New ambulance network locations revealed

Kate Aubusson 7:50 PM   Patients will wait longer for an ambulance to reach them in suburbs furthest away from a superstation, the HSU warns.

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Sydney CBD: the only way is up

Sydney, Australia - April 26th, 2016: The Sydney Tower is Sydney's tallest structure and the second tallest observation ...

Jacob Saulwick and Lisa Visentin 12:48 AM   Towers the height of Sydney Tower to transform the centre under a City of Sydney proposal.

Group wanted sex abuse claim 'kept quiet'

The girl was abused at age 12, the commission has heard.

Rachel Browne 5:05 PM   A disability support group was fearful of losing funding, an inquiry has heard.

Owner transferred $22m in a day, court told

Amarjit Singh outside the NSW Law Courts in Sydney.

Eryk Bagshaw 7:45 PM   The owner of a private college transferred $22 million into his family's account in one day, a court has heard.

Metal shavings: Aldi recalls food product

A pack of hot dog rolls has been recalled.

Esther Han 3:46 PM   Customers are being urged to not consume the product and return it to the store.

TAFE campuses to go in major restructure

NSW Skills Minister John Barilaro.

Kelsey Munro 3:32 PM   "Once-in-a-generation reform" of troubled vocational education sector announced.

Sydney suburb swamped by Pokemon players

Daront searches for Pokemon characters at Peg Paterson park in Rhodes.

James Lemon 2:59 PM   Pokémon Go players and residents are beginning to clash in a suburb which has an intersection of three Pokestops.

Mehajer says 'only death' will part him, wife

Salim Mehajer and his wife Aysha during their lavish wedding in August last year.

Former Auburn deputy mayor says  "only death" will part him from his wife Aysha, after police applied for an Apprehended Violence Order to separate them.

'I felt like a failure': childbirth courses queried

Minerva McKell with her second child, daughter Leo.

Kate Aubusson 11:05 AM   A childbirth course that dramatically reduced the rate of medical interventions has raised serious questions.

Sports programs: 'unhealthy' food messages

McDonald’s sponsors junior athletics, basketball and swimming programs.

Esther Han 8:46 AM   Kids think food and drink companies that sponsor their club are 'cool', says researcher.

Cosy policy burns $13.5b hole in NSW budget

A policy to apply lower poker machine tax rates to clubs than pubs has cost taxpayers $13.5 billion over 20 years.

Sean Nicholls   A special tax concession granted to clubs has had a massive impact on NSW's bottom line over two decades.

Riley studied bakery but then had a better idea

Medical student Riley Bennett at the UNSW Winter School: "Whatever you want to do, go after it."

Kim Arlington   'What do you want to be when you grow up?' is the wrong question, says Riley Bennett.

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Abuse claim 'not taken seriously'

Denied justice: A man who was allegedly sexually abused as a child felt he was not believed.

Rachel Browne   The mother of a young man with autism believes her son was denied justice.

Scientology-linked schools' public funding

Church of Scientology Athena School in Newtown.

Eryk Bagshaw   Schools associated with the Church of Scientology are receiving more government funding per student than hundreds of public schools.

NAB invests in  prisoners staying out of jail

NSW Treasurer Gladys Berejiklian is launching an investment scheme to reduce prisoner reincarceration rates

Sean Nicholls   Almost 4000 ex-prisoners on parole will be offered intensive individual support in a bid to prevent them returning to jail under the latest "social impact investment" scheme.

Nats MP calls for free vote on greyhounds

Greyhound racing is set to be banned in NSW

Sean Nicholls   Nationals MP Katrina Hodgkinson says "those people who want to see the abolition of thousands of jobs from regional NSW can have that on their conscience".

Bid for cycle paths gathers steam

An artist's impression of high-rise towers near the new metro train station at Waterloo.

Jacob Saulwick   Inner Sydney councils are requesting better facilities for walking and cycling as well as extra train stations as part of the Baird government's $12 billion metro line through central Sydney.

Mum worried paedophile still abusing kids

Children with disability are at higher risk of being sexually abused.

Rachel Browne   A disability worker suspected of assaulting three children has escaped accountability.

How to get a seat on your train

Crowded trains.

James Robertson and Inga Ting   We have crunched the data and found the optimal time to leave each station in order to get a seat.

Tactical assault officer changes siege evidence

The leader of of one of the police assault teams said he found himself a metre away from a hostage, with the gunman ...

Patrick Begley   One of the first tactical police officers to burst into the Lindt cafe could not see a metre in front of him after a flash-bang distractor accident, an inquest has heard.

Accused killer mowed down Nicholas McEvoy 

Michael Meakin is accused of murdering Nicholas McEvoy by mowing him down with his van after a fight.

Emma Partridge   Michael Meakin had 21 schooners of full strength beer under his belt when he got into a fight with Nicholas McEvoy at a western Sydney pub late on a summer's night. 

Cleaners win back lost entitlements

Prashanta Shrestha was one of 19 cleaners who received $70,000 in redundancy payments after winning their case in the ...

Anna Patty   Workers have won greater protection against unfair dismissal and loss of entitlements, according to the union that helped workers recover $70,000 in redundancy payments.

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Highlights

Tiger trouble: CAT scan with a difference

Things could be looking up for Indira the Bengal tiger

The 10 deadliest jobs 

One industry accounts for 23 per cent of workplace deaths in Australia.

Keep your trees, we'll take the tram

Winning the public transport lucky dip, then complaining, isn't making the eastern suburbs friends across the other three-quarters of Sydney.

How your fingers can help you lose weight

The clever use of hands and fingers could help you shed the winter fat, say Sydney University researchers.

'You're a good rapper, for a girl'

"I had this secret dream," why do female Australian hip-hop artists struggle to be heard?

Pokemon Go takes over the city

Every generation of Pokemon fans was out on the streets of Sydney, glued to their phones in a battle to "Catch 'Em All".

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Boom time for City of Sydney

Animation of "new tower clusters" to reshape the city's skyline over the next couple of decades. (Video supplied by City of Sydney)

Folo toolbar: charity for millenials

Folo's web browser toolbar extension automatically generates free donations from purchases made online, paid for by the retailer.

Bengal tiger undergoes a CAT scan

Once the star of films and television shows, Indira the tiger has seen better days.