Prayers answered as rain floods marshes
A three-year dry spell in north-western NSW has been broken.
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Die-hard Opal runners still beating the system
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Ethics training: ALP councillors' new school for scandal
Labor councillors will be forced to attend ethics training within three months of being elected, following scandals in local government and ugly preselection brawls.
Sydney's four-wheel obsession shows no sign of ending
Sydney has passed a significant motoring milestone despite higher use of public transport.
Skinner silent on non-compliance with anti-superbug program
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Consumers urged to check washing machines following another fire
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Private education giant at odds with One Nation senator
A school group has distanced itself from controversial One Nation senator Malcolm Roberts.
The $200m fortune, the ex-wife and the other woman
A spurned wife discovered that her husband had used part of the family's wealth to buy a property for his mistress.
The doctors most likely to skip approvals
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'There is no holy grail to make money out of poor people'
Detention centre operator Serco is lobbying to bring a controversial business model trialled on asylum seekers in Britain to Sydney.
The pool regulations many house vendors are missing
Sydney houses with backyard pools are failing to comply with new NSW safety regulations, a survey finds.
Doctors putting patients at increased superbug risk
Doctors at one of Sydney's largest hospitals are putting patients at increased risk from superbugs.
'Using poor Sichuan students to subsidise kids who went to Kings'
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Sydney College of the Arts staff face savage cuts
Sydney College of the Arts jobs will be slashed in half as courses are scrapped
How the Sydney Opera House will look after $202m upgrade
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Doctor hits back at 'hurtful, offensive' suggestions by Troy Grant
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From a troubled past to a top teacher: Donna Loughran's journey
Donna Loughran knows the challenges facing her students better than most.
Public probe into St Vincents chemo scandal
The parliamentary inquiry comes amid warnings that improper treatment could be found to extend to hundreds more patients.
The roads of the future may generate solar power
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Mayor's preselection fury: 'It makes House of Cards look like Play School'
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How small is a small bar? Bid to double venue size
Just how small is a small bar? And how late can it stay open? These questions are being pondered by the state government.
Spring beckons, with the worst of winter well behind us
At the risk of provoking the spite of weather gods, let's call it: the worst of winter is over.
Highlights
Prayers answered as rain floods marshes
A three-year dry spell in north-western NSW has been broken.
School joins a tiny reading revolution
Tiny street libraries popping up in front yards across Australia could soon outnumber conventional public libraries.
A hands-on forensic experience of the fight to save tigers
The illegal trade in tiger bone and skin is threatening these majestic creatures.
Overblown campaign rhetoric bites Baird
Baird and Berejiklian are still likely to get their Ausgrid lease completed, but not without losing some credibility in the process.
How small is a small bar? Bid to double venue size
Just how small is a small bar? And how late can it stay open? These questions are being pondered by the state government.
Can we still use the $470 million census?
The 2016 census program will cost Australian taxpayers around $470 million over five years.
'Natural' snacks not as healthy as you think
Just because a food is labelled "natural" doesn't make it healthy.
The top surname in your suburb
New data shows the rich variety of names that pepper our great city.
Step inside the world's biggest science experiment
Smashing atoms right in the centre of Sydney.
The one thing students need more than high test scores
As many suspected all along ... there are things that matter a lot more than a good test score.