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The COVID risks to children is low.

Education

NSW recruits emergency teachers as schools safeguard RATs

As the wait for NSW’s back-to-school plan continues ahead of next week’s reopening, teachers and principals worry they are not being given enough time to prepare.

by Jordan Baker and Tom Rabe

Baby’s body found in freezer, police release woman after questioning

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Crime

Baby’s body found in freezer, police release woman after questioning

by Sally Rawsthorne and David Estcourt

Calls for local manufacturing of RATs amid pitch to produce 2 million a week

Coronavirus pandemic

Calls for local manufacturing of RATs amid pitch to produce 2 million a week

by Lucy Cormack and Lucy Carroll

Christine Kelly administering a COVID-19 vaccine to 7-year-old Cohen Doherty.

Coronavirus pandemic

Vaccine uptake for kids slower than teens, but few report adverse effects

by Mary Ward

NSW Deputy Commissioner Mick Willing resigns

Police

NSW Deputy Commissioner Mick Willing resigns

by Lucy Cormack and Sally Rawsthorne

Transport

One of Sydney’s new River Class ferries on Sydney Harbour.

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Public transport

More than 40 defects discovered in new Sydney Harbour ferries

by Tom Rabe

Swimmers at the harbour pool in Manly Cove in November 1936.

Public transport

‘Tremendous place for families’: Push to rebuild Manly Cove harbour pool and boardwalk

by Andrew Taylor

The South Steyne at Berrys Bay.

Public transport

‘Crying shame’: Sydney’s prized steamship languishes out of public reach

by Matt O'Sullivan

The sunken Baragoola at its mooring in Waverton.

Heritage

The race to pull the wreck of the Baragoola from Sydney Harbour

by Megan Gorrey

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Crime & Courts

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet.

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Coronavirus pandemic

NSW records 30,825 COVID-19 cases and 25 deaths, man charged with theft of rapid antigen tests

by Daniella White

Charlise Mutten was allegedly murdered by her mother’s fiance.

Crime

‘A dagger through the heart’: Tweed Heads mourns death of Charlise Mutten

by Daniella White and Sally Rawsthorne

Charlise Mutten

Courts

With 100kg of sand and an empty barrel, Justin Stein allegedly attempted a cover-up

by Sally Rawsthorne, Daniella White and Megan Gorrey

Nine-year-old murder victim Charlise Mutten

Crime

Stepfather charged over murder of nine-year-old Charlise Mutten

by Sally Rawsthorne

Local council

New mayor of Ryde, Jordan Lane.

Sydney councils

City of Ryde elects young Liberal mayor as seats shift on Sydney councils

by Megan Gorrey

Labor’s Donna Davis.

Sydney councils

Labor takes the reins at Parramatta Council after Liberals’ retreat

by Megan Gorrey

Swimmers at the harbour pool in Manly Cove in November 1936.

Public transport

‘Tremendous place for families’: Push to rebuild Manly Cove harbour pool and boardwalk

by Andrew Taylor

Elliot Scali has submitted a development application for a small bar and bottle shop in Paddington, which has attracted opposition from some residents.

Planning

The pandemic gave them quiet streets, now residents complain of drunken louts

by Andrew Taylor

An artist’s impression of the ‘village precinct’ to be built next to the new Sydney Football Stadium at Moore Park.

Development

Fears new car park next to stadium won’t guarantee end to on-field parking

by Matt O'Sullivan

Woollahra Council’s draft strategy for the Cross Street precinct in Double Bay includes raising building heights on certain sites and recommends mixed use development to foster the nighttime economy.

Planning

‘Travesty of justice’: Eastern suburbs council proposes raising building heights

by Andrew Taylor

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City life

Sydney’s city streets have been eerily quiet since the emergence of Omicron.

Opinion

Enterprise

Five ideas to help revive Sydney’s ailing business mojo

The scourge of Omicron has delivered a serious economic blow to the harbour city, but there are measures that can and should be taken to aid our recovery.

by Paul Nicolaou

Aimee and Mitchell Dean enjoy a long-awaited holiday with their two sons Toby, 6 and Jack, 4.

Weather

‘So lucky:’ beachgoers cool off after tsunami warning closed sites

Thousands visited Sydney’s beaches on Monday as the city was treated to a reprieve from La Niña’s wet season with temperatures close to 30 degrees.

by Amelia McGuire

The plans would transform the building into shops, with a high-rise apartment tower above.

Development

‘New life’: High-rise plan for Sydney’s historic Shelbourne Hotel

by Megan Gorrey

Scotland Island residents Dr Robyn Iredale, left, and Nettie Lodge take to the water.

City life

For better or worse, the tides of change wash over Scotland Island

by Steve Meacham

Jake Thrupp.

Media & marketing

‘It was all untrue’: Alan Jones’ protege Jake Thrupp on politics, innuendo and Sydney’s big egos

by Michael Koziol

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