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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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Jake McCallum

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ExclusiveNSW

Dying CBD: Photos reveal Sydney’s huge problem

Once-bustling businesses in Sydney’s CBD are on the brink of collapse, with pictures revealing just how bad the problem has become.

ExclusiveLocal

Building business bloodbath as four tradies go under each day

Four construction businesses across NSW have fallen into liquidation every day in the last financial year. See why industry leaders and surviving business owners say they need help.

Central Coast

Wallarah Road and Pacific Highway Kanwal

Caravan park to be demolished for high rise village

A humble Central Coast caravan park is set to be transformed into a high-rise residential community – with hundreds of homes, an outdoor gym and shopping hub earmarked for the site.

ExclusiveLocal

‘Systemic issues’: 5000 cops engaged in misconduct

Frontline cops have been inundated with complaints from the public, as NSW Police reveal 5000 cases of NSW Police officers found to have engaged in “misconduct” over the last five years.

Police & Courts

A motorcyclist has died of his injuries after colliding with a telegraph pole in Strathfield during a high speed chase with police.Picture: Tom Parrish

Teen allegedly stole luxury cars, bikes in crime spree

A 17-year-old from Western Sydney has been hit with 22 charges following a spate of alleged break-and-enters across Sydney, where several luxury cars were stolen.

Local

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos APRIL 1, 2021: Exterior of the new Mariyung train that is part of the new intercity fleet train, Central station.Picture: NCA NewsWire / Damian Shaw

$973m needed to get trouble-plagued trains moving

Almost $1 billion in taxpayer cash will be needed to roll out the trouble-plagued New Intercity Fleet – amid years of delays, defects and union backlash over proposed changes to its operation.

Central Sydney

Budget 24: What it means for your community

From major hospital upgrades to improved public transport hubs, more cash for affordable housing and police stations – here is what the budget means for your local community.

ExclusiveNSW

A woman blows smoke from an electronic cigarette in San Jose on May 14, 2024. Costa Rican authorities announced Tuesday that they will "ban products containing synthetic nicotine" in the country, targeting the substance used in packaging for smoking in vapes and electronic cigarettes. (Photo by Ezequiel BECERRA / AFP)

Threats put end to teen ‘vape squads’

A team of pint-sized, undercover operatives fighting the war on the sale of vapes and cigarettes to minors has been disbanded after serious threats to their safety.

ExclusiveLocal

WEEKEND TELEGRAPH. JUNE 14, 2024.Pictured in Penrith today is Sophia Le Brese, who is a former Nepean Hospital nurse who was reprimanded for hitting the duress alarm after the family member of a patient threatened her in the emergency department. Picture: Tim Hunter.

‘Dangerous’: Nurses sound alarm over threats, code black responses

A western Sydney nurse says she was asked “is this real” after she called for help when a patient’s father threatened to attack her in the dead of night.

VideoNewcastle

‘Have not seen grief like it’: The crash that changed the Hunter

Ten dead, 25 injured, hundreds of lives shattered, and a country in deep shock and mourning. The catastrophic repercussions from the Hunter bus crash continue one year on.

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