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Jake McCallumEvening Chief of Staff

Jake McCallum is the Evening Chief of Staff for the Saturday and Sunday Telegraph, and an investigative reporter. He was previously the NSW Hyperlocal Deputy Editor, managing community mastheads across Greater Sydney and NewsLocal’s State Political Editor based in NSW Parliament.

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Front... Roland De Pree, MP Jihad Dib shadow minister for education, Councillor Chris Quilkey and parents with school kids pose for a photo in front of Ponds High School, The Ponds, NSW, Australia. 5 January, 2018. VThe Ponds High School, which opened in 2015, is already filled to capacity and parents are worried how the school will cope with the increasing numbers. (AAP IMAGE / Carmela Roche).

Student numbers sinking school

THE State Government has revealed there are no plans to increase capacity at The Ponds High School despite it being near capacity, three years after it was built.

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Portraits of Bale Koroi with his partner Monica Thavee and their son Viliame Thavee-Koroi (1) pictured outside their Mount Colah home on 13th June 2018. The family are still living at home and think it is almost impossible to afford a home in the Hornsby region. (AAP Image / Julian Andrews).

Trapped in the family nest

AN INVESTIGATION into housing affordability has revealed the median house price in Hornsby is $700,000 greater than the NSW average. A University of Sydney report also found key workers — including police officers, nurses and teachers — were being “priced out”.

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Tech specialist Geoff Quattromani poses during a photo shoot at Bella Vista on Monday June 11th. Developers are claiming the proposed site of a new commercial precinct in Norwest could be the next Silicon Valley. (AAP IMAGE / Troy Snook)

Silicon Valley-style hub for north west

A PLAN to establish a multimillion-dollar commercial precinct in Norwest could transform it into a Silicon Valley-style hub for IT professionals.

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Erin Howard is a Hornsby Hospital patient that suffers from Bipolar and complex post traumatic stress disorder. She has raised concerns about the level of patients being refused from the Mental Health Unit every day. Picture: John Appleyard

‘I was denied psychiatric treatment’: patient

FORMER mental health ward staffer Erin Howard said she was turned away from Hornsby Hospital’s Psychiatric Emergency Care Centre for treatment — the same place that is accused of turning away the Carlingford man charged with killing his son.

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Artist impression of a proposed marina at Wentworth Point.

Marina, rowing club and homes approved

ALMOST $200 million worth of development has been approved for the Wentworth Point Precinct, including a new marina, over water rowing club and a 364 apartments complex.

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5 year old Myles Baldwin-Marshall, his 6 year old brother Max Baldwin-Marshall, Rebecca Baldwin, and Matthew Marshall on there property in Maraylya. Maraylya, Saturday, June 9th 2018. Matt Marshall and his family will be in photos outside their family home in Maraylya. The Outer Sydney Orbital corridor looks like it will go directly through their property. (AAP Image / Angelo Velardo)

Orbital fear: Sydney suburbs face bulldoze risk

ENTIRE communities — rural properties, new housing estates, and tens of thousands of acres of bushland — in north west Sydney could be under threat under the proposed M9 Outer Sydney Orbital corridor. Here are the areas at risk.

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Appeal over Castle Hill Showground rejection

Appeal over Castle Hill Showground rejection

EXCLUSIVE: Developers behind a $3 billion residential masterplan for the Castle Hill Showground precinct have lodged an appeal with the NSW Planning Department after it was knocked back by the Hills Shire Council.

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Legal Warning. Not to be identified. Must blur faces. Names not to be published.Image taken from the facebook page of Brett Sexton. Brett Sexton pictured with son Justin Sexton.A FIVE-year-old boy has died after being stabbed during a domestic dispute at Carlingford this morning.Police said the child was left with serious stab wounds about 7am and he fled with his grandmother to nearby Moseley St to raise the alarm.

Why a hospital turned away an alleged child killer

NO STAFF and no beds, nurses at Hornsby Hospital say it was under immense stress the day an alleged child killer entered the psychiatric unit asking for help before he was allegedly refused voluntary admission.

Rob Stokes MP and Anthony Roberts at Greenwich Public School making an announcement about the school's upgrade.Rob Stokes,Anthony Roberts with Josie and Andrew

School proposal rejected

THE campaign for a co-educational public high school in Hornsby Shire has been rejected by the State Government.

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There is a growing push to see Asquith Girls and Asquith boys amalgamated into a co-education senior and junior schools. Tabitha Woodford is about to start High School but will have to travel to Terrey Hills to be at a Co-ed school. Pictured with Father Luke. Picture: Adam Ward

Parents call for amalgamation of high schools

A REVOLUTIONARY idea to amalgamate Asquith Boys and Asquith Girls high schools to create a coeducational senior school has been put forward by residents.

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