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Jim O’Rourke is a journalist with more than 35 years’ experience writing for major metropolitan newspapers as well as community and regional mastheads. He has covered politics, local government, industrial relations, transport, courts and crime.

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Two men have been charged after a tent was set alight in the Dee Why sand dunes yesterday. Picture: Facebook

Tent torched to ‘evict’ neighbour from notorious Sydney shanty town

A man who believed his neighbour was a “pedophile” set his tent on fire in an effort to run him out of a notorious campsite in some Sydney sand dunes, a court has heard.

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Northern Beaches deputy mayor Georgia Ryburn was preselected as the Liberal Party candidate for the Pittwater by-election on October 19.

Liberal Party choses candidate for Pittwater by-election

The Liberal Party has chosen its candidate to take on the independent “teal” in the race to replace a child sex-accused former MP. See how Wednesday night’s preselection vote panned out.

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Council pushes back on bid for new discount Sydney servo

A push to set up a discount servo — and save drivers on the northern beaches a few bucks — has been put on hold as authorities seek more info from its proponents.

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The former Australian Army gymnasium - Building 17 - at the historic Barracks Precinct within North Head Sanctuary, which has been refurbished by the Sydney Harbour Trust in 2024.

Revamped former army gym ready for next mission

For decades, a gym in the army barracks on Sydney’s North Head resounded to the sounds of soldiers training to defend our coastline. Now, after being refurbished, it awaits the next chapter in its colourful history.

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Multiple NSW Rural Fire Service and Fire and Rescue NSW Brigades were called in to fight several suspicious fires in bushland on the northwestern end of Manly Dam Reserve at Allambie Heights on Monday, September 9, 2024. One blaze came close to the main Sydney Water pipeline to the northern beaches.

Firebug fears after multiple blazes near major water source

Police suspect a firebug may be behind a series of blazes, which erupted just minutes apart in thick bushland close to retirement villages on Sydney’s northern beaches.

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Revealed: Eateries, bars in new pokie-free golf clubhouse

Details of the eateries and bars in a new northern beaches clubhouse, billed as family-friendly, have been revealed.

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Opposition leader Mark Speakman, with the deputy leader of the NSW Liberal Party, Natalie Ward, outside a meeting of Liberal Party members at the Royal Motor Yacht Club Broken Bay at Newport on Thursday, September 4, 2024.

‘A vote for Labor’: Liberal leader sounds teal alarm

Locals have been warned they would be neglected by a state Labor government “that’s not interested in the northern beaches” if an independent wins the upcoming Pittwater by-election.

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Is this the northern beaches’ worst — or most ‘stupid’ — driver?

A self-described “stupid” tradie has been jailed for driving while disqualified after being nabbed behind the wheel without a licence for the 11th time.

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Community independent Jacqui Scruby at the Bayview Yacht Racing Association clubhouse on Thursday, September 5, 2024, for the launch of her campaign to win the Pittwater by-election on October 19.

The ‘teal’ aiming to steal safe Liberal seat

An “underdog” independent says the Liberal Party is in “complete chaos” ahead of the Pittwater by-election, triggered by the resignation of child sex-accused former MP Rory Amon.

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Libs set to choose between four for shock Pittwater poll

Two councillors, dudded in the Liberals’ nominations debacle, are among those throwing their hats into the ring to represent the besieged party at an upcoming state by-election.

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