Barty survives hiccups to advance to second round, Stosur also through

Paris: Ashleigh Barty has survived a bumpy ride to book her spot in the French Open second round. The eighth seed beat American Jessica Pegula 6-3, 6-3 to make it three from three for Australians, after Alex de Minaur and Alexei Popyrin's earlier victories on the Paris clay. Samantha Stosur followed suit later in the…

One in a hundred success rate sparks small business sacking reform call

Small businesses are calling for reform in the wake of new research showing less than 1 per cent of unfair dismissal claims were backed by the industrial umpire. The Australasian Convenience and Petroleum Marketers Association claims small businesses are incurring significant financial and time penalties contesting unfair dismissal claims at the Fair Work Commission that…

How Dungeons & Dragons inspires, and feeds off, the rise of geek culture

Fantasy and science fiction currently make up a disproportionate amount of the world's biggest mainstream films and TV shows, from Game of Thrones to The Avengers: Endgame. And while most can trace their inspirations back to legendarily geeky sources, like Lord of the Rings and Marvel Comics respectively, their popularity has also led to something…

More commuters than expected ride Sydney's new metro line in first test of peak-hour services

The integration of a $7.3 billion new metro line into Sydney's broader rail network passed its first test on Monday despite a greater number of commuters than expected riding on the driverless trains. A day after about 140,000 people hopped on board for the first time, attention turned to how the system would handle high…

'Best outcomes in the world': NSW takes big steps to cut cancer deaths

Growing numbers of people are being diagnosed with cancer, but the good news is your chances of survival are getting significantly better, the latest Cancer Institute NSW report shows. As our ageing population swells, so do absolute numbers of cancer diagnoses and deaths across the state, the Cancer Control in NSW report shows. Loading Replay…

Sydney's water restrictions to kick in from June 1 as big dry worsens

Sydneysiders will have their first water restrictions imposed in almost a decade to help stem a rapid decline in the city's reservoirs amid the state's ongoing drought. The Berejiklian government decided to bring forward the level 1 curbs to June 1, or about two months earlier than would be triggered under the Metropolitan Water Plan….

Nation's most influential pollster can't explain election disaster

You've probably never heard of David Briggs. But you've very likely heard of Newspoll. That's the opinion poll that Malcolm Turnbull formalised as the benchmark of prime ministerial performance. Remember? Tony Abbott had to go when he "lost" 30 in a row. Then, eventually, Turnbull himself had to go after he "lost" 38 of them….

'Murder not acceptable in NSW': five men arrested over fatal shooting

A member of the Comancheros and four other men have been arrested in connection with the death of a man who was shot multiple times outside a home in Sydney's west. Emergency services were called to Meridian Place at Doonside about 7.30pm on Monday after reports of a shooting. Click Here: Loading Replay Replay video NSW…