cosmetic surgery raid

Generic: botox.

Kate Aubusson 4:51 PM   Clients of a Sydney woman operating as a cosmetic practitioner have been urged to see their GP.

Student numbers plummet in NSW VET sector

Enrolments at TAFE Sydney Institute are in chaos.

Report finds negative perceptions of scandal-plagued sector affects enrolments as thousands of students choose to go to university instead.

Nine motions against WestConnex

Inner West Council administrator Richard Pearson, pictured here at the inaugural council meeting in May, continued to ...

Lisa Visentin 9:39 AM   Heated Inner West Council meeting determines to hire lawyer to fight embattled road project.

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Loophole that could let paedophiles teach 

In the space of a decade Australia gained an extra 127 private schools, some very small, and all entitled to ...

Kelsey Munro 4:08 PM   An unvetted teacher used another's identification to gain employment in a NSW public school. He taught for two days before he was busted.

Has the law kept up with Generation Rent?

Tenancy advocates say key inequities were left unchanged by the NSW government after a review of tenancy legislation.

Lisa Visentin 5:22 PM   With more people renting and for longer periods, do landlords still have the upper hand under the law?

Sniper 'lacked legal right' to shoot  Monis

A sniper was "quietly confident" he could see gunman Man Haron Monis in a window but the figure was only partially ...

Patrick Begley 4:14 PM   A sniper has told an inquest into the 2014 Sydney siege he was not confident he had a clean shot to kill the hostage-taker.

ANALYSIS

Did  one decision cost Bill Shorten the election

Labor campaign chief Kaila Murnain.

James Robertson 4:45 PM   Insiders say if funds were redirected, Labor could have done even better in NSW.

Dandan attacks far-right in Ramadan speech

President of the Lebanese Muslim Association, Samier Dandan attacks the Islamophobia in Australia.

Rachel Olding 1:22 PM   The head of the largest Muslim association in the country has given a blistering speech to his community, attacking both sides of politics and the media for fostering the rise of far-right groups and Islamophobia. 

Paramedic warned after uniforms complaint

NSW Ambulance Service Paramedic John Larter was warned against speaking to the media about a lack of winter uniforms at ...

Kate Aubusson and Harriet Alexander   Paramedics who face snowy conditions will get winter uniforms, but the ambo who raised the issue has been warned.

State has no idea how many refuge beds it has

Murdered Sydney hairdresser Leila Alavi was repeatedly turned away from women's refuges.

Rachel Browne   Bed availability could be affected by a number of factors, including bed bug infestation, MP was told.

Exclusive Brethren school gets record funding

Bruce D Hales, the Sydney-based leader of the Exclusive Brethren, pictured with his wife, Jennifer.

Eryk Bagshaw   A private school run by an "extremist cult" receives more in government funding per student than up to a third of the state's public schools.

Paramedics denied winter uniforms

NSW Ambulance Service Paramedic based at Tumut John Larter.

Harriet Alexander   Snowy Mountains paramedics say when they asked for winter clothing, they were asked for proof that they needed it.

Law changed to help domestic violence victims

Residential tenants who are victims of domestic violence will receive greater protections under proposed reforms by the ...

Lucy Cormack   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.

Matt O'Sullivan   The very last paper tickets will not be sold nor can they be used at the end of the month.

Pack that umbrella, Sydney

Steam rising of warm waters at Wanda beach as air temperatures dip towards 5 degrees.

Peter Hannam   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

eHarmony Australia

Emma Partridge    "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.

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

Andrew, a green turtle, swallowed plastic at three weeks old.

Pallavi Singhal   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

Guilty: Harriet Wran

Emma Partridge   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.

Highlights

Jacob Saulwick

The one reason Baird's grand urban plan won't work

Property developers, would you believe, are angry at the Baird government. How could this be?

Zara, the first of almost a dozen global fashion brands to invade Australia, has suffered a 33 per cent slump in profits ...

How we shopped as the poll loomed

"Fascinating" shopping data collected during the eight-week election campaign.

7yo Lennon Maher is running in the City2Surf this year raising funds to provide wheelchairs for children with disability ...

City2Surf: Little Lennon runs for wheels

Seven-year-old Lennon Maher is set to take on City2Surf as ChildFund's youngest fundraiser

Better crank up the barbies early at election booths around most of the country this Saturday.

Turnbull's winter poll gamble may pay off

It's only the second July federal election in Australian history - but the weather signs are good.

A young fur seal has been released back into the wild, less than two weeks after being rescued from Sydney's wild storms.

Elvis the seal unchained after ocean malady

An 18 month old fur seal, rescued by Taronga Zoo after the Sydney storms, was released back into the wild

Teachers tell Fairfax Media what would help them feel empowered

Four things teachers want

Much is said about education funding during election campaigns

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Unregistered home cosmetic surgeon raided

NSW Health urge clients of a Sydney woman operating as a cosmetic practitioner to get tested for blood-borne viruses after Public Health officers raided the Five Dock apartment in which she operated.

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Will duck dishes get the chop?

Animal welfare activists launch an advertising campaign in Sydney to shine a light on intensive duck production.

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Jill Wran leaves court

RAW VISION: Harriet Wran's mother has one message for the media after her daughter pleaded guilty to accessory for murder in the NSW Supreme Court.