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A severe thunderstorm on Monday.

More than 20 people rescued from floodwaters as thunderstorm lashes Sydney

The storm left Sydney’s public transport on its knees and roads inundated as more than 85 millimetres of rain fell in some parts of the city.

  • Jessica McSweeney and Riley Walter

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I agree with your editorial that young people need help negotiate social media’s minefield of misinformation (“Civic’s classes key to health of democracy”, 10 February). Most young adults today get their news from various social media platforms, where algorithms determine a user’s feed. Unless social media users are educated in media literacy and critical thinking, they will not have the skills to decide what is an accurate news source and whether items they are being fed are actually misinformation or propaganda. Much is put upon the school curriculum to educate young people in today’s world and for the future, but media literacy and critical thinking are surely a high priority, perhaps for both teachers and students. Levane Abdoolcader, Padstow Heights

Civics lessons will help our youth survive a minefield of misinformation

Younger Australians need help to negotiate social media’s rising torrent of lies, writes a reader.

Declan Lee, from Sydney’s northern beaches, was left on a hospital bathroom floor for several hours because staff were unable to lift him.

On the floor of a Sydney hospital bathroom, Declan lay stranded for hours

Advocates have requested an urgent meeting with the NSW health minister after hearing dozens of hospital horror stories.

  • Angus Thomson
A native forest logging site in Wild Cattle Creek state forest in December, part of the assessment area for the Great Koala National Park.

‘Fiasco’: State government loggers caught out exaggerating wood harvest

Forestry Corporation of NSW has blamed a “data extraction error” for the massive discrepancies in the biomaterial reports.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Jo Haylen.

Unforced errors like Haylen’s are signs of hubris. Voters will have taken note

Jo Haylen’s unauthorised use of a government car and driver begs the question: has the Minns government grown too comfortable with the trappings of power?

  • Alexandra Smith
Newcastle’s Merewether Baths and Beach.

Port guide: Newcastle, Australia

This once-declining NSW industrial town has undergone a transformation, with a newfound buzz, a great food scene and interesting attractions.

  • Brian Johnston
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There was friction within the government over a decision to stop Water Minister Rose Jackson (centre) from participating in a radio interview with ABC presenter Simon Marnie (left) and contamination campaigner Jon Dee (right).

Spin doctor feared on-air ‘ambush’ over cancer chemicals in drinking water

New emails reveal friction behind the scenes after the water minister and government agencies declined an interview about contaminated tap water supplies.

  • Carrie Fellner
Janice and Bernie Fitzpatrick on a fundraising ride on the Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, in 2015.

Bernie waited months in hospital for a bed in aged care. It never came

NSW Health Minister Ryan Park says the federal government should build more aged care beds or start paying the states to care for residents stuck in hospital.

  • Angus Thomson
Jo Haylen who took a ministerial car to a private lunch at Brokenwood estate.

‘Contempt for taxpayer’: Haylen to pay back cost of personal Hunter Valley tour

NSW’s transport minister booked a government car for a private trip with friends including colleague Rose Jackson.

  • Michael McGowan
Protesters gather outside the Northern Beaches Council meeting.

Liberals using ratepayers’ pain for political gain

The NSW Liberal Party is stating that if they had not made a mess of nominating Liberal Party candidates in the last local government elections on the northern beaches, the proposed 40 per cent rate rise would not be happening.

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