Port Macquarie
New northern beaches hospital to be funded by the private sector
Anna Patty The private sector will be asked to build and operate a 423-bed hospital on the northern beaches to complement Mona Vale Hospital, which will be redeveloped and reduced in size.
Search continues for cruise ship pair feared lost at sea
Nick Ralston, Ilya Gridneff A couple are believed to have gone overboard while on a luxury cruise, sparking a major sea and air search off the NSW mid north coast.
Paramedic may have been trying to save girlfriend
Nick Ralston and Ilya Gridneff A paramedic was believed to have been valiantly trying to save his girlfriend when they both went overboard from a luxury cruise ship on the NSW mid-north coast.
Checking up on a mate after 72 years
Tim Barlass Seventy-two years is a long time to spend wondering how your mate is. For some it is more than a lifetime and then it is too late.
Five big transactions found on money trail
Kate McClymont By following ''the money trail'' a forensic accountant has identified five main transactions made by the family of controversial Labor powerbroker Eddie Obeid using the proceeds of $30 million the...
Teenage boy sucked into drainpipe found dead
Stephanie Gardiner A teenager who was sucked down a drainpipe at a golf course on the mid-north coast has been found dead, police say.
Obeid dumped high-flyer in his darkest hour
Kate McClymont KARL SULEMAN was once a high-flyer with all the obligatory rich man's baubles and more - a Lamborghini, four Ferraris, a $3.3 million luxury boat, planes, properties, racehorses, money to burn.
Evidence questions Obeid's pecuniary interest statements
Kate McClymont, Linton Besser FOR years before he left NSW Parliament in mid-2011, the Labor powerbroker Eddie Obeid entered ''not applicable'' in the section of his pecuniary interest declaration asking whether he had received...
Shark attack closes Sydney beaches
Josephine Tovey Search and rescue teams will continue to scour beaches after sightings of a 2.5-metre shark closed two popular swimming spots.
Plan to explore for gas under 40% of state
Saffron Howden THE NSW Aboriginal Land Council has applied to explore for coal seam gas under 40 per cent of the state, sparking outrage from indigenous and non-indigenous people alike.
Spotlight on Obeid family empire in real estate
Linton Besser, Kate McClymont THE family of ALP heavyweight Eddie Obeid has been involved in tens of millions of dollars worth of real estate developments across Sydney and NSW over the past 20 years, including joint ventures...
Obeid businesses in ICAC spotlight
Anne Davies Former Labor powerbroker Eddie Obeid lives in a $10 million mansion in Hunters Hill that is in his wife's name, drives a top of the line Mercedes and the family is about to undertake renovations...
Obeid, two cafes and a $275,000 rent bill
Linton Besser, Kate McClymont, Sean Nicholls LABOR kingpin Eddie Obeid has declared he will be found innocent of the allegations of corruption levelled against him and his family by a big corruption inquiry.
Sartor did not want Obeid 'to own him'
Kate McClymont, Linton Besser WHEN the then lord mayor of Sydney, Frank Sartor, was trying to make up his mind about entering state politics, Eddie Obeid took him for coffee.
Greens have record task in bid to grow in Labor heartlands
The Greens will field a record number of candidates at next weekend's NSW council elections as they seek to capitalise on their federal success and extend the party's support base to Sydney's outer...
Specialists called in to track 'master bushman' and state's most wanted criminal
Nick O'Malley Police are confident they will find the state's most wanted man - described as a "master bushman" - as they continue to search bushland in the state's north today.
Anna Patty
Reinvented Nats reveal an urban edge
Before Paul Toole was elected to the NSW Parliament as a Nationals MP, on the biggest swing in Australian electoral history, he was a primary school teacher in Bathurst.
Why O'Farrell decided to visit a black hole
BARRY O'FARRELL had only just made the short walk from the Chief Secretary's office on Macquarie Street to Parliament House the Monday after his election win when he used a well-known tactic.
