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Jarome Luai being rescued from the water last week.

Water safety

For drowning experts, Jarome Luai’s pool rescue was not a ‘good laugh’

Many drowning cases begin as a dare from a mate, and end in tragedy.

by Mary Ward

Pub baron Arthur Laundy (centre), with daughter Danielle and her husband Shane Richardson at the Red Lion Hotel in Rozelle.

Pubs

Pub barons call for end to tax slug on drinkers

by Andrew Taylor

The Hills Shire Greens councillor Mila Kasby and volunteer wildlife rescuer Kerrie Sicard at the site of an elite rugby precinct proposed for Fred Caterson Reserve in Castle Hill.

Sydney councils

‘Plastic grass has no place here’: Why residents want to stop an elite rugby precinct

by Andrew Taylor

The rescue chopper over Tweed Bar on Sunday morning.

Police

Man dead after boat capsizes near Queensland border

by Cameron Atfield

Children who grow up with domestic violence may be affected by the experience their whole lives.

Domestic violence

‘I’d wake up and already be having a panic attack’: The forgotten victims of domestic violence

by Jordan Baker

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Politics

Work in the finance industry for long enough, and you’ll regularly hear boomers piping up about how high interest rates were back in their day.

Letters

It’s tougher now than in the 1980s

Even Boomers agree: younger people are doing it terribly tough because of the cost of putting a roof over their head.

Chief executive John Ajaka, right, was dismissed after a bitter falling out with Mayor Ned Mannoun, left.

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Sydney councils

Claims of disappearing documents engulf Sydney’s Game of Thrones council

From a secure room within Liverpool council’s new library, investigators have been conducting interviews, requesting records and carrying out electronic audits.

by Max Maddison and Kate McClymont

Housing development

Editorial

Property development

Exposing councils with slow DA approval histories will spur reform

The Herald's View

An iconic photo on the front page in 1999 convinced then premier Bob Carr to hold a drug summit. Two decades later, NSW Labor is holding another one

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Drug reform

Bob Carr held a drug summit 25 years ago. NSW Labor is repeating history

by Alexandra Smith

Georges River is the slowest council in great Sydney when it comes to determining housing DAs.

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Sydney councils

Revealed: How fast each Sydney council approves new homes

by Alexandra Smith

Crime & Courts

Children who grow up with domestic violence may be affected by the experience their whole lives.

Domestic violence

‘I’d wake up and already be having a panic attack’: The forgotten victims of domestic violence

by Jordan Baker

Sydney businessman Mark Sarian is accused of 37 sexual crimes against 10 women after he allegedly failed to pay for sex work.

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Crime

Sydney businessman charged with sex crimes against 10 women in case ‘unlike any other’

by Perry Duffin

The father and alleged murderer from Lalor Park with one of the children.

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Crime

First responders had to ‘wrestle’ child from father accused of fatal blaze

by Jessica McSweeney and Clare Sibthorpe

AFP arrested American national Guang Shi at URBNSURF wave pool at Sydney Olympic Park on Monday.

Crime

Dramatic sting at Sydney’s new urban surf pool catches alleged drug importer

by Sally Rawsthorne

Maurice Hawell is on trial in Downing Centre District Court accused of the gang rape of three women.

Courts

‘Funny’: Accused gang rapist’s lawyer targets woman’s texts

by Sarah McPhee

The Victorian coroner investigated the death of a Wemba Wemba girl who was under state care when she took her own life in 2021.

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Crime

Man waited inside ex-girlfriend’s north shore home before stabbing, court told

by Sally Rawsthorne

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Education

Universities are increasingly moving away from ATAR admissions

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University

Elite unis lower ATARs in favour of special entry schemes

by Daniella White

Education

The best and worst areas in NSW for NAPLAN revealed

by Christopher Harris

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Education

‘We run the school’: The man behind Sydney’s top-performing Reddam House

by Lucy Carroll

Health

Photograph shows the sun setting over Katoomba this evening. NSW will turn it’s clocks forward one hour as daylight saving starts tomorrow night. October 6 2018. Photograph by Dean Sewell.

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Daylight saving

‘There’s no benefit’: Call to cut back daylight saving in NSW

by Catherine Naylor

Health insurance

Thousands of patients face massive cost hikes as hospitals pull plug on NIB

by Kate Aubusson

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Surfing

When Brett scalped himself on a remote island, a Learjet flew him to hospital

by Julie Power

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