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Big swell at Thirroul beach near Wollongong.

Two dead as monster ocean swells batter NSW coastline

People have drowned in Sydney Harbour and the Illawarra as waves up to five metres high threaten beach plans for the Easter break.

  • Daniel Lo Surdo

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A body was pulled from a torched car in Beverly Hills overnight.

‘Someone’s about to die’: Woman kidnapped, child bashed, before body found in burnt-out car

A body believed to be that of a woman kidnapped by masked home invaders has been pulled from the back seat of a burnt-out car in Sydney’s south-west.

  • Perry Duffin, Clare Sibthorpe and Daniel Lo Surdo
Last-minute availability at the Assistant Lighthouse Keepers Cottage at Reflections Norah Head, on the Central Coast.

Left Easter plans late? Nine ideas for a quick getaway or staying put

Whether you’re staying in Sydney or keen to get out of town, the Easter holidays are yours for the exploring – even if you’ve left it to the last minute.

  • Riley Wilson
Players on the newly opened real tennis court at the Cheltenham Recreation Club in Sydney.

The 800-year-old sport that could be the next pickleball

Real tennis, Henry VIII’s favourite sport, is playable at only 50 courts worldwide, now including one in Sydney. Here’s how you can have a hit.

  • Penry Buckley
14.5/20

Itching to get out of town? This cosy waterside restaurant is your new weekend destination

Chillis Cottage in Davistown is an excellent spot to enjoy oysters, cinnamon scrolls, breakfast omelettes and gelato sundaes.

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Composite image of the Massa family and NSW Health Minister Ryan Park.

‘Would Joe be alive?’ Family demands answers after scathing audit

The Minns government says it is committed to ending its agreement with private operator Healthscope despite rejecting two offers to take the hospital into public hands.

  • Angus Thomson and Kate Aubusson
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Ninety-seven-year old Noel Balfour has just recorded a new album in Andy Busuttil’s Blue Mountain Sound studio in Hazelbrook.

Meet Noel. He’s just recorded his second album at the age of 97

“I wake up with a song these days,” singer-songwriter Noel Balfour says.

  • John Shand
Willoughby business owner has been selling flowers for 45 years but says business has never been so bad.

This electorate is one of Sydney’s most affluent. It is not immune to cost-of-living pressures

Bradfield stayed in Liberal hands when electorates around it went teal in 2022, but can the party hold the once blue-ribbon seat at this election?

  • Alexandra Smith
Campaign corflutes damaged in marginal electorate in the run up to this year’s federal election.

Torched, defaced, smeared: have Australia’s corflute wars gone too far?

Candidates in marginal electorates have reported a high number of incidents with campaign posters being torn down, or worse.

  • Daniel Lo Surdo, Penry Buckley and Cindy Yin
Two teenagers have been charged after a masked group allegedly broke into a Marrickville home and stabbed a 16-year-old boy.

Teen stabbed as group of masked boys allegedly storm inner west home

Six members of the group who allegedly broke into the victim’s home remain on the run, police say.

  • Riley Walter

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