Riley Stuart

• Where does Gladys Berejiklian stand on NSW's big issues?

  By Riley Stuart

  Posted January 23, 2017 08:42:13 | Updated January 23, 2017 10:37:06

  New South Wales' new premier supports same-sex marriage and helped initiate WestConnex and the light rail to Randwick, but what else does she stand for?

  Topics: government-and-politics, state-parliament, parliament, states-and-territories, willoughby-2068

• Gladys Berejiklian running unopposed to be NSW premier

  By state political reporter Ashleigh Raper, Kathleen Calderwood and Riley Stuart

  Posted January 20, 2017 09:02:52 | Updated January 20, 2017 14:19:21

  Gladys Berejiklian is NSW's premier-in-waiting as senior Government MPs rule out the idea of challenging her for the state's top job.

  Topics: political-parties, government-and-politics, local-government, community-and-society, manly-2095, sydney-2000, nsw

• The moments that will define Mike Baird's time as NSW Premier

  By Riley Stuart and Clare Blumer

  Posted January 19, 2017 14:11:58 | Updated January 19, 2017 15:19:02

  From tweeting reality TV, the greyhound racing ban, lockout laws and everything in between, these are some of the things departing NSW Premier will be remembered for.

  Topics: government-and-politics, state-parliament, parliament, nsw

• Clint Eastwood's son in hot water after Sydney cliff jump

  By Riley Stuart

  Posted January 18, 2017 13:47:26 | Updated January 18, 2017 14:02:34

  Scott Eastwood, the son of veteran actor Clint, irritates environmental authorities after posting a video of an illegal cliff jump on social media earlier this week.

  Topics: national-parks, arts-and-entertainment, actor, sutherland-2232

• Sydneysiders seek relief from early-morning heat

  By Riley Stuart and Colin Cosier

  Posted January 18, 2017 11:09:31 | Updated January 18, 2017 12:04:35

  Sydneysiders flock to beaches in the early hours of this morning, trying to escape the heat with temperatures reaching a scorching 31 degrees Celsius at 6:00am.

  Topics: swimming, oceans-and-reefs, weather, surf-life-saving, bondi-beach-2026, sydney-2000

• One in three uni students not finishing their degree, data reveals

  By Jean Kennedy and Riley Stuart

  Posted January 18, 2017 00:04:00 | Updated January 18, 2017 11:20:36

  Federal Education Minister Simon Birmingham urges prospective university students to pick their courses carefully as new data reveals one in three will not have finished their bachelors degree in six years.

  Topics: university-and-further-education, education, federal---state-issues, federal-government, australia

• Australia Day 'not controversial' says NSW Minister for Multiculturalism

  By David Marchese, Nick Dole and Riley Stuart

  Posted January 16, 2017 14:09:41 | Updated January 17, 2017 10:57:38

  Indigenous leaders are criticising the NSW Multiculturalism Minister for describing January 26 as a wonderful day for all Australians and "not controversial".

  Topics: national-days, australia-day, community-and-society, indigenous-culture, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, indigenous-policy, sydney-2000, australia

• The NSW town where it gets so hot the roads melt

  By Riley Stuart and Declan Gooch

  Posted January 13, 2017 08:46:05 | Updated January 13, 2017 17:22:55

  Welcome to Bourke, where 2,000 of Australia's toughest people battle melting roads and exploding thermometers under the scorching summer sun.

  Topics: weather, rural, lifestyle-and-leisure, bourke-2840

• Father says young daughter was never in danger during 27 days on tiny boat

  By Riley Stuart

  Posted January 12, 2017 08:19:35 | Updated January 12, 2017 14:51:51

  A missing New Zealand father and his six-year-old daughter baffle police and evade a child-recovery operation with an incredible journey to Australia on a six-metre catamaran.

