Coogee

Glassing, drink-driving incidents in Coogee

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A man has been glassed in the face with a broken bottle during an argument in Sydney's east.

Arrests over alleged sexual assault at Coogee

Rebecca Richardson Three men have been arrested after a teenage girl was allegedly sexually assaulted in Coogee last night.

Bikies linked to Coogee bombing

Coogee tattoo

Dylan Welch A TATTOO parlour in Coogee owned by two of Sydney's most notorious bikies has been gutted by fire after a petrol bombing, with the street gang Notorious the prime suspect.

Coogee protest against high-rise

MORE than a thousand Coogee residents yesterday rallied against a seven-storey redevelopment of the Coogee Bay Hotel they fear will turn their low-rise beach suburb ''into the Gold Coast''.

The secret life of Richard Torbay

Richard and Rosemary Torbay

Kate McClymont High-profile popular former MP Richard Torbay went to great lengths to conceal certain aspects of his seemingly perfect life.

Grand vision is a sight to see

Off the beaten track ... the lower north shore walk from Cremorne Point to Balmoral Beach.

Anne Davies Two decades on, a pollie's dream gives the foreshore back to the people.

Tourist killed after falling 80 metres off waterfall

waterfall

A British tourist has fallen 80 metres to his death off a waterfall in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney, police say.

Paedophile Dennis Ferguson found dead in his Sydney home

Dennis Ferguson

Megan Levy Convicted paedophile Dennis Ferguson has been found dead inside his Sydney apartment.

Another one off the bucket list: a nude ocean swim

A group of women at Coogee Beach in Sydney, who are planning to do a nude ocean swim as part of their bucket list.1st February  2013Photo: Janie Barrett

Julie Power FOR most women of a certain age, skinny dipping is something best done when young, in the dark or in the presence of loved ones.

Paedophile Ferguson fought to the end

Dennis Ferguson

Sean Nicholls Dennis Ferguson spent the last chapter of his life at a secret location within a Department of Housing apartment tucked behind Oxford Street in central Sydney.

Hundreds gather in Sydney to remember Bali bomb victims

Bali memorial

Dozens of white doves have been released at Sydney’s Dolphin Point to conclude a ceremony commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Bali bombings.

Two on the trot for City2Surf winner

Liam Adams.

Josh Rakic Liam Adams has made it back-to-back City2Surf wins, claiming this year's race in an unofficial time of 41 minutes and 40 seconds.

Liberals uncover $200,000 donations

NSW Premier Barry O Farrell

Lenore Taylor THE NSW Liberal Party has discovered more than $200,000 worth of donations received during the last financial year that it had not previously revealed to the Australian Electoral Commission.

Surf clubs draw a line in the sand

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David Sygall, Stephanie Peatling A GROWING number of NSW surf lifesaving clubs are changing the emphasis of their nippers programs to offer less competitive activities in the hope of making more children feel included.

Labor MPs to revolt if call for reform falls on deaf ears

Michael Costa had undermined the authority of the former premier, Morris Iemma, according to Paul Pearce.

Anna Patty LABOR'S rank and file vow an open revolt against Sussex Street powerbrokers if their calls for reform are rejected at the party's annual state conference in Sydney this weekend.

Former minister concealed ruling

Tony Kelly

Sean Nicholls THE former planning minister Tony Kelly sought to ensure that a multimillion-dollar residential development proposal at Rhodes was dealt with under the controversial part 3A of the planning act weeks...

Bondi heats up

Bondi race

Sacha Molitorisz IT MAY be Bondi Beach's best-kept secret. Given the locals' taste for baring it all, it may be the suburb's only secret. And that is: the famous strand is at its best in autumn.

Face 'went blank' after punch, court told

Assault

Louise Hall AN IRISH backpacker who was punched during an alcohol-fuelled fight in a takeaway shop in Coogee ''went blank'' before he slumped in a doorway and stopped breathing, a court heard yesterday.

Ibrahim stung by booze cops

John Ibrahim

Neil Mercer and Vanda Carson NIGHTCLUB boss John Ibrahim is under siege: the underworld figure's opening hours have been cut and his patron numbers slashed; he has been ordered to swipe patrons with metal detectors and set up a...

Tattooist dies after suspected bikie gang shooting

Vanda Carson A MAN has died after he was shot by bandits in an attack on a Sydney tattoo parlour owned by a Bandidos bikie gang member.