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Aggrieved officers doubt ability to handle so many alleged offences
Neil Mercer Seven months after he was asked to investigate the alleged illegal bugging of hundreds of NSW police, NSW Ombudsman Bruce Barbour is asking serving and former officers and members of the public to...
Drunk charged over alleged Taxi scissor threat
Emma Partridge A drunk man accused of threatening a taxi driver with a pair of scissors to avoid paying his fare in Sydney's East was expected to appear before Parramatta Bail Court on Sunday.
Election winds may leave airport in holding pattern
Anne Davies If ever there was proof that Australians are a nation of procrastinators, particularly when the principle of ''not in my backyard'' is involved, it is the selection of the site for a second Sydney...
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...
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.
Badgerys airport push gains ground
Jacob Saulwick MORE groups are emerging in support of a second airport in Sydney's west, including community bodies and veterans of the mid-1990s airport debate who say there is no alternative to building an...
No ticket respite in windfall from airport train fares
Jacob Saulwick The O'Farrell government will start collecting more than half the fare on Sydney's privately owned airport line.
How triple-0 lost the plot over airport brawl
Stephanie Gardiner, Alicia Wood, Glenda Kwek The triple-0 operator who dealt with a caller trying to summon help for the victim of the bikie brawl murder at Sydney Aiport lost her patience, a tape of the call released by the court reveals.
Tickets sales rocket on airport line as prices plunge
Jacob Saulwick IT WAS once unloved and unused. But patronage on Sydney's Airport Line, which has the only privately owned stations on the CityRail network, has exploded since the former Labor government started...
Body found at Sydney home: man charged with killing his stepfather
A man has been charged with murdering his stepfather in Sydney's south.
Qantas backs second Sydney airport plan
Qantas Airways chief executive Alan Joyce says Sydney absolutely needs a second major airport.
O'Farrell's bid to kill off airport with housing
Heath Aston, Stephanie Peatling BARRY O'FARRELL has moved to kill off any prospect of a second airport in Sydney by attempting to open the proposed Badgerys Creek site to housing and business development.
Diggers honoured in Sydney Anzac Day parade
Thousands of flag-waving well-wishers have burst into spontaneous applause as the oldest and frailest veterans were carried down George Street during Sydney's Anzac parade.
Wired: my conversations were bugged
Steve Barrett To learn that your private conversations may have been illegally recorded is a devastating experience. Immediately you feel sick, especially when you know you haven't broken any law.
MPs demand answers on police bugs
Heath Aston THE inspector of the Police Integrity Commission will face questions tomorrow about why a report into a secret operation to bug more than 100 of the force's own officers has remained buried for a...
Buying airport line for $300m may be key to slashing fares
Jacob Saulwick Transport A NSW government could buy out the airport rail line and slash ticket prices at the domestic and international stations for less than $300 million.
Secret floats business keeps the magic alive
Melissa Davey NOTHING says Mardi Gras like neon pink, and it is everywhere at a warehouse in Redfern where staff, artists and volunteers are turning papier-mache and polystyrene into Mardi Gras dreams.
Trains, movies set to enliven Green Square
Andrew West and Melissa Davey The hype over Green Square - a band of suburbs 4.5 kilometres south-west of Sydney that has been billed as Australia's biggest urban renewal project - may finally be realised.
Cheaper for some on airport rail link
Jacob Saulwick and Linton Besser THE state government is close to finalising a deal with Sydney's AirportLink to cut fares paid by some passengers on the privately owned line, but not for those travelling to the airport.
