Council complaints skyrocket amid calls for reform
The cost of code of conduct complaints against councils have increased by 63 per cent in two years — costing ratepayers $1.5m. Search for number of complaints lodged in your LGA.
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Grave concern over church cemetery deal
A plan to hand over control of the most valuable parts of the Sydney’s $1b cemetery sector to the Catholic Church has been slammed by senior bureaucrats.
Ex-PM Howard picks his candidate to replace Gladys
Fomer prime minister John Howard says he believes NSW is “grieving” the departure of Gladys Berejiklian but has thrown his support behind what he describes as the standout candidate to replace her.
813 Covid cases as NRL fans warned against social gatherings
NSW Health has issued a warning for NRL fans not to gather at homes for the NRL grand final as 10 people died and 813 new local cases were recorded.
Bunnings a battleground as timber shortage strikes
Families in the process of building new homes are facing massive cost hikes — some as high as $40K — and months in delays due to a timber shortage.
‘I cry every day’: Dad’s anguish after teen’s suicide
The father of Meg Thomas – a vibrant country girl tormented by bullies – has spoken about his struggle to keep everything together after losing his 13-year-old daughter to suicide.
MP pleads for help after schoolgirl’s suicide
Mental health practitioners claimed a 13-year-old girl who attempted suicide three times in the lead-up to her death had enough support already.
Why family revealed teen’s harrowing suicide story
People from across the country have reached out to the Thomas family, shocked and touched by the suicide of their vibrant daughter Meg.
‘Catastrophic error’: how system failed tragic suicide schoolgirl
Meg Thomas, a vibrant country girl tormented by bullies, was judged to have enough mental health support two days before her suicide. Now the 13-year-old’s family reveal the impact of the catastrophic error.
Time to address Sydney’s swimming spot ‘inequality’
A leading advocacy group is calling for the people of Sydney’s west to have the “same right to swim in clean recreational waterways as residents of Balmoral, Balmain and Bondi”.
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