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Aymon Bertah is a reporter at The Daily Telegraph. He has previously worked as a reporter for News Corp’s suburban and regional news titles, joining in early 2022 at The Dubbo News before moving to the Southern Courier in 2023 and the Wentworth Courier in 2024.

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DAILY TELEGRAPH APRIL 3, 2025. Easter egg chocolate prices are spiking but parents are not so thrilled with the hike. Alessandra (left) and twin sister Siena Lancuba, 9, at home in Concord West with friend Vincent Battaglia, 7, excited for the Easter bunny. Picture: Jonathan Ng

Choc horror: Easter egg and bunny prices soar

Families are having to fork out more and more money for chocolate Easter treats, as supermarkets inflate their prices every year. Tell us if soaring prices will curb your Easter shopping.

PICTURESNSW

Artist impression of the Blacktown quarter transformation.

$2.5bn plan to transform suburb in Sydney’s west

Residents in Western Sydney have called for local job opportunities within a walkable 30-minute radius as part of a new multi-billion city centre transformation.

NSW

‘Massive overreaction’: Minns slams union over Metro shutdown demand

NSW Premier Chris Minns has accused the Rail, Tram and Bus Union (RTBU) of overreacting to the Metro open door debacle, rubbishing their calls for the entire network to be shut down while the incident is investigated.

UPDATEDPolice & Courts

A former baggage handler has been charged after he allegedly filmed himself inside a plane turbine at Sydney Airport before posting the footage to social media. Picture: A Fly Guy's Cabin Crew Lounge

Plane stupid: Reason behind baggage handler’s jet turbine stunt

A former baggage handler, who posted footage of himself doing shirtless push-ups in a plane’s turbine, has found humour in his airport antics despite a magistrate branding them “stupid”.

NSW

Screenshots from a video that appears to show a door

RBTU calls for Metro to stop immediately, after shocking door incident

Commuters crammed into a Sydney Metro running in the city on Wednesday morning were shocked to find a door wide open while the service was running.

ExclusiveNSW

In a major boost to education in the Western Sydney Aerotropolis, the Anglican Schools Corporation (ASC) has announced that Mamre Anglican School will relocate from Kemps Creek to the Sydney Science Park in Luddenham. Picture: The Anglican Schools Corporation

1200-student school to move to Western Sydney aerotropolis

A major Anglican school is set to relocate to a four-hectare campus in the future science park within the Western Sydney Aerotropolis.

NSW

Finishing at Penrith: Estimated travel time improvements for a 60 minute drive to Penrith between 2016 and 2024.

New motorways slash lengthy Western Sydney commutes

Transurban’s $24.6b WestConnex and NorthConnex investment has transformed commutes for motorists travelling to and from Western Sydney, allowing people to drive further more quickly.

Police & Courts

WEEKEND TELEGRAPH - 3.12.20*** NO BYLINE TO BE PUBLISHED ****** MUST CHECK WITH PIC EDITOR JEFF DARMANIN BEFORE USING ***Emad Sleiman pictured outside Downing Centre court where he has pleaded guilty to giving false evidence to the NSW Crime Commission in relation to the murder of Kemel Barakat in 2017.

Killer accused of orchestrating kidnapping, botched tobacco theft

A convicted killer, accused of being one of the main planners behind a “highly orchestrated” kidnapping and botched tobacco theft, has been denied bail.

EXCLUSIVENSW

Record amount of money visitors spent in NSW

NSW has recorded its highest-ever visitor expenditure after domestic and international travellers spent an eye-watering figure across the state last year alone.

NSW

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos, March 25, 2025. Premier Chris Minns at a press conference with housing minister Rose Jackson MP, Anoulack Chanthivong MP and Trina Jones, NSW Rental Commissioner, to announce details around the commencement of rental reforms in New South Wales. Parliament House. Picture: NewsWire / Max Mason-Hubers

Minns supports urgent review into mental health legal loophole

The NSW Premier has thrown his support behind Attorney-General Michael Daley’s call for an ‘urgent review’ into a surge of cases being dismissed in court on mental health grounds.

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