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National/ NSW
Max Maddison
Liberal Bennelong candidate Scott Yung says he has been “100 per cent” upfront and honest. But he won’t explain why he failed to disclose electoral expenditure worth tens of thousands of dollars.
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https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/liberal-candidate-faces-more-questions-over-undisclosed-campaign-spending-20250331-p5lnxb.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_national_nsw
Wed,02 Apr 2025 06:56:21 +1100
Liberal candidate faces more questions over undisclosed campaign spending
National/ NSW
While others tackle a hot tertiary topic.
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https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/achieving-a-happy-medium-in-the-national-capital-20250401-p5lo51.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_national_nsw
Tue,01 Apr 2025 21:00:00 +1100
Achieving a happy medium in the national capital
National/ NSW
Christopher Harris
Top selective schools James Ruse and North Sydney Boys benefited from parent contributions upwards of $2000 per student. Search our table to see how your school fares.
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https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/we-learnt-how-much-funding-nsw-schools-receive-what-does-yours-get-20250328-p5lndt.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_national_nsw
Tue,01 Apr 2025 19:30:00 +1100
We learnt how much funding NSW schools receive:What does yours get?
National/ NSW
Reader Bill Brown asks how a potential prime minister,whose mission is to cut public service expenditure,could justify moving into Kirribilli House rather than The Lodge in Canberra,just a stone’s throw from Parliament House.
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https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/dutton-s-desire-for-kirribilli-house-exposes-his-double-standards-20250401-p5lo5m.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_national_nsw
Tue,01 Apr 2025 18:30:00 +1100
Dutton’s desire for Kirribilli House exposes his double standards
National/ NSW
Perry Duffin
Vanessa Jacobs Fennell was pulled from her Range Rover in Bellevue Hill after allegedly drunkenly ramming into parked cars.
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https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/alleged-drink-driving-socialite-fronts-court-after-crash-in-sydney-s-east-20250401-p5lobi.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_national_nsw
Tue,01 Apr 2025 18:17:27 +1100
Alleged drink-driving socialite fronts court after crash in Sydney’s east
National/ NSW
Angus Thomson
It is unclear whether hundreds of NSW doctors will defy the demand and walk off the job for three days next week.
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https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/doctors-ordered-to-call-off-three-day-strike-in-latest-pay-dispute-20250401-p5lo53.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_national_nsw
Tue,01 Apr 2025 18:07:04 +1100
Doctors ordered to call off three-day strike in latest pay dispute
National/ NSW
Matt O'Sullivan
The fleet of new Spanish-built passenger trains is already $826 million over budget and on track to be at least three years late entering service.
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https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/bungled-nsw-train-project-risks-running-later-than-worst-case-scenario-20250401-p5lo54.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_national_nsw
Tue,01 Apr 2025 15:54:09 +1100
Bungled NSW train project risks running later than worst-case scenario
National/ NSW
Riley Walter
One of NSW’s most senior detectives described the former Australian Federal Police officer’s alleged offending as “abhorrent”.
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https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/former-cop-allegedly-manufactured-machine-guns-led-criminal-group-20250401-p5lo7b.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_national_nsw
Tue,01 Apr 2025 14:28:45 +1100
Former cop ‘main driver’ of syndicate allegedly manufacturing ‘sophisticated’ machine guns
National/ NSW
Clare Sibthorpe,Riley Walter,Daniel Lo Surdo,Jessica McSweeney
The woman’s attempted murder charges have been heard in court after she allegedly attacked her children in their sleep before their screams woke their father.
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https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/three-children-stabbed-in-sydney-s-hills-district-20250331-p5lnqk.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_national_nsw
Tue,01 Apr 2025 14:11:11 +1100
Mother to remain in custody over stabbing of her three sleeping children
National/ NSW
Michaela Whitbourn
The Federal Court approved the settlement on Tuesday,which will result in some investors clawing back money lost to the Sydney conwoman.
