Blacktown
‘You all think you’re such gangsters’: Magistrate slams Bondi dial-a-dealer
The magistrate savaged the western Sydney teenager, saying “we’re sick” of dealers coming to the eastern suburbs with their encrypted phones.
- by Amber Schultz
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Blacktown City Council: What your candidates said
Blacktown has five wards, with voters in each ward selecting three councillors.
The unexpected Sydney project in the hunt for a world architecture prize
Of the Australian-designed projects on the shortlist for a prestigious global prize, one is not usually known for architectural greatness.
- by Julie Power
Lawyer charged with smuggling drug-filled balloons into Sydney prison
The solicitor allegedly concealed cocaine, methamphetamine, buprenorphine and tobacco inside six balloons.
- by Sally Rawsthorne
Analysis
Architecture
‘The forgotten bits of Sydney’: Our newest sports hub is one out of the box
Blacktown’s city architect Bill Tsakalos says Sydney’s west has been neglected by architects. Not any more.
- by Julie Power
With nerves of steel, the couple who joust together, stay together
A mutual passion for horses and medieval sports led couple Rodney and Liberty Deaman to the perfect, albeit unusual, shared hobby.
- by Carolyn Webb
Sydney suburbs with the most distressed property sales
One in eight home sellers in the hardest-hit pocket of Sydney are motivated to get a deal done urgently as interest rates stay high.
- by Elizabeth Redman and Alexandra Middleton
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Sydney councils
Mayor of Sydney’s biggest council dies on flight home from China
Tony Bleasdale, a Labor Party veteran, was returning from a delegation to cities in South Korea and China when he died. He was 77.
- by Michael Koziol
Measles outbreak warning after infected woman visits Sydney shopping centres
NSW Health said the woman contracted the disease at the start of March, before shopping in Kmart and the Mega Centre in Blacktown.
- by Christopher Harris
The common conditions keeping patients in hospital longer
A record number of patients with the most serious, life-threatening conditions were treated by paramedics and emergency departments in the last quarter of 2023.
- by Angus Thomson
Review
Gursha Ethiopian
Laughter, music, spice: Rally a group for a hands-on feast instead of a weekend pub feed
Ethiopian cuisine is built around kinship and sharing, so head to Blacktown for a taste and get ready to roll up your sleeves.
- by Callan Boys
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