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Latest$3.6b Narrabri gas project in ‘major step forward’: Santos CEO

The $3.6 billion gas field at Narrabri has been approved, with the boss of Santos saying the process now moves to the federal government for approval.

Anna Caldwell, James O'Doherty, Clare Armstrong

POLICE RAIDAlleged drug cook and pregnant partner charged over $5m bust

A mum-to-be and her partner have been charged after a multimillion-dollar drug manufacturing and supply operation was allegedly uncovered inside their riverfront apartment at Sydney’s inner west.

Nick Hansen

LatestSydney home destroyed after ‘chips catch fire’

Forty firefighters and ten trucks were called to the early morning blaze, which destroyed a family home in Sydney’s northwest, after a saucepan of chips caught fire.

Kaitlyn Hudson-O'Farrell

Latest‘Hugely expensive’: Environment Minister dismisses gas

NSW Environment and Energy Minister Matt Kean has claimed gas is a “hugely expensive” way of generating electricity and doesn’t have a long-term future despite the PM’s investment plans.

Clarissa Bye

LatestIt’s back: Bunnings sausage sizzle returns to NSW

Get your gold coins ready, Bunnings’ iconic sausage sizzle will return to the front of warehouses across NSW after falling victim to the pandemic shutdown months ago.

Georgia Clark

ARIA AwardsDid your NSW teacher make the ARIA Award shortlist?

Two teachers from NSW are up for the Telstra ARIA Music Teacher of the Year Award – one from the outback and another from western Sydney. VOTE FOR THEM HERE

Kathy McCabe

LatestPeace deal offered to end wharfies’ Port Botany go-slow

The Maritime Union says it will formally offer a peace deal at a Fair Work Commission hearing today to end a waterfront dispute on the ports which threatened medical supplies from entering Australia.

Clare Armstrong and Georgia Clark

LatestPrepare for a wild, wet summer: La Niña is officially here

Meteorologists have officially declared a La Niña, meaning after last summer’s catastrophic Black Summer, this one will be very different. Here’s what’s in store for NSW.

Gillian McNally

ExclusiveSydney law firm probe after mum and dad nest eggs lost

A Sydney law firm is investigating a potential class action on behalf of a growing group of people including hairdressers, Uber drivers, construction workers and shop owners who have lost their life savings by trading risky CFDs.

John Rolfe

Latest‘Voice in my head told me to end my life’: Ex-NRL player

Nine years ago a struggling Joe Williams attempted to take his life. Now a new national suicide monitoring system is hoping others don’t fall into the same dark place as the former NRL star.

Angira Bharadwaj and Georgia Clark

CommentAlbanese all at sea after missing the boat

The position of the opposition leader on the situation involving the Maritime Union of Australia at Port Botany started off well but does not go far enough, writes Anna Caldwell.

Anna Caldwell

LatestThe Year 12 kids using their muck-up days for good causes

Shore and other schools have shown bad behaviour but there are still kids out there who care about others, these ones using their final schooldays to contribute to charity.

Christopher Harris

UpdateCouncil rangers to patrol Bondi Beach in name of COVID safety

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has revealed international travellers from “safe locations” may be allowed to skip hotel quarantine under a more “flexible” long term plan.

Clare Armstrong, Anna Caldwell and James O'Doherty

ExclusiveClover brings Greta to Sydney for virtual climate protests

Swedish schoolgirl Greta Thunberg was photoshopped into a Sydney public space on Tuesday by Lord Mayor Clover Moore as she revealed a new-look Central Square. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PLANS?

Matthew Benns

ExclusiveBanned certifier signed off on ‘defective’ buildings

Apartment owners living in ‘defect city’ are facing financial ruin after a banned building certifier signed off on multiple high-rises. Vlerio “Vic” Lilli personally signed off on two separate 250-apartment buildings in Meadowbank, The Sunday Telegraph can reveal.

Ben Pike

EXCLUSIVEShocking Sydney coward punch captured on CCTV

Police have released footage of a man they claim coward punched a stranger in the back of the head, possibly causing him brain damage, after the pair simply bumped each other when they passed in a Sydney street.

Nick Hansen

Time bombsPopular Toyota model added to NSW’s Takata recall

Drivers who refuse to have their faulty Takata airbags replaced are having their registration cancelled while more cars are added to the compulsory recall list.

Richard Blackburn

ExclusiveChronic counsellor shortage leaves school kids at risk

More than 100 schools with student populations greater than 1000 have only one counsellor, way short of the recommended ratio. The Sunday Telegraph reveals the NSW schools which have more than 1000 students but only one counsellor. SEE THE LIST

Jack Morphet and Ben Pike

Road toll17yo who allegedly injured young mum in crash has a record

The teenager who was driving the car involved in an accident which has left a young mum with critical head injuries was convicted of drink driving last month and put on a good behaviour bond.

Nick Hansen and Dan Proudman

ExclusiveNorthern Beaches families bare grief at meeting over 23 suicides

Shattered families have revealed the devastating toll of the northern beaches suicide cluster at an emergency meeting held at Avalon today to devise an urgent response plan to the crisis.

Ben Pike & Derrick Krusche

Weird injuryWoman attacked by buffalo in Sydney

A woman has been taken to hospital in a stable condition after she was attacked by a buffalo in Sydney’s south west on Monday afternoon.

Joe Attanasio

LatestWoman attacked by ‘angry’ buffalo in Sydney’s south west

A woman has been taken to hospital in a stable condition after she was attacked by a buffalo in Sydney’s south west on Monday afternoon.

Joe Attanasio

LatestBizarre destinations NSW Schoolies are turning to

With Queensland cancelling Schoolies and traditional fallback options like Byron Bay filling up fast, Year 12 students in NSW have been forced to book end-of-year celebrations in unexpected regional towns. HERE’S WHERE THEY’RE GOING

Georgia Clark

ExclusiveCarney the concreter reveals his one NRL wish

Todd Carney should be a 300-game footballer, living the life of a $1m-a-year NRL player. Instead the Dally M winner is pouring concrete. And while he has no regrets, his perfect world would look a little different.

Dean Ritchie