  Topics: missing-person, family, family-and-children, family-law, ulladulla-2539

• Sydney's air pollution prompts respiratory warning

  By Riley Stuart

  Posted January 10, 2017 09:39:09 | Updated January 11, 2017 14:40:15

  The NSW Government warns Sydney residents with respiratory conditions to take care as hot, still weather and pollution combine to create lung-damaging toxic gas.

  Topics: air-pollution, pollution, environment, weather, sydney-2000

• Concerns raised over NSW's proposed 'tick-a-box development' reforms (photos)

  By Riley Stuart

  Posted January 09, 2017 09:29:13 | Updated January 09, 2017 22:33:26

  The Baird Government's plan to speed up the development approval process in order to combat Sydney's housing affordability crisis is met with a warning that risky proposals could get rubber stamped.

  Topics: housing, government-and-politics, local-government, state-parliament, sydney-2000

• Fight to stop forced NSW council amalgamations heads to High Court

  By Riley Stuart

  Posted January 06, 2017 18:05:36 | Updated January 06, 2017 21:49:22

  Woollahra Council, in Sydney's affluent eastern suburbs, steps up its fight against forced amalgamations by lodging a High Court appeal.

  Topics: local-government, government-and-politics, parliament, state-parliament, community-and-society, woollahra-2025

• Police charge man over alleged fatal hit-and-run

  By Riley Stuart

  Posted January 05, 2017 21:10:03 | Updated January 06, 2017 02:49:50

  NSW police charge a man over an alleged hit-and-run that left an elderly man dead in Sydney's south-west last week.

  Topics: police, crime, law-crime-and-justice, murder-and-manslaughter, condell-park-2200

• Driver killed by semitrailer after police pull him over

  By Michelle Brown, Sarah Hawke, and Riley Stuart

  Posted January 05, 2017 14:37:01 | Updated January 05, 2017 16:27:11

  A man who was hit by a semitrailer after being pulled over by police in Sydney's west dies at the scene.

  Topics: road, police, accidents, kings-park-2148

• Yep, 2016 was Sydney's hottest year on record

  By Riley Stuart

  Posted January 05, 2017 07:05:04 | Updated January 05, 2017 08:58:02

  It's official — last year Sydney and a large strip of the NSW coast sweltered through the hottest year on record, according to the weather bureau, but flooding also left its mark on the state.

  Topics: weather, disasters-and-accidents, floods, sydney-2000

• Man bitten by snake in the Blue Mountains rescued

  By Clare Mathie and Riley Stuart

  Posted January 03, 2017 10:39:01 | Updated January 03, 2017 11:22:29

  A man bitten by a snake is winched to safety after spending the night stranded in the Blue Mountains National Park with paramedics.

  Topics: animal-attacks, human-interest, emergency-incidents, mount-wilson-2786, nsw

• Man stranded in Blue Mountains after snake bite

  By Riley Stuart

  Posted January 02, 2017 18:17:40 | Updated January 03, 2017 06:46:37

  A man bitten by a snake has spent the night stranded in a National Park with paramedics after rescue efforts were delayed.

  Topics: animal-attacks, emergency-incidents, mount-victoria-2786

• Sydney measles outbreak fears with fourth case in three weeks

  By Riley Stuart

  Posted December 28, 2016 15:44:00 | Updated December 28, 2016 15:49:07

  A fourth confirmed case of measles in Sydney this month prompts health authorities to warn it is "highly possible" more people will be infected, especially if they have not be immunised.

  Topics: diseases-and-disorders, health, health-policy, community-and-society, sydney-2000

• Coogee Beach booze ban after 'disgraceful' Christmas Day parties

  By Riley Stuart

  Posted December 27, 2016 16:40:20 | Updated December 28, 2016 15:45:38

  Alcohol is banned on Sydney's Coogee Beach and surrounding parks from Thursday until the end of summer, as the local council slams "disgraceful" events on Christmas Day.

  Topics: alcohol, police, local-government, christmas, lifestyle-and-leisure, community-and-society, coogee-2034, sydney-2000

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