Rose Valente,founder of The Ladies Lounge on Oxford Street,has had her plans for the weekend thrown into disarray by the rail shutdown.
Public transport

The train shutdown could derail the biggest day at Rose’s bar – so she’s come up with a solution

Ahead of the looming rail shutdown,Rose Valente has hired a private bus to get her patrons to and from major football matches. Others are less optimistic.

  • byAlyssa Talakovski andAnthony Segaert
Sydney’s train network will grind to a halt on Friday and Saturday.
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Public transport

‘Captive to the unions’:Criticism mounts as Sydney train shutdown looms from Friday

  • byJessica McSweeney,Matt O'Sullivan andAnthony Segaert
Business owner Johannes Egberts,Deborah Sarah and the texts from him. Composite.
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Crime

Deborah spoke out about her abuse. Then the texts urging her to stay silent began

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Generic train departing from Central train station Sydney on Saturday 30th September 2017. Photograph by Katherine Griffiths
Public transport

What you need to know about the Sydney train shutdown

  • byCindy Yin
Hollywood actor Angus Sampson is fronting a new national safety campaign.
Water safety

With a hot summer on the way,surf lifesavers get little help from Mad Max

  • byJulie Power
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Politics

Former police officer Samantha Barlow was attacked by Roderick Holohan.
Crime

Man who attacked hero officer whisked out back prison gate after appeal abandoned

The drug addict who bashed Samantha Barlow has been quietly released from jail to avoid the awaiting media,after the NSW government was advised it could not win a challenge to his release.

  • byPerry Duffin andJessica McSweeney
NSW v Qld crime rates
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Crime

In the State of Origin of crime,here’s where NSW comes out on top

NSW is leading the country on low crime rates,according to the first state-by-state comparison.

  • byAlexandra Smith
Alan Jones after being granted bail on Monday.
Jones investigation

Police lay two additional assault charges against Alan Jones

  • byKate McClymont
Alan Jones
Jones investigation

How Alan Jones rose to power grilling the most powerful

  • byKate McClymont
General manager Joel Ridzuan of 7th Day Brewery in Brookvale on Saturday.
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State Parliament

Al fresco venues set for capacity boost under new reforms

  • byMax Maddison

Crime&Courts

Business owner Johannes Egberts,Deborah Sarah and the texts from him. Composite.
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Crime

Deborah spoke out about her abuse. Then the texts urging her to stay silent began

  • byClare Sibthorpe
Former Australian cricketer Stuart MacGill.
Courts

Stuart MacGill helped set up $330,000 cocaine deal in restaurant car park,court told

  • byClare Sibthorpe
Kristian White outside the NSW Supreme Court in Sydney during his manslaughter trial.
Courts

Officer who Tasered Clare Nowland tells court he felt action was ‘justified’

  • bySarah McPhee
A woman dubbed Juror M brought the book into the jury room,the NSW District Court heard.
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Courts

How a dictionary derailed a Sydney criminal trial

  • byMichaela Whitbourn
Regan,a child abuse survivor
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Child abuse

Regan was stopped in the park by a man who recognised her. His reason was chilling

  • byClare Sibthorpe
The noise dispute involved neighbours on Sydney’s Northern Beaches.
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Legal industry

The feuding northern beaches neighbours and the morning yoga session

  • byMichaela Whitbourn
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Education

Three Sydney private schools draft more than $400 million in new building plans
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Private schools

Three Sydney private schools draft more than $400 million in new building plans

  • byLucy Carroll
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University

Why students are shunning education degrees and teachers are quitting the classroom

  • byDaniella White
Opinion
Five Minutes with Fitz

Briony Scott:The surprising sex talk Sydney’s most respected principal gives her students

  • byPeter FitzSimons

Health

Dr Pramudie Gunaratne,Chair of the NSW Branch of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists.
Mental health

These NSW doctors warned of a fractured system and now half have quit

  • byKate Aubusson
Investigation
Crime

Sex abuse,drugs and predatory ‘gurus’:The dark side of a booming wellness trend

  • byClare Sibthorpe
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Healthcare

Who cares? Voters will if NSW nurses start quitting state of origin

  • byAlexandra Smith

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