There have been more than 17,000 applications for entry to NSW selective schools in 2024.
Opinion
Private schools

We come from a country with free education. Moving to Australia was a shock

As an outsider,I see Australia’s selective and private schools mainly as a mechanism that perpetuates social inequality.

  • byTheun Pieter van Tienoven
Passengers will start passing through the new multi-storey terminal in just two years
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Airports

Western Sydney Airport’s new terminal

Students say they want support to quit vaping,rather than to be punished.
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Education

As schools struggle for teachers,even $28,000 bonuses aren’t enough

  • byLucy Carroll
Julie Bishop rocks the frock at Australian Fashion Week.
CBD

Multiple frock changes seal Julie Bishop’s role as style ambassador

  • byColin Kruger andNoel Towell
The rail line between Bankstown and Sydenham will be closed for 12 months from as early as July.
Public transport

‘Traffic tsunami’:Fears grow of commuter pain during Sydney rail line’s 12-month closure

  • byMatt O'Sullivan
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Politics

Mate v mate,state v Canberra … Premier Chris Minns and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will lock horns over the GST.
Opinion
Federal budget

Albanese’s GST mauling of NSW Labor mates invites blood at federal poll

Its treatment of the Minns Labor government in the GST carve-up could be costly for the federal ALP in critical NSW seats.

  • byAlexandra Smith
NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey has hit out at the ‘absurd’ GST carve up which will cost taxpayers almost $53 billion dollars
State Parliament

‘Struggle takes time’:NSW treasurer invokes spirit of Gandhi over GST stoush

Daniel Mookhey blasted the “absurd” GST carve-up which will see taxpayers pay billions to prop up a 2018 deal that has allowed resource-rich Western Australia to deliver six consecutive surpluses.

  • byMichael McGowan andShane Wright
Shadow attorney general Alister Henskens said the Coalition wanted to new bail laws to pass parliament by Thursday.
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Domestic violence

‘Dereliction of duty’:Coalition tries to push through DV bail laws without reading them

  • byAlexandra Smith
New bail reforms announced on Tuesday have managed to strike the right balance
Analysis
State Parliament

No panacea,but domestic violence bail reforms strike the right balance

  • byMichael McGowan
NSW Premier Chris Minns announced tough new bail laws after Molly Ticehurst death
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Domestic violence

‘As soon as possible’:No timeframe for rollout of ankle bracelets for DV accused

  • byMichael McGowan andAngus Thomson

Crime&Courts

Charlise Mutten was allegedly murdered by her mother’s fiance,Justin Stein.
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Courts

‘I’ve got my guns,I’m going to kill you’:Justin Stein’s alleged threat to Charlise’s mother

  • bySarah McPhee
A 17-year-old P-plater is in police custody after a pedestrian was allegedly hit and killed in Bexley as police discovered a vulgar bumper sticker on the teen’s Ford Falcon.
Crime

Vulgar bumper sticker on car allegedly involved in fatal crash

  • byJessica McSweeney
Sophie-Lee Fullagar and James Doherty died in the Wardell crash in February.
Crime

‘Do it for the families’:Mother’s plea for information as fatal crash treated as homicide

  • byClare Sibthorpe
Kye Schaefer was killed in a random stabbing attack.
Crime

Parents of allegedly murdered surfer plead for killer to come forward

  • byJessica McSweeney
Paul Kent leaves the Downing Centre in sunglasses on Tuesday alongside his lawyer,George Elias.
Crime

Paul Kent seeks mental health,alcohol treatment after alleged brawl:court

  • byPerry Duffin
Jack Doyle allegedly confronted the three boys on Watsons Bay wharf.
Crime

Man banned from Sydney’s eastern suburbs after alleged wharf incident

  • byJessica McSweeney
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Education

Students say they want support to quit vaping,rather than to be punished.
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Education

As schools struggle for teachers,even $28,000 bonuses aren’t enough

  • byLucy Carroll
Education

‘Ultimate distraction’:Why this top Sydney school has resisted screens in class

  • byLucy Carroll
School fees

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

  • byChristopher Harris

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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