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The WestConnex tunnels are being excavated under scores of homes.
WestConnex

WestConnex contractors propose blasting beneath homes in Leichhardt

The contractors abandoned earlier plans to blow apart rock beneath properties in Annandale after a trial blast found it was not viable.

  • by Megan Gorrey
Police at the scene where a man was shot at Methuen Parade, Riverwood.
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Crime

Police hunt gunman after shooting at Riverwood

  • by Josh Dye and Laura Chung
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has advocated changing the first line of the national anthem from saying "we are young and free" to "we are one and free". 
Indigenous

Indigenous leaders back NSW Premier's call for national anthem amendment

  • by Josh Dye
Commuters will face an off-peak fair increase on Monday.
Coronavirus pandemic

Sydney's hidden first wave: real infection rate likely more than three times higher

  • by Kate Aubusson
Parents said their children left exam halls feeling discouraged.
Opinion
HSC

Outdated HSC has failed the test of time

  • by Greg Whitby
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Politics

Premier Gladys Berejiklian
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Government grants

Premier's office to face second investigation over shredded documents

The State Archives and Records Authority has confirmed it would assess the destruction of documents, while the Information Commissioner has also launched an inquiry.

  • by Alexandra Smith and Tom Rabe
Tomago Aluminium's Matt Howell says a shake-up is vital.
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Renewables

Manufacturers, clean energy investors back NSW push for cleaner energy

Tomago Aluminium says the plan is desperately needed, but big power companies say it needs further scrutiny.

  • by Alexandra Smith, Nick Toscano and Mike Foley
The federal and NSW government's are supporting a new grid scale battery to help accommodate the growing share of renewable energy in the electricity grid.
Editorial
Electricity

NSW road map offers a way out of energy uncertainty

  • The Herald's View
Composite image of Jihad Dib, Stuart Ayres and the new Sydney boundaries. 
State Parliament

Liberal seats become more marginal, Labor electorate axed in border changes

  • by Alexandra Smith
NSW Energy Minister Matt Kean will deliver a significant energy roadmap on Monday.
Analysis
Electricity

Kean may have found a path through the energy gridlock

  • by Nick O'Malley

Crime & Courts

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Education

Parents said their children left exam halls feeling discouraged.
Opinion
HSC

Outdated HSC has failed the test of time

  • by Greg Whitby
Teaching

Tutors could become a fixture of NSW schools to close education gap

  • by Jordan Baker
HSC

Schools dispute the results of one HSC subject twice as often as any other

  • by Jordan Baker

Health

Commuters will face an off-peak fair increase on Monday.
Coronavirus pandemic

Sydney's hidden first wave: real infection rate likely more than three times higher

  • by Kate Aubusson
Mental health

A sea of need in our long-term mental health sector

  • by Carmel Tebbutt
Mental health

No spike in NSW suicides in 2020, despite COVID-19 lockdowns, bushfires

  • by Kate Aubusson

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