NSW News
For many, public transport is now a private hell
JACOB SAULWICK WHEN Angela Plows heads to the bus stop - to go to the doctor, to the shops or to catch a train to visit her family on the central coast - she first slings a backpack over her shoulder, heavy with the weight of an emergency nebuliser for her asthma.
Care at Lulworth House was secondary, claims nurse
RACHEL BROWNE A NURSING assistant who worked at the exclusive Lulworth House aged care home has expressed her concern for the welfare of its residents, following allegations of three serious cases of neglect.
No mercy: elderly man fights off intruders
Amy McNeilage AN 84-YEAR-OLD man was asleep when two brawny, armed intruders - one of them more than 2 metres tall - broke into his Port Macquarie home in the early hours of the morning.
Will strong sales continue? Expert says yes
TOBY JOHNSTONE FOR the eighth week running Sydney clocked another strong clearance rate at the weekend with 60.3 per cent of properties selling under the hammer. Figures from Australian Property Monitors, owned by Fairfax Media, show this is the longest hot streak for clearance rates since July 2010.
Terraces under threat from changes to planning controls
LEESHA MCKENNY THE million-dollar charm of suburbs like Paddington could be destroyed, one tessellated tile at a time, under changes proposed by the state government, heritage advocates warn.
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.
Angler dead at Sydney beach
12:00am The death of a fisherman at a southeastern Sydney beach could have been avoided if he had been wearing a life jacket, police say.
Police appeal for help in boat tragedy
JACOB SAULWICK 12:07am Police are appealing for information after reports a boat and its occupants may have sunk in Wollongong Harbour on Sunday night.
Boy, 16, critically hurt after being hit by Sydney taxi
NICK RALSTON 4:21pm The young person fighting for life after he was hit by a taxi on a busy road in Sydney's south-west has been identified as a 16-year-old boy.
Elderly resident fights off armed intruders: police
Amy McNeilage 2:55pm An 84-year-old man has fought off two brawny, armed intruders and chased them from his home at Port Macquarie, police say.
Sydney remembers nation's fallen soldiers
1:47pm About a thousand people have gathered at the Cenotaph in Sydney's Martin Place to remember the nation's fallen soldiers, 94 years after the end of World War I.
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Police try to identify Sydney road victim
9:12am Police are pleading for public help to identify a man found critically injured on a busy road in Sydney's south-west.
Police arrest 33 people in Sydney's CBD
8:43am Sydney police have arrested 33 people, targeting alcohol-related crime and anti-social behaviour in the city's CBD this weekend.
Elite nursing home under investigation
RACHEL BROWNE One of the country's most prestigious nursing homes, Lulworth House, is under investigation over serious allegations of neglect.
Emergency services face social media storm front
Daniel Lewis PERHAPS people should have known better than to trust someone with the Twitter handle @ComfortablySmug during hurricane Sandy. Some of his tweets, such as ''BREAKING: Confirmed flooding on NYSE. The trading floor is flooded under more than 3 feet of water,'' were false.
Bishop to attend launch of book on clergy abuse
HEATH ASTON THE Bishop of Maitland and Newcastle, Bill Wright, has agreed to attend the launch of a book detailing the rape of an altar boy by a Catholic priest who later died in jail.
Stolen money used for gambling
HEATH ASTON The former wife of Roosters great Kevin ''Horrie'' Hastings went on a $10 million poker-machine binge with money she stole from her family's real-estate business, leaving a string of landlords in the Illawarra out of pocket.
Lover handed cocaine dealer to police
ILYA GRIDNEFF An eastern suburbs cocaine dealer has been jailed after his jilted ex-lover set him up in a police sting following the break-up of their volatile sexual relationship.
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 costing more than $2 million.
Rebels: we are not criminals
Ilya Gridneff THE president of the Rebels motorcycle club has rejected police claims the organisation is a front for criminal activity, saying their only offences are minor traffic infringements.
Shooters to escape park rangers' sights
HEATH ASTON NO EXTRA staff or money will be added to monitor hunters who have been given access by the state government to shoot in national parks from Australia Day.
Something for Cate: stage call for Sydney Uni award
Tim Barlass It was just a walk-on part and it wasn't exactly the red carpet but the line-up was certainly of that calibre. And, for Cate Blanchett, the costume, comprising a red academic gown and cap, wasn't exactly familiar stage attire.
Students take therapies to the front line
Tim Barlass IT WAS ''complete desperation'' that forced recovering heroin addict Sarah to come into the counselling clinic in Darlinghurst. She has an attractive ring on her engagement finger but that's because it doesn't fit on any other and the relationship is ''on hold'' anyway.
St John's patron in racial outrage
EAMONN DUFF A leading Sydney barrister and senior counsel at the trouble-plagued St John's College has sparked outrage after mocking the Aboriginal community at an official dinner at the University of Sydney.
Students' social whirl costly
Nick Ralston OVER the past year, St John's has been split by a student divide and this is disturbingly apparent in financial figures obtained by Fairfax Media.
Thousands caught in data crash
ESTHER HAN Tens of thousands of Virgin, Tiger, Rex and Jetstar passengers were affected by flight delays and cancellations across the country on Saturday morning when the airlines' check-in and reservation systems crashed.
Dad vanishes in Lebanon
Natalie O'Brien Mystery surrounds the disappearance of a 58-year-old Merrylands man while on a hunting trip with friends and family in the mountains of northern Lebanon last week.
Naked Eye
It probably says as much about the profligacy of Labor but there's little doubt Barry O'Farrell has put the brakes on spending in Macquarie Street.
Two charged over fight
Two men have been charged with malicious wounding after allegedly stabbing each other during a fight on the Central Coast.
