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The black market for tobacco and cigarettes is thriving.

Eviction, jail and $1.5 million fines for illegal tobacco sellers

Landlords would be given the power to evict tenants caught selling illegal cigarettes in a plan to fight the thriving tobacco black market.

  • Jessica McSweeney

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Premier Chris Minns tours the new metro train platforms at Bankstown station on Monday.

Commuters face at least another eight-month wait for new metro line opening

The state government is reluctant to commit to an opening date due to the complexity of converting a heavy rail line in Sydney’s south to one for metro trains.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
Mark Latham returns home on Friday.

NSW Labor vowed to never work with Mark Latham. The reality is more complicated

One of Chris Minns’ first commitments as premier was that he would not work with Mark Latham. A hung parliament means ministers often have no choice.

  • Michael McGowan
Mark Latham is accused of abuse by his former partner, which he denies.

How the NSW Liberals have become snared in the Mark Latham scandal

Acting NSW Liberal leader Damien Tudehope had an opportunity on Thursday to cut ties with Mark Latham. Instead, he said he would be “happy” to work with him.

  • Jessica McSweeney
Former Liberal Party vice president Teena McQueen (left) with Gina Rinehart and Nigel Farage at Trump’s election watch party.

Gina Rinehart’s right-hand woman Teena McQueen out the door at Hancock

The outspoken Sky News talking head and Donald Trump fangirl is gone from Rinehart’s employ, but maintains the pair are dear friends.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
Sketches drawn up by Cove Architects indicate buildings between six and eight storeys tall could be built above a Woollahra station.

‘No-brainer’: Architects, developers ready to pounce on Woollahra ghost station

Locals are split on whether a potential reopening of Woollahra station should go ahead as the government plays coy on its plans.

  • Jessica McSweeney, Cindy Yin and Alexandra Smith
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Water industry experts say boil water notices could become common if a price decision means Sydney Water cannot invest in infrastructure upgrades.

Pay more for your water or boil it? The unpalatable choice behind Sydney’s water woes

Sydneysiders narrowly avoided having to boil their drinking water in 2021. After a draft bill increase was slashed, some are warning it could become common.

  • Penry Buckley and Max Maddison
The Joinery, Annandale, will include 577 homes with 220 affordable rentals for essential workers.

How a prime piece of inner west Sydney land will be transformed

A development planned for a former WestConnex dive site will now include more homes, and pedestrian links between Parramatta and Pyrmont Bridge roads.

  • Jessica McSweeney
Former Greens candidate Hannah Thomas has been warned she will likely never regain full vision in her right eye after an injury she suffered when police broke up an anti-Israel protest last month.

Hannah Thomas warned to ‘prepare for worst’ after serious eye injury

The former Greens candidate has been warned she is unlikely to ever regain full vision in her eye after suffering an injury when police broke up an anti-Israel protest.

  • Michael McGowan
President Donald Trump signs his signature bill into law.

Trump and his multitrillion-dollar Sharpie sign off on cuts ‘no one will notice’

The US president figures no one will notice the loss of healthcare and school lunches among the poor. Could he be right?

  • Tony Wright

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