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Jake McCallum
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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Hills Shire
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.

Hills Shire
L-R Sham Hoelin, Riana Varsani, Nandy Yeates, Sarah Coogans, Catherine Ward, Hazel Vincent, Amelia Ward, Byra, Varsani and Isla Coogans looking for signatures for there petting. Kellyville, Saturday, April 28th 2018. Catherine Ward, regional leader. The Animal Justice PartyÕs Sydney North West group has started a petition to go to the Hills Shire councillors, asking Council to ban the use of exotic animals on council land. (AAP Image / Angelo Velardo)

Circus sparks petition

A PETITION and motion to stop circuses that include the use of exotic animals on council land was stonewalled by Hills Shire councillors, while Stardust Circus was preparing to set up at the Castle Hill Showground.

Hornsby
HKH NSW NMA ranch Secretary Michelle Rosentreter fronts nursing staff from all divisions outside Hornsby Hospital Emergency Department at Hornsby on Monday 23rd October 2017. Nurses and midwives from Hornsby Hospital Branch of the NSW Nurses and MidwivesÕ Association gathered to highlight safe staffing concerns. (AAP IMAGE / Troy Snook)

Nurses close hospital beds

Mental health nurses have described fearing for their safety amid renewed warnings over staff shortages and dangerous work conditions at Hornsby Hospital. Nurses have closed beds in the Mental Health Intensive Care Unit in a bid to reduce pressure on staff and force management to act.

Original URL: https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/journalists/jake-mccallum/page/194