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Inasha Iftekhar is the reporter for the Macarthur Chronicle, covering community, court, crime, and development news in the Campbelltown-Camden and Sydney South-West region.

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Dr Peter Alexakis has won a legal challenge to keep millions left to him by a patient. picture : A Current Affair / Nine

Sydney GP reprimanded after inheriting $24m from patient

A Strathfield GP can continue practising despite being found guilty of professional misconduct after he inherited $24m from a patient.

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Police are hunting a man who was involved in an alleged carjacking overnight. Picture: Supplied

Alleged carjacker charged after crash in Sydney’s southwest

A man has been charged while another remains at large after the duo allegedly threatened a driver in southwest Sydney, stole his car, and subsequently crashed it.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA- NewsWire Photos June 25 2022, Generic View of Police line tape at a crime scene.Picture: NCA NewsWire /Brendan Beckett

Man charged after alleged stadium stabbing

A 28-year-old man has handed himself into police after an alleged stabbing incident in broad daylight at a Sydney south west sports stadium.

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Gold Coast man charged with 2004 murder in Sydney’s west

A Gold Coast man has been arrested in southwest Sydney and charged with the alleged murder of Jason Palmer whose body was found in a river more than 20 years ago.

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Wilton Industrial Park promises to deliver over a thousand jobs across 12 warehouses and distribution buildings. Picture: Hatch

$172m industrial park to deliver over 1600 jobs

Ambitious plans to transform over 20 hectares of land into an employment precinct catering for almost 2000 employees has been revealed in Sydney’s southwest. See the details here.

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Sydney southwest council approves $100m for employee salaries. Picture: Inasha Iftekhar

Councils green light salary boost amid cost of living crisis

Councillors from two southwest Sydney councils have approved pay rises for themselves amid a cost of living crisis. See what the pay rises mean.

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Minto crash bend, 5 April 2024. Picture: Facebook

‘Act before someone is killed’: Plea to fix ‘deathtrap’ intersection

Residents have made a desperate plea to fix a southwest Sydney intersection – which has seen a spate of devastating car crashes – with fears someone will be killed on the stretch of road.

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10 June 2024. Carnes Hill, CCTV footage from Home Invasion and shooting. Police and Paramedics at the scene. Photo: Supplied

Shock vision shows masked men who stormed Sydney home

Video footage has emerged after a group of balaclava-clad men stormed a home in Sydney’s southwest and shot a man, as police reveal new details of the shocking incident. Watch the video here.

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Grandmother Amy Ellis (pictured with husband Mohammed Derbas) has recalled the terrifying moment her grandson and husband were threatened with a gun during a late night home invasion in Sydneyâs southwest.

Gun allegedly pointed at toddler in horror break-in

The mother of a toddler who was threatened with a gun during a violent home invasion has revealed how she tried to talk down the balaclava-clad men as they stormed the home.

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Scene pictures from Tahmoor where shots werew fired in an alleged home invasion on Lintina Street, Tahmoor.

‘I heard shots and screaming’: Manhunt after trio storm Sydney home

Police are hunting three men who stormed a home in Sydney’s southwest and threatened its residents with gunfire before fleeing overnight.

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