Tower design that may never see the light of day
Lisa Visentin 10:19 AM It soars 266 metres above the city centre - but there's just one problem.
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What happens when a CSG well is plugged?
![Regulators say they're not walking away from monitoring decommissioned CSG wells.](/web/20160708151642im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/1/m/s/c/s/5/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gpxtfi.11bc3y.png/1467971226082.jpg)
Peter Hannam 5:09 PM NSW regulators do not routinely test coal seam gas wells after they have been plugged and abandoned, relying instead on ''technical reports'' by the companies that the wells pose no threat.
$24 million funding for 'extremist cult' schools
![Bruce D Hales, the Sydney-based leader of the Exclusive Brethren, pictured with his wife, Jennifer.](/web/20160708151642im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/j/q/0/l/4/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gq0jq5.11bc3y.png/1467971226082.jpg)
Eryk Bagshaw 3:05 PM "Sharp questions need to be answered" about funding of schools that preach "utter hatred" of the outside world, says Labor.
Cheer up, the sun is coming for the weekend
![Bondi on a gloomy Friday - but conditions are set to brighten and warm up.](/web/20160708151642im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/q/1/g/r/0/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gq19nm.11bc3y.png/1467971226082.jpg)
Peter Hannam 1:53 PM The weather gods are about to smile on Sydney - if only for a couple of days.
'Awesome possibility' of school for dog track
![Janine Barrett with her son Fred outside Ultimo Public School.](/web/20160708151642im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/o/4/k/r/u/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gq0mkn.11bc3y.png/1467971226082.jpg)
Eryk Bagshaw, Jacob Saulwick The Ultimo school community - including the Barrett family - says the government has been given "an awesome possibility".
The sniper and the line of fire
![An Islamic State flag was shifted upwards about 7.30, giving officers a better sight.](/web/20160708151642im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/q/1/6/v/h/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gq16lq.11bc3y.png/1467983591267.jpg)
Patrick Begley 12:15 AM The chief sniper said he felt certain the man in his sight was his target, the offender, "the baddie."
How Kaila won the west for Labor
![NSW Labor secretary general Kaila Murnain.](/web/20160708151642im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/q/1/7/j/2/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gq10l1.11bc3y.png/1467984455212.jpg)
Michael Evans 11:45 PM She's the 29-year-old Labor boss too busy planning elections to organise her own wedding, writes Michael Evans.
Ditching performance reviews backfires: study
![Herbert Smith Freehills HR Manager Andrea Bell.](/web/20160708151642im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/q/0/e/i/w/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gq03kt.11bc3y.png/1467990459099.jpg)
Anna Patty 1:07 AM They may be unpopular, but getting rid of performance reviews leads to lower productivity, a study has found.
Baird's historic ban on greyhound racing
![Time running out: greyhounds racing at Richmond in Sydney.](/web/20160708151642im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/q/0/r/7/u/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gq0xgn.11bc3y.png/1467971226082.jpg)
James Robertson and Adam Pengilly Industry has "overseen the slaughter of tens of thousands of healthy dogs whose only crime was not being fast enough," says Premier.
Gastroenteritis spike prompts warning
![A spike in gastroenteritis cases has prompted NSW Health to warn the public to wash their hands and stay home if they ...](/web/20160708151642im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/h/u/s/y/v/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gq0ko8.11bc3y.png/1467971226082.jpg)
Kate Aubusson Nursing homes, child care centres and hospitals are all affected.
Men charged with abusing 10-month old girl
![The two suspects, with their faces obscured here, arrive at Sydney Airport, escorted by police.](/web/20160708151642im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/q/0/6/8/q/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gq0ars.11bc3y.png/1467971226082.jpg)
Rachel Olding A father has been charged with sexually assaulting his baby daughter and offering her up to his boyfriend, who then gloated about it over Skype.
'Ducks with twisted necks unable to eat'
![A photo of a lame duck in a Tinder Creek shed taken in late 2015.](/web/20160708151642im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/p/z/h/w/u/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gpzh75.11bc3y.png/1467971226082.jpg)
Esther Han Warning: graphic images. Major restaurants and butchers cut duck supplier over animal welfare accusations.
The suburb getting a big transport boost
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Matt O'Sullivan A tram every four minutes and bendy buses are on the way for this overcrowded route.
Viruses warning after cosmetic surgery raid
![Generic: botox.](/web/20160708151642im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/p/z/m/r/c/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gpzkfw.11bc3y.png/1467971226082.jpg)
Kate Aubusson 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.](/web/20160708151642im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/1/3/a/q/j/k/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gpzqab.11bc3y.png/1467971226082.png)
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 ...](/web/20160708151642im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/p/3/8/n/i/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gpzbuy.11bc3y.png/1467971226082.jpg)
Lisa Visentin Heated Inner West Council meeting determines to hire lawyer to fight embattled road project.
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 ...](/web/20160708151642im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/o/y/0/6/t/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gpyrjm.11bc3y.png/1467971226082.jpg)
Kelsey Munro 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.](/web/20160708151642im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/o/6/o/c/v/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gpzgkb.11bc3y.png/1467971226082.jpg)
Lisa Visentin With more people renting and for longer periods, do landlords still have the upper hand under the law?
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Did one decision cost Bill Shorten the election
![Labor campaign chief Kaila Murnain.](/web/20160708151642im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/m/t/d/y/j/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gpz6xp.11bc3y.png/1467971226082.jpg)
James Robertson Insiders say if funds were redirected, Labor could have done even better in NSW.