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Jim O'RourkeSenior reporter

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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Bedroom blaze badly damages home

Bedroom blaze badly damages home

A damaging blaze in a northern beaches’ home will be probed by specialist fire investigators. SEE THE PIX

$Barney Wakes-Miller, 17, of Oxford falls, who died in a road accident at Elanora Heights on Saturday night. \, Image supplied to Danielle Gusmaroli by family member Duncan Wakes-Miler$

Teen allegedly drunk when crash killed mate: Case stalled

More negotiations over the final charges to be laid against a boy, 17, are delaying a court case for the car crash death of northern beaches teen Barney Wakes-Miller (pictured).

A still from CCTV security video captured at a home on the northern beaches showing a group of males trying to break into the front door of a private home. Picture: Supplied

Frightening ‘burglar’ video a timely reminder to keep safe

Shocking footage of hoodie-wearing robbers trying to break into a northern beaches’ home has prompted calls for residents to be on the lookout over Easter. SEE THE VIDEO

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Neo-Nazis on Sydney ‘recruitment drive’

Neo-Nazis on Sydney ‘recruitment drive’

Shocking graffiti and stickers promoting a white supremacist neo-Nazi group could be part of a northern beaches racist recruitment drive, an expert says.

Mackellar MP Jason Falinski is lobbying the communications minister for black spot funding so that areas can get telephone reception. Among the issues is marine rescue has no access to mobile phones. Cottage Point Kiosk owners Trent and Angela Wilson and daugher Sia. Photo: Adam Ward

Revealed: The best brunch on northern beaches

Revealed: The ‘all day haloumi stacks’ have helped a classic waterside cafe to be named the Best Brunch venue on the northern beaches.

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Why $17.5m fix won’t stop notorious flood spot

Why $17.5m fix won’t stop notorious flood spot

Engineers suggest spending $17.5m on the notorious Wakehurst Parkway to stop it flooding — but even that’s not enough.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 25: The Hotel Steyne is seen at Manly Beach on December 25, 2020 in Sydney, Australia. December is one of the hottest months of the year across Australia, with Christmas Day traditionally involving a trip to the beach and celebrations outdoors. (Photo by Jenny Evans/Getty Images)

Hotel Steyne bans brat drinker after schooner glass smash-up

The 23-year-old marketing suit who tossed his schooner glass from a three-storey rooftop bar onto The Corso below has been punished by pub management and a magistrate.

Northern beaches most influential artwork.

Revealed: The northern beaches 30 most influential people

They play a role in shaping our everyday lives – whether in political arenas, sporting pursuits or community service. See the full list of the northern beaches most influential people.

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A fibreglass jacuzzi that washed up on Collaroy Beach was removed by a council clean-up crew. Picture: Northern Beaches Council

Jacuzzi, other weird items washed up on northern beaches

A jacuzzi is just one item of unusual debris washing up on the northern beaches after this week’s devastating floods. SEE THE VIDEO

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Belated bravery award for dam rescue hero

Belated bravery award for dam rescue hero

Mario Sardelich is set to receive a bravery award for plunging into a cold, murky dam to save a drowning Sydney teenager 42 years ago.

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