Through the lens:The week in politics from Assange to Payman
Political leadership

Through the lens:The week in politics from Assange to Payman

Julian Assange’s plea deal and subsequent release dominated headlines this week,while Labor grappled with its first MP crossing the floor in 19 years. Alex Ellinghausen and James Brickwood captured it all.

  • byAlex Ellinghausen,James Brickwood andstaff reporters

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Queueing for food,sleeping in cars:at the coalface of Sydney’s cost of living crisis
Cost of living

Queueing for food,sleeping in cars:at the coalface of Sydney’s cost of living crisis

At a community outreach centre in Sydney,more and more people are lining up for free food as the price of everything rises – except their incomes.

  • byMichael Koziol andJames Brickwood
The woman with four of the state’s most important portfolios
Environmental protection

The woman with four of the state’s most important portfolios

New environment minister Penny Sharpe has spent almost 20 years in politics. Now she’s stepped into the biggest role of her life.

  • byLaura Chung andJames Brickwood
‘We might not move back’:flood-affected residents ponder future after third flooding event in a year
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NSW floods

‘We might not move back’:flood-affected residents ponder future after third flooding event in a year

The east coast low that has been battering the state will weaken overnight,but an onshore flow will mean wet weather remains for the rest of the week.

  • byLaura Chung,Brook Mitchell andJames Brickwood
One dead and multiple injured after tree collapse in northern beaches
Extreme weather

One dead and multiple injured after tree collapse in northern beaches

Temperatures in Sydney hit tops of 35.8 degrees on Sunday,with hot and humid conditions expected to continue into the night.

  • byPallavi Singhal andJames Brickwood
Fire sounds of summer:recovering to the sound of a different hum
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Bushfires

Fire sounds of summer:recovering to the sound of a different hum

The choppers and chainsaws are whipping up the air on the state's South Coast as it marches back to stability.

  • byLucy Cormack andJames Brickwood
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'We had to do something':the bushfire that galvanised a district
Bushfires

'We had to do something':the bushfire that galvanised a district

As divisions break out in the wake of the bushfire season,the locals of Tumbarumba have bound together.

  • byHarriet Alexander andJames Brickwood
'I just feel lost':Rebuilding after a firestorm
Bushfires

'I just feel lost':Rebuilding after a firestorm

In Conjola Park,where 89 homes and three lives were lost,it is difficult to know how to begin.

  • byHarriet Alexander andJames Brickwood
'Mum,I’m so sorry,I wish I could have saved it':Cobargo residents return to ruins
Bushfires

'Mum,I’m so sorry,I wish I could have saved it':Cobargo residents return to ruins

Horses and cattle lie burnt on their back with their entrails exposed around the streets of Cobargo,a day after fires ripped through the South Coast town destroying shops,homes and livestock.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos andJames Brickwood
'Extraordinary'2019 ends with deadliest day of the worst fire season
Bushfires

'Extraordinary'2019 ends with deadliest day of the worst fire season

Thousands crowded the beaches and whole towns were destroyed on the last day of the decade.

  • byHarriet Alexander,Laura Chung,Natassia Chrysanthos,Janek Drevikovsky andJames Brickwood
'Raining embers':South Coast residents reeling from horror NYE fires
Bushfires

'Raining embers':South Coast residents reeling from horror NYE fires

As a blaze ripped along the Princes Highway destroying everything in its path,Grant was submerged in a dam.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos andJames Brickwood