Safety standards came up short at Bankstown

Andrew West, TRANSPORT A REPORT into aviation safety found standards at Bankstown Airport were ''intolerable'' and prompted an overhaul of flight procedures.

Winners and losers: all change in rail revamp

Jacob Saulwick, Nicole Hasham Sydney's biggest train timetable change in almost a decade will include an extra 700 services a week - but some commuters will miss out when trains skip certain stations.

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Train chaos fix left out of loop

Jacob Saulwick Sydney's train operator has failed to use $100 million rail facilities built five years ago that would make city train services more reliable.

Bad faith: plan to kick religions out of council

Natalie O'Brien Uproar over a proposed ban on religious groups using Bankstown's council facilities to hold meetings has turned into a political row, with community members calling on political leaders to intervene.

Reason for train delays proves a bridge too far

Jacob Saulwick Not even the transport minister can get a straight answer out of RailCorp about what is going wrong on Sydney's trains.

Crime stats say NSW is a safer place to live

Ilya Gridneff Don't believe the radio shock jocks, NSW has become a safer place to live according to crime statistics released on Wednesday.

Juice bar owner suspected of backing Assad 'forced to sell'

Rachel Olding A shopkeeper was allegedly extorted, threatened, firebombed, bashed and eventually forced to sell his Bankstown juice bar for a pittance because a gang of Sunni Muslims suspected he supported Syrian...

Baby death: father charged with domestic violence

Megan Levy The father of a baby girl who died in south-western Sydney this week has been charged with domestic violence offences.

Body in a sheet: police try to contact victim's family

Megan Levy Police are still trying to contact the family of a man whose body was found wrapped in a sheet and dumped in a gutter in south-western Sydney.

Concerns rise over safety as more police play 'hero cop'

Rachel Olding Frontline police officers are risking their lives by developing a ''hero mentality'' and attempting to resolve high-risk situations on their own.

Police hunt gunman in southwest Sydney

A man shot dead in Sydney's west was the victim of a targeted attack, police say.

'Horrific scene': staff tried in vain to save helicopter crash victims

Kate McIlwain Panorama House staff rushed to try to save four people who died in a fiery helicopter accident next to the popular function centre at Bulli Tops in Wollongong's northern suburbs on Thursday.

Helicopter had hazardous fuel tanks

AAP with Nick Ralston A helicopter that burst into flames when it crashed south of Sydney, killing four people, was fitted with older-style fuel tanks known to pose a fire hazard.

Four CSIRO scientists killed in helicopter crash

Nick Ralston Long serving scientists who had held senior positions within the CSIRO were the four victims of a fatal helicopter crash just north of Wollongong.

CSIRO rocked by helicopter deaths

Nick Ralston Four retired scientists named as the victims of helicopter crash near Wollongong.

Police killing: Nguyen sentence to be appealed

Paul Bibby The NSW Director of Public Prosecutions will appeal the minimum seven-year jail sentence given to Sydney man Philip Nguyen over the shooting death of NSW Police Constable Bill Crews.

An enduring passion play: Easter stirs our faithful

Damien Murphy Early on Friday morning three generations of the Bejjani family will set out on their Good Friday pilgrimage to Punchbowl.

Raids smash gangs' drugs, gun networks

Ilya Gridneff It began a little after dawn on Tuesday, with 350 heavily armed police kicking down doors in what authorities believe has disrupted a massive organised crime network that was allegedly dealing drugs,...

Seven years for fatal police shooting

Paul Bibby The man responsible for the 2010 shooting death of police Constable Bill Crews during an ill-fated south-west Sydney drug raid has been sentenced to at least seven years jail, with a judge finding he...