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https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/melissa-caddick-victims-reach-multimillion-dollar-settlement-20250401-p5lo5b.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_national_nsw
Tue,01 Apr 2025 13:22:45 +1100
Melissa Caddick victims reach multimillion-dollar settlement
National/ NSW
Frances Howe
There was only one item on the agenda at Ku-ring-gai Council’s extraordinary meeting on Monday,yet it was hours before councillors could debate it.
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https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/the-great-divide-over-this-north-shore-council-s-housing-plan-20250331-p5lnyp.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_national_nsw
Tue,01 Apr 2025 11:22:51 +1100
The great divide over this north shore council’s housing plan
National/ NSW
Lucy Macken
Before receivers descended on tech entrepreneur Peter Crown’s Berrima property empire he had some fairly grand plans that included flipping much of it,and proposing a technology park called Silicon Highlands.
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https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/grand-plans-to-make-the-southern-highlands-the-next-silicon-valley-hanging-by-a-thread-20250328-p5lneb.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_national_nsw
Tue,01 Apr 2025 07:58:02 +1100
‘Legacy project’:New private school,hospital and uni plans hang by a thread
National/ NSW
Stephen Brook,Alexandra Smith,Megan Gorrey
It is one of the oldest of political tricks – candidate puts up campaign signs,opponent takes them down. But in the case of Bradfield there was a curious twist.
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https://www.smh.com.au/cbd/the-case-of-the-local-council-and-the-disappearing-election-corflutes-20250331-p5lnzf.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_national_nsw
Tue,01 Apr 2025 05:00:00 +1100
The case of the local council and the disappearing election corflutes
National/ NSW
While the passport troubles continue.
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https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/snakes-and-skinks-and-spiders-oh-my-20250327-p5lmyz.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_national_nsw
Mon,31 Mar 2025 21:00:00 +1100
Snakes and skinks and spiders,oh my!
National/ NSW
Julie Power
A leading architect whose clients include 20 of Australia’s richest people is experimenting with fast,sustainable materials on a row of four terraces in Bondi Junction.
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https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/new-sydney-homes-that-go-up-like-a-lego-kit-20250317-p5lk2e.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_national_nsw
Mon,31 Mar 2025 19:30:00 +1100
New Sydney homes that go up ‘like a Lego kit’
National/ NSW
Christopher Harris
Academic integrity experts say the advent of artificial intelligence has made high-stakes tests such as NAPLAN more susceptible to cheating.
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https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/number-of-schools-caught-by-naplan-writing-scandal-grows-20250327-p5ln2l.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_national_nsw
Mon,31 Mar 2025 19:30:00 +1100
Number of schools caught by NAPLAN writing scandal grows
National/ NSW
Jessica McSweeney
The child suffered critical head injuries when struck while chasing a dog,paramedics were told.
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https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/girl-aged-five-fights-for-life-after-being-hit-by-ute-on-major-highway-20250331-p5lo0s.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_national_nsw
Mon,31 Mar 2025 19:03:53 +1100
Girl aged five fights for life after being hit by ute on major highway
National/ NSW
Eating yum cha and visiting a mosque is not enough to win over the migrant voters he once scorned,a reader writes
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https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/dutton-s-multicultural-champion-image-is-a-cynical-election-ploy-20250331-p5lnsl.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_national_nsw
Mon,31 Mar 2025 18:30:00 +1100
Dutton’s ‘multicultural champion’ image is a cynical election ploy
National/ NSW
Michaela Whitbourn
Three judges will hear Ben Roberts-Smith’s application to introduce a leaked audio recording in evidence in his defamation appeal.
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https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/person-17-conversation-with-ben-roberts-smith-s-ex-lover-at-centre-of-appeal-bid-20250331-p5lnr8.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_national_nsw
Mon,31 Mar 2025 11:43:22 +1100
‘Person 17’:Conversation with Ben Roberts-Smith’s ex-lover at centre of appeal bid
National/ NSW
Matt O'Sullivan
Commuters also face disruptions from full or partial closures of the busy M1 metro line over several weekends,as well as services stopping earlier some nights.
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https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/second-passenger-train-line-faces-two-month-closure-20250327-p5lmw8.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_national_nsw
Mon,31 Mar 2025 05:00:00 +1100
Second passenger train line faces two-month closure