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Part of the 45-strong train fleet for the Metro Northwest and City and Southwest lines.

Why Sydney will end up with three incompatible metro train lines

Sydney’s new driverless metro trains and stations will have key differences that mean the three lines will have trains that cannot be switched between them.

  • by Matt O'Sullivan
Gilgandra Librarian Liz McCutcheon reading to Margeaux Batten and her 11-month-old daughter Bethany.
Inset, Dolly Parton.

How Dolly Parton has sparked a reading revolution in central western NSW

The babies of Gilgandra are falling in love with reading, and it’s thanks in large part to country music star Dolly Parton. 

  • by Catherine Naylor
Peggy Carter died in 2019 from breast cancer, one of a wave of deaths in the small community over the last few years.

Paradise Poisoned: How the idyllic town of Wreck Bay was left asking ‘Who’s going to die next?’

A two-year investigation has revealed devastating sickness and death in an Indigenous community located next to a defence base that used toxic firefighting foam.

  • by Carrie Fellner
Sally McNamara doesn’t know how long she will have to wait to get her son into childcare.

Childcare waiting lists make job search a struggle

Like many parents with young children, Sally McNamara’s working life is in limbo because of long waiting lists and rising fees for childcare – it’s a national problem under scrutiny by the consumer watchdog.

  • by Rachel Clun

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