A crew member on Bowline (pictured) has died after being struck by a sail boom.
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Sydney to Hobart

Man killed in Sydney to Hobart race was experienced,down-to-earth sailor

Bowline crew member Nick Smith has been identified as one of two sailors killed as the race fleet headed down the NSW coast.

  • byJessica McSweeney,Anthony Segaert andDaniella Miletic
Luca Bennet was washed off the rocks at North Avoca Beach on Christmas Eve.
Tragedy

Body of Central Coast teenager washed off rocks found

  • byRiley Walter
Transport for NSW coordinator-general Howard Collins in the joint operations centre at Eveleigh.
Public transport

Sydney’s new metro line faces first major test with New Year’s Eve crowds

  • byMatt O'Sullivan
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Opinion
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Hitting the mammalogy paws button

Andrew Wilkie
Letters

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Politics

NSW Energy Minister Penny Sharpe says she is confident the lights- and air-conditioning- will stay on over the summer.
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Energy

NSW faces a long hot summer. Will we have enough power to keep the air-con on?

NSW’s Labor Energy Minister Penny Sharpe says Peter Dutton’s nuclear plan is nothing more than a “hope and a prayer”.

  • byAlexandra Smith
Daniel Mookhey,NSW treasurer
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Spending

Bypassing scrutiny or getting things done? The secret change to government spending decisions

A change to the state’s business case policy allows the premier to make investment decisions via “media release″⁣,detractors claim.

  • byMax Maddison
The Northconnex tunnel in Sydney being constructed in 2017.
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The Dust of Death

SafeWork knew tunnel workers were exposed to ‘high levels’ of deadly silica dust

  • byMax Maddison
The discovery of asbestos at Rozelle Parklands prompted the Minns government to set up the name-and-shame register.
State Parliament

The environmental offenders being named and shamed by the government

  • byMichael McGowan
NSW Minister for Transport Jo Haylen is struggling to resolve a dispute with the rail union before a planned shutdown on Friday.
Public transport

Rail network will be hundreds of drivers short on New Year’s Eve

  • byMichael McGowan

Crime&Courts

Hartcher’s arrest at Pendle Hill on Monday.
Crime

Retired priest caught ‘grooming 14-year-old boy online’ in Sydney sting

  • byPerry Duffin
A man has been charged with animal cruelty after 98 kangaroos were allegedly shot at the NSW Hunter Valley.
Crime

Cruelty charges laid after almost 100 kangaroos shot

  • byPerry Duffin
Paradise Charcoal Chicken at Mount Druitt was at the centre of a NSW Supreme Court battle.
Courts

How a Sydney chicken shop sparked a legal feud between friends

  • byMichaela Whitbourn
Zhuojun “Sally” Li (left) and her husband,Jai-Bao “Rex” Chen (right) were both killed then dumped in bushland beneath the flight path in Botany.
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Crime

Man murdered,dumped in Botany was in ‘sophisticated’ drug operation

  • byPerry Duffin andSally Rawsthorne
Demolition of the old Balmain Leagues Club on Victoria Road
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Courts

Balmain Leagues site developer makes $97m compensation claim

  • byMichaela Whitbourn
One of the animals at the Eco Hub at Corrimal High School.
Crime

‘Horrific acts of animal cruelty’:Dozens of chickens killed at NSW high school

  • byEryk Bagshaw
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Education

A student claims the school council has breached its duties under the terms of its charitable trust by planning to admit girls.
Private schools

The boy who is suing his private school

  • byChristopher Harris
HSC

HSC students receive university offers:Search our database for cut-off scores

  • byCraig Butt,Christopher Harris andCindy Yin
HSC

The state’s top schools for HSC mathematics revealed

  • byLucy Carroll andNigel Gladstone

Health

Foreign doctors are being sold the dream of living near the Sydney Opera House or at Byron Bay as the state government desperately tries to fill hospital psychiatrist roles.
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Hospitals

‘Opera House on your doorstep’:Pitch for foreign doctors to plug NSW Health holes

  • byAngus Thomson andKate Aubusson
Editorial
Healthcare

Australia cannot afford to ignore these 1100 – or 13.4 million – women

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Hospitals

Patients wait months for scan results at ‘toxic’ Sydney hospital

  • byAngus Thomson andKate Aubusson

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