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Eliza BarrSenior reporter

Eliza Barr is a senior reporter at the Daily Telegraph with a particular focus on courts. She has previously worked as the chief court reporter and general news reporter for News Corp’s suburban and regional news titles, and launched News Corp’s first ever digital-only local news title in 2018. She won the 2019 News Award for Community Journalism and the 2023 News Award for Breaking News Coverage, and is a panel guest on Sky News Australia and Triple J Hack.

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St George Shire Standard

HAM in Cronulla run by locals Harry and Mario Kapoulas. Photographed today 13.2.19 (AAP IMAGE/ Matthew Vasilescu)

How to support local business during COVID-19

Housebound? Us too. Here’s how you can help support local businesses and stay well fed, read and entertained while minimising risk during the coronavirus pandemic.

St George Shire Standard

Thumbnail image for Matthew Worth, Lucy Kelly and David Coffey, friends co-accused of running a drug supply syndicate in Sydney in March 2020. Picture: Supplied

Raver behind bars on drug supply charges

A rave enthusiast who was allegedly supplying party drugs across Sydney with his mates has faced court after strike force detectives swooped on the alleged syndicate, making 10 arrests.

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AAP Canterbury-Bankstown ExpressCleaners pictured at St Christopher's Catholic Primary on Monday, 16 March 2020. Coronavirus fears, St Christopher's Catholic Primary.(AAP Image / Monique Harmer)

Panania primary school remains closed

It is still not known when a southwest Sydney primary school will reopen after it closed its doors because someone who attended the campus tested positive for coronavirus.

St George Shire Standard

Photo of St George Hospital, Kogarah. On 05.12.2020 The NSW Government has reaped an astonishing $49.9 million in revenue by charging sick patients and their visitors extortionate parking fees at the state's public hospitals. (Daily Telegraph / Flavio Brancaleone)

Federal MP contracts COVID-19 after southern Sydney wedding

An Australian federal MP is among a cluster of at least six confirmed COVID-19 cases which emerged from a recent wedding at a venue south of Sydney. The number of confirmed cases in NSW has now jumped to 210.

St George Shire Standard

Patrick Nealon (sun glasses) entering the Downing centre court in Sydney on the 23rd of October 2019. Patrick Nealon alleged drink driver who caused the death of a pedestrian. Photographer: Adam Yip

Family of drink-drive crash victim made to wait for justice

The drunk driver responsible for the tragic death of a 22-year-old woman on a Sydney road has had his sentencing delayed yet again.

St George Shire Standard

Kirrawee High School has cancelled a school trip to New York in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, leaving students and their families thousands of dollars out of pocket. Picture: Supplied

Students devastated as COVID-19 fells New York trip

High school students who were due to go to the Big Apple have been told the trip has been axed – leaving them out of pocket to the tune of $6800.

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Law student Gretel Wathen, 20, has pleaded guilty to cocaine possession in March 2020. Picture: Facebook (facebook.com/gretel.wathen)

Aspiring lawyer’s shame over coke bust

A junior law clerk caught with a bag of cocaine wedged into her phone case between an Opal card and a picture of her boyfriend has vowed at court to live a “clean and healthy lifestyle”.

St George Shire Standard

Jordan Henson, 23, has pleaded guilty to offensive behaviour over a pub fight which occurred while he was subject to an intensive corrections order. Picture: Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/jordy.henson1)

Crash driver back before court over pub biff

A young man who had a dust-up with a stranger in a Sydney RSL gaming room was serving a community-based prison sentence for a horrific alcohol-fuelled crash that left him and his mates seriously injured.

St George Shire Standard

The best cocktails in St George and the Sutherland Shire. The Blind Bear, Cronulla.

Verdict on Blind Bear’s late night plans

A beloved Sutherland Shire bar’s request to keep the party kicking until the wee hours has now been decided by the local council. What do you think of the decision?

St George Shire Standard

Fears brothel upgrade would lead to ‘a potential red light district’

A pub owner has slammed a suburban Sydney brothel’s major expansion plans, saying it would attract ‘undesirables’ to the neighbourhood and create a ‘potential red light district’.

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