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Highlanders say matching it with NSW Waratahs' forwards is key to Sydney upset

The Highlanders have emerged as the turnover kings of the competition, but are also among the most willing to kick for territory. Joseph said there was scope to tire out the NSW forwards if the Waratahs were true to type and ran the ball back from all ... >> view original

NSW budget gets seal of approval from property industry

In the budget, the NSW government has released new land and housing for up to 170,500 dwellings for development in the west, increased infrastructure spending of a further $590 million to accelerate major infrastructure projects, including the Sydney ... >> view original

ICAC: Sydney school teacher spent money from alleged $1 million sham on ...

They were a young couple building their life together: a new house, a wedding and a honeymoon touring the US and Mexico. But Fayrouz Abou Chacra, a teacher at a public high school in south Sydney, and her builder husband Shadi were allegedly building ... >> view original

Giddy-ups get more love than startups in NSW budget: Sydney MP Alex Greenwich

The NSW government will invest millions of dollars in STEM education as well as small business in a bid to create the jobs of the future. However, Sydney MP Alex Greenwich says the state budget does little to help tech startups. The Baird government ... >> view original

Luke Foley endorses Uber, will introduce ride-sharing bill into Parliament

... which has chalked up over a million rides in Sydney. But he says he will introduce a private member's bill this year to regulate car sharing in the state. "The NSW government is perfectly capable of providing these rapidly developing industries ... >> view original

Porn, family violence linked to surge in child-on-child sex abuse cases

They're really needy, they're really vulnerable and sometimes this behaviour is the only way they understand human connection. Karen Hogan. The number of children sexually abusing other children has risen steeply, with treatment services reporting that ... >> view original

Broken bones and broken dreams

But what started as a work-borne romance slowly but surely turned sour and developed into a nightmare that lasted years. "I was about 22 and I was singing at a wedding and he was playing in a string quartet there," Rachel said. "When we first met, for me it ... >> view original

Is mindfulness a technique that can help kids succeed? or have we crossed a line?

I'M IN a small room with 25 other people. At our teacher's instruction, we are all sitting very still, eyes closed, hands in our laps, concentrating on our breath. Outside, a bus roars past, which makes me sneakily open one eye. But it appears I'm the only one ... >> view original

'Revolutionary' melanoma drug worth $150000 a year listed on PBS, saving ...

Patients with advanced skin cancer will soon have affordable access to a promising new immune-based treatment, following its listing on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme. The Federal Government will invest $57 million to list breakthrough drug Keytruda ... >> view original

Teen critical after quad bike accident

A teenager is fighting for life in hospital after falling off a quad bike on a property northwest of Sydney. The 15-year-old boy was airlifted from a home at Oakville with head and chest injuries on Sunday afternoon. Medical staff performed surgery to drain his ... >> view original