Inner West residents recorded a 62 per cent pass rate for the practical car licence test over the past 12 months.
Road safety

Almost everyone passes the driving test in Inverell. In Willoughby and Ryde,most people fail

Would-be drivers in parts of Sydney are far more likely to fail the practical test than counterparts in regional NSW.

  • byAndrew Taylor
Three-bedroom unit availability in Sydney.
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Planning

Families lose out in Sydney’s new housing push,say planners

  • byMary Ward
Paramedic Anna Esposito and midwife Kerry Tosswill in the birthing unit at Nepean Hospital.
Pregnancy

When Anna is called to deliver a baby,the birth plan has not gone to plan

  • byMary Ward
The Warragamba Dam is at 100 per cent capacity.
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Weather

Warragamba Dam set to spill as persistent rain sparks flood warning

  • byMegan Gorrey
Australia has a pretty good student loan scheme,but it’s affected by inflation.
Letters

HECS burden stifling productivity

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Politics

Reports of pregnancy discrimination at work have been on the increase.
Opinion
Gender equality

The overhaul that Australian workplace culture urgently needs

Pregnancy discrimination is not only still occurring,its incidence appears to be increasing.

  • byThe Herald's View
An older-style unflued gas heater,photographed at Katoomba High School in 2009.
Schools

‘Banned’ school heaters still in use across thousands of classrooms

Unflued gas heaters have been banned in other states for their asthma risks,but are still found in more than 1400 NSW schools.

  • byMary Ward
Jacquie Grant,a trans woman who was arrested on the streets of Kings Cross for dressing like a girl,today and in a police mugshot taken when she was 15 years old.
Note From The Editor

Jailed for being gay? An unthinkable concept in NSW in 2024 was once reality for many

  • byBevan Shields
Terry Goulden and John Greenaway have been together for 55 years.
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LGBTQ

Dark side of the rainbow:Drugged,shocked and jailed for being gay

  • byAndrew Hornery
What’s the story? Treasurer Jim Chalmers gives some teasers at a news conference on Friday.
Letters

Women should decide on having children,not the treasurer

Crime&Courts

Roseville Station has been earmarked for more development within 400 metres as part of the Minns government’s housing reforms.
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Housing crisis

How an owl and a flying fox may stop the government’s housing reforms

  • byAndrew Taylor
Man accused of ‘escalating’ sexual attacks on strangers repeatedly bailed
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Crime

Man accused of ‘escalating’ sexual attacks on strangers repeatedly bailed

  • byPerry Duffin andClare Sibthorpe
George Burgess outside court earlier this year.
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NRL off-field behaviour

George Burgess found not guilty of groping woman

  • bySarah McPhee
Kamahl was charged with stalking a woman.
Crime

Singer Kamahl to face court on stalking charge

  • byJessica McSweeney
Mothers Michele and Sarah,not her real name for legal reasons,at Dalwood on Thursday.
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Domestic violence

‘I’m devastated’:Funding row threatens kids’ places at renowned family and domestic violence centre

  • byEryk Bagshaw
The man is arrested on Thursday over the alleged stabbing.
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Crime

Man who allegedly stabbed woman at gym had twice breached AVOs

  • bySally Rawsthorne,Jessica McSweeney,Michael McGowan andJosefine Ganko
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Education

Sydney schools
School fees

Who’s bankrolling Sydney’s private school fees? The bank of nan and pop

  • byChristopher Harris
Education

‘Publish the marks’:Parents bristle at secret selective school entry scores

  • byChristopher Harris
Editorial
Education

Same-sex families don’t just belong in Newtown:they belong everywhere

  • The Herald's View

Health

Paramedic Anna Esposito and midwife Kerry Tosswill in the birthing unit at Nepean Hospital.
Pregnancy

When Anna is called to deliver a baby,the birth plan has not gone to plan

  • byMary Ward
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Hospitals

The seven-day healthcare clinic that’s closed 14 per cent of the time

  • byAngus Thomson
Healthcare

‘Glute master’ influencer banned by healthcare watchdog

  • byAngus Thomson

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