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.
- by Alex Ellinghausen, James Brickwood and staff reporters
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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.
- by Michael Koziol and James Brickwood
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.
- by Laura Chung and James Brickwood
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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.
- by Laura Chung, Brook Mitchell and James Brickwood
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.
- by Pallavi Singhal and James Brickwood
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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.
- by Lucy Cormack and James Brickwood
'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.
- by Harriet Alexander and James Brickwood
'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.
- by Harriet Alexander and James Brickwood
'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.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos and James Brickwood
'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.
- by Harriet Alexander, Laura Chung, Natassia Chrysanthos, Janek Drevikovsky and James Brickwood
'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.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos and James Brickwood
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