Homebush
From Homebush to Rhodes, without the 12km round trip
Anna Patty A new $43 million bridge will be built across Homebush Bay to connect Rhodes to Wentworth Point.
Mane attraction at Homebush is one high horse
PETER HAWKINS ROSEHILL may have hosted the Golden Slipper for two-year-old thoroughbreds yesterday but at the Royal Easter Show, Homebush, another type of horse was sending crowds into a frenzy.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Sydney's shrinking blue-collar sector
Matt Wade Blue-collar strongholds in Sydney's west have shrunk dramatically over the past decade and some close to the central business district have vanished altogether as the city's employment profile...
Sydney suburbs earmarked for high-rise blocks
Leesha McKenny Eight precincts have been earmarked for high-rise apartment blocks up to 30 storeys tall and increased commercial development as part of a state government plan to boost high-density housing and...
Businessman's handwritten promise to give minister a $4 million coal dividend
Linton Besser, Kate McClymont THE disgraced former resources minister Ian Macdonald stood to make as much as $4.6 million in kickbacks from deals between his mates and the departments he ran, according to sensational evidence...
Macdonald's business partner books into mental care unit
Kate McClymont, Linton Besser IAN MACDONALD's business partner, who is considered a ''crucial witness'' in a corruption inquiry is understood to have checked himself into a mental-health centre.
Man seriously hurt in road rage bashing
A man is in a serious condition in hospital after being bashed with a baseball bat during a suspected road rage incident in Sydney's inner west.
RTA review - the key changes
Key changes made to NSW roads as part of RTA review ordered by NSW government.
Escaping a marriage of misery
Natalie O'Brien IF SHE is made to return to Nepal, Bimala Devi Kadariya says she faces an ''honour'' marriage to the man who abused her older sister so badly she took her life.
Move to wind up crime-linked transport firm
Linton Besser A CONTROVERSIAL Port Botany transport firm could be wound up over unpaid debts 18 months after it was linked to organised crime on the waterfront.
Sorry, madam, this lane is closed while we do it Amway
An army of top Chinese sales staff hits town, writes Vanda Carson.
Refusal to release cabinet files casts NSW as 'state of secrecy'
Louise Hall THE state government is refusing to release cabinet documents despite passing a 10-year publication embargo because they reveal personal opinions of ministers at the time.
Bringing life back to Barangaroo
Kelsey Munro NOBODY, to Peter Walker's knowledge, has tried to rebuild a harbour headland before. But it was not the unprecedented nature of the Barangaroo Headland Park project keeping the veteran landscape...
Call to knock down Entertainment Centre
Matthew Moore URBAN AFFAIRS EDITOR SYDNEY business leaders have called for the demolition of the Sydney Entertainment Centre to allow for an expansion of the exhibition and convention space at Darling Harbour.
Infant's body found dumped in a shoebox
Miles Godfrey THE grim discovery of a newborn girl's body, hidden inside a shoe box and dumped outside an apartment block in Sydney's west, has sparked an intense search for the mother.
Search resumes for missing Kiesha
Georgina Robinson The search for missing six-year-old Sydney girl Kiesha Abrahams has been restarted in the same bushland area where a headless torso was found last week.
