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Social health atlas shows inequity in cancer risk between the rich and poor areas
Sydney is a city of health inequity, with yawning disparities in cancer death and diagnosis rates between the rich and the poor, the latest social health data atlas shows.
People living in some of Sydney's most disadvantaged postcodes died of avoidable cancers at significantly higher rates than their more affluent neighbours, according to the Social Health Atlas of Australia published Saturday. Read more.
Workers take home lower pay after first day of penalty rate cuts
Thousands of workers turned up for their first shifts at lower hourly rates after the Fair Work Commission decision to cut penalty rates came into play on Sunday.
The occasion was marked across the country by protests from unions railing against the decision handed down in February. Read more.
Man has fingertip bitten off in Campbelltown pub fight
It's meant to be the happiest day of their lives - but for a newlywed couple, their wedding celebrations turned violent.
A man has been charged after a wedding guest had his finger bitten off after he tried to stop handbags from being stolen at the Court Tavern in Campbelltown on Saturday night.
It's understood the 47-year-old victim noticed a non-party goer allegedly attempting to steal handbags off a table just after 9.30pm.
He confronted the 42-year-old man before an altercation broke out, during which the victim had the tip of his finger bitten off. Read more.
Police release CCTV of three men who left woman to die after fatal Chester Hill crash
Clutching his mobile phone in one hand, a man is captured running down a street in western Sydney early on Saturday morning.
Police suspect the man was one of three who cowardly left a young woman to die on the footpath after they were involved in the fatal crash.
It is believed the woman was sitting in the back left-hand seat of the Holden Commodore, which bore the brunt of the impact as the car hit a concrete island and then a power pole just before 6:30am on Saturday on Waldron Road in Chester Hill. Read more.
Shopping for 'good' public schools in NSW reinforcing equity gap: research
The most sought-after public high schools and their strict catchments are creating a worsening cycle of segregation, effectively locking out poor students and giving wealthy families almost exclusive access to their "better" local schools, research reveals.
Limiting school places means children from higher socio-economic families go to popular high schools, which are in catchment areas with higher levels of income, higher proportions of Australian-born residents and higher proportions of those who identify with "no religion" on the census. Read more.
Census shows towns with highest household incomes in Blue Mountains
New census data reveals households in Hawkesbury Heights and Yellow Rock have the highest median weekly incomes in the Blue Mountains.
Released on Tuesday, the 2016 census figures showed Hawkesbury Heights has a median household income of $2270 per week with Yellow Rock close behind on $2206. Read more.
Dragons stars injured in 20-10 loss to Gold Coast Titans
St George-Illawarra sunk to their sixth loss in their past nine games, but it's NSW coach Laurie Daley who has the most to be concerned about, with Blues pair Tyson Frizell and Josh Dugan both injured in the Dragons 20-10 loss to the Titans on Friday.
Frizell came from the field with the apparent recurrence of a niggling rib injury in the 45th minute and Dugan followed him just seven minutes later, finishing the match on the bench with ice on his right knee.
Both were certain to be named in Daley’s side for the Origin decider but are now under an injury cloud with game three just 12 days away. Read more.
Sorry Newcastle Knights lose 'Spoon Bowl' with Wests Tiger
The Wests Tigers insist they didn't think about trying to avoid their first wooden spoon since becoming a merged club before beating Newcastle 33-12 on Sunday.
The Knights, meanwhile, tried to use the chance to move away from the bottom of the NRL ladder as motivation at McDonald Jones Stadium.
It didn't work, as coach Nathan Brown labelled the performance the worst of their year. Read more.
Penrith Panthers captain Matt Moylan takes blame for shocking pass that turned game
Matt Moylan shouldered responsibility on Sunday night for throwing the wayward pass that set Penrith's day hurtling off course, with coach Anthony Griffin admitting the match had "just spiralled out of control" for the visitors.
The hard-earned momentum the Panthers had built up in their tilt for a semi-finals berth suddenly appears out the window after a crushing defeat against South Sydney. Read more.
'I just climbed Pacquiao mountain' - Horn beats boxing legend
That one was for every kid who was told he couldn't. Who was bullied in the schoolyard. Who was told he wasn't good enough. Who was branded a "nerd".
With a bloodied face, near-closed right eye and badly bruised cheekbone, 29-year-old Brisbane school teacher Jeff Horn became the WBO welterweight champion of the world when he defeated boxing icon Manny Pacquiao by a unanimous points decision on Sunday afternoon. Sorry, "defeated" doesn't sound adequate enough. It was one of the biggest upsets in recent history. Read more.
Top cricketers could be subcontracted to save Ashes
Players could be subcontracted to Cricket Australia to rescue marquee series, including the Ashes, if the damaging pay crisis threatens the home summer of cricket.
Players, many of them suddenly out of contract as of the weekend, converged on a Sydney hotel on Sunday for an emergency meeting which Test captain Steve Smith also joined via a phone hook-up from the United States. Read more.