Glebe
Glebe Island Bridge is rotting away
Nicole Hasham The historic Glebe Island Bridge is rotting and parts of it near collapse, according to a new report, fuelling debate on whether to demolish or restore the structure.
Love letter: Sze Yup Temple, Glebe
Joyce Morgan Your scent drew me. I followed my nose past your brick wall topped with green fluted tiles, around a corner into a suburban backstreet. I stood before your red metal gate flanked by two ceramic lions.
Arrest over Glebe shooting
Nick Ralston and Erik Jensen POLICE were questioning a 43-year-old woman last night over the shooting of a man believed to be her father at a unit block in Glebe.
Anger at Glebe housing proposal
Kelsey Munro PUBLIC housing residents have been moved out and demolition works started this week on a Glebe housing estate, but Housing NSW has not lodged a development application for the buildings that will...
Ferries ahoy as minister pushes the boat out
Jacob Saulwick The state government will buy and build six new ferries within three years, and put on an extra 50 ferry services a week within months.
Temporary expo centre triggers warning of traffic and noise woes
Nicole Hasham A temporary exhibition centre will be built at Glebe Island, despite limited public access and potential disruption to roads and residents.
Schools renting out space to pay for teachers
Cosima Marriner Schools are being forced to fund basic resources such as extra teachers and pay for power bills from the money they raise from renting out their classrooms and playgrounds out of hours.
Bashed to death with a flowerpot: wife, 90, killed husband after psychotic episode
Paul Bibby A 90-year-old Sydney woman suffering from dementia beat her husband to death with a flowerpot and a desk lamp during a psychotic episode, a coronial inquest has heard, raising concerns about the...
The bland and the beautiful: battle for a public treasure
Rick Feneley, Sean Nicholls On a Sunday in early October 10 years ago, the then premier Bob Carr took to the stage of the Sydney Town Hall to drop a bombshell.
Inquest raises 'curious aspects' of death at investor's home
Rachel Olding In his car around the corner from Anthony and Veronica Ghalloub's multimillion-dollar West Ryde mansion, Jean Vincent Didier Govinden hid a knife, gloves, a black balaclava, ropes, a walkie-talkie,...
Elijah's 'sad and unexpected' death due to natural causes, coroner rules
Stephanie Gardiner The "sad and unexpected" death of a three-month-old boy suffering meningococcal meningitis, who was not given antibiotics for more than six hours, was the result of natural causes, a coroner has...
Childcare closures as landlords cash in
Cosima Marriner Hundreds of Sydney families could be forced to find alternative childcare with up to a dozen centres at risk of closing as landlords seek to capitalise on valuable property.
Oddities at death scene stirred suspicion, witnesses report
Paul Bibby When the funeral attendants arrived to collect the body of hotel matriarch Eve Veronica Schwartz from her home in Wolseley Road, Point Piper, in August 2005, they came upon a strange scene.
Dead mother's cut wrists 'not significant', son tells inquest
Paul Bibby The Sydney cosmetic surgeon who signed his mother's death certificate is giving evidence to the inquest examining her death.
Cuts on dead mother's wrists not significant, son tells inquest
Paul Bibby The Sydney doctor who signed his mother's death certificate has told an inquest he cannot recall where the form came from, and that he omitted the fact that she had cuts on her wrists because he...
Eight years on, questions remain over how Schwartz matriarch died
Paul Bibby The death notice was unadorned and unremarkable to the casual observer.
Doctor did no wrong by signing mother's death certificate, inquest told
Stephanie Gardiner, Paul Bibby There is no "compelling evidence" to make findings against a Sydney cosmetic surgeon who signed his mother's death certificate, his barrister says.
Diverse path to straight and narrow
Ilya Gridneff The days of the police boys' club and boxing as the simple road to redemption are long gone.
'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.
Prized foreshore land for public use in harbour plan
Nicole Hasham, Jacob Saulwick Prime harbour foreshore will be unlocked for public use and ''development scenarios'' tested for the historic White Bay power station under recommendations being examined by the state government.
