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The 'observational' count may only scrape tip of state's homelessness problem.

Little progress is being made on youth homelessness in NSW, with more than 1000 children seeking crisis accommodation in the past 12 months.

When Anthony Shipley was 16, he spent the night in a cell at a juvenile detention centre in Western Sydney — now, years later, he's in a legal battle to try and get compensation for what happened there.

Most kids raised in the child protection system are kicked out by their guardian — the state — when they turn 18. Here's how the lives of some of them turned out.

The NSW justice department victimised a prison officer after she made a sexual harassment and bullying complaint, a state tribunal has found.

People who flee domestic violence desperately need safe, affordable and secure housing. Our study of people on housing waiting lists in New South Wales, Tasmania and Queensland found private rental housing isn’t an option when leaving domestic violence.

Lopez, a convicted murderer, escaped from authorities last month while on a prison transport bus.

The Aboriginal support service is being evicted from a community centre in Katoomba, with the government saying it's not willing to spend millions on upgrades.

MORNING BRIEFING: The state government approves a design for a ramp giving access to cyclists at the north end of the Sydney Harbour Bridge.