Former students and parents of students at Newington College holding protest signs at the entrance of the private boys college.

Legal action to deny school change is abuse of privilege

I am really shocked that anyone would bother trying to sue a school for going co-ed. What is wrong with people that they feel they have to protect exclusiveness and the exclusion of girls?

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From skincare to ageism,there’s no escaping our obsession with youth.

Ageing well is a state of mind – it doesn’t require cosmetics

Changing society’s attitudes to growing old remains an uphill battle.

Trains are delayed across the network.

Long-suffering commuters deserve a Christmas present

The unions are essentially holding the city to ransom for an unrealistic pay and working conditions claim,writes our correspondent.

Workers on the Sydenham train station tracks.

Respect all public sector workers with a fair wage

Sydney’s rail network will be strangled by industrial action in the lead-up to New Year after the NSW government failed to strike a pay deal with the Rail Tram and Bus Union.

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Violent sex offender released after High Court ruling charged with indecent assault

He attacked three elderly women between 2013 and 2014. He allegedly offended again within a month of the High Court ruling that freed him from detention.

  • Angus Thompson
Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton clashed over the High Court ruling that indefinite detention was illegal.

Remind politicians of need for integrity in their roles

Julia Baird’s article should be mandatory daily reading for politicians on both sides of the floor,a reminder of the importance of integrity in those who hold public office.

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Former NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian outside the ICAC in November last year.

MPs reject plan to impose fixed time frames on ICAC for reports

NSW parliament’s committee on the ICAC has stopped short of recommending the watchdog be forced to deliver reports within a legislated period.

  • Michaela Whitbourn
NSW Police have stopped using performance targets for personal searches.

NSW Police scrap controversial search targets after quota rise during pandemic

The use of numerical goals to monitor performance across police regions and commands has been criticised by legal bodies and civil libertarians as enabling the targeting of vulnerable groups.

  • Angus Thompson,Pallavi Singhal andNigel Gladstone
James Adcock and his partner were fined $1000 each for standing up and eating noodles at the Potts Point markets on Saturday.

‘What do you think you’re doing?’:Sydneysiders stung for eating outside

James Adcock and his partner were standing in a corner of the Potts Point markets on Saturday,each eating noodle soup,when a suited man approached them.

  • Angus Thompson andNatassia Chrysanthos
Detective Superintendent Stacey Maloney urged school victims of assault to come forward.

Police urge schoolgirls to report assaults,even if they decide against charges

The information could identify trends or repeat offenders,police told independent school principals at a private meeting on how to respond to sexual assaults.

  • Jordan Baker