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Fugitive father to turn himself in

Rebecca Richardson, Eamonn Duff A man charged with the murder of high-ranking outlaw motorcycle gang member Zeljko Mitrovic has been refused bail.

Driving testers are sent back to school over odd pass or fail rates

Jacob Saulwick About a quarter of Roads and Maritime Services driving testers have had to undergo retraining in the past year because they pass or fail learners at rates sharply different to the average.

Council plan to rob pensioners

Kirsty Needham Pensioners are being targeted for sharp rate rises, with a sweeping review of the state's 152 councils recommending the dumping of their $250 concession discount.

Stabbed with BBQ fork over heroin deal

Anne Tarasov A man was stabbed at least a dozen times with a barbecue fork in an alleged drug deal gone wrong outside a family home in Sydney's east.

'They are capable of everything,' says woman attacked by teen girls on bus

Megan Levy When a group of young teenage girls began racially abusing Kate* on a public bus in Sydney, she decided she had to stand up for herself.

Park stranger story a wake-up call for parents

Lisa Davies A Sydney mother has outlined in terrifying detail how her six-year-old son was almost abducted in Sydney's Centennial Park on Easter Monday, as she called on parents to be vigilant for not only their...

Renewed alert on faulty prams

Cosima Marriner Until last weekend Cael Barton was Gloria Barton's ''perfect little boy''. Now the 21-month-old is missing a finger tip after it was cut off in the folding hinge of his Maclaren stroller.

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...

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Police search for missing NSW boy with autism

Megan Gorrey POLICE believe a teenage boy with autism who went missing from his home near Crookwell last week might have tried to hitch-hike to Goulburn.

Corruption across the nation's borders

Minus the sound, the federal police surveillance video reveals a seemingly innocuous scene - just two friends chatting in a Sydney street.

Apartment blocks evacuated in east Sydney

About 60 people have been evacuated from two apartment blocks in Sydney’s east after a fire broke out at an electrical substation.

Former union boss Michael Williamson arrested

Kate McClymont The controversial former boss of the Health Services Union, Michael Williamson, has been arrested by appointment this morning.

Hundreds gather in Sydney to remember Bali bomb victims

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

Car park collapses at Sydney shopping centre

Glenda Kwek There are large cracks in the partially collapsed roof of the car park of the Westfield shopping centre in south-eastern Sydney and the potential for a major collapse is very real, firefighters say.

$3 million police motorway ice bust

Police have seized nearly four kilograms of the drug ice with an estimated street value of more than $3 million after pulling over a car in south-west Sydney.

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.

Sydney's fifth shooting in four days

Jonathan Swan A second bout of gunfire has rocked a suburban street in Sydney's west in a week as bullets hit the front wall of a house last night. It is the fifth shooting in Sydney in the past four days.