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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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Jim O'Rourke

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Manly

Co-owners of the Cactus Cafe on Old Pittwater Rd, Brookvale, Cedric Le Page (left) and Manu Marsan.

Cafe shuns takeaway delivery giants to help customers save

A Sydney cafe has turned its back on takeaway food delivery giants like DoorDash — and set up its own service — so its customers can save money and it can add to its bottom line.

Manly

An artist's impression of a proposed new 118-bed aged care facility to replace the current 63-bed Mona Vale House in Bassett St, Mona Vale.

Beaches locals push back against $23m nursing home rebuild

A $23m plan to bulldoze and then double the size of a northern beaches nursing home in a residential street has upset some of the locals. Here’s the latest.

Manly

NAIDOC flag raising and awards ceremony at the Fraser Coast Cultural Centre in Hervey Bay - the Aboriginal flag.Photo: Alistair Brightman / Fraser Coast Chronicle

Row brewing over push to create Aboriginal advice group for council

A row brewing over a push to create a special Aboriginal committee to advise Northern Beaches Council on issues and projects could ‘divide the community’.

Manly

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Man allegedly used camera on shoe to look up girl’s skirt

A 55-year-old northern beaches man who allegedly used a camera attached to his shoe to film a 12-year-old girl under her skirt at a shopping centre has appeared in court.

Manly

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Plumber, 25, charged with possessing child abuse material

A collection of vile child abuse material was allegedly found on the mobile phone belonging to a young northern beaches’ plumber. See what happened in court.

Manly

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Kitchen hand caught up in underage sex ‘honeytrap’ jailed

A man faced child sex charges after being caught in a honeytrap sting by a group of vigilante Sydney teens using dating apps to lure men into underage hook-ups. See what happened in court.

Manly

Serious accident on Pittwater Road in Mona Vale. Careflight has landed across the road with some trapped.

One dead, traffic chaos after fatal northern beaches crash

A man is dead and another in hospital after two cars crashed at a busy intersection on Sydney’s northern beaches.

Manly

Car ‘swerved’ into bike lane before Sydney cyclist killed: Court told

A father of two, well known in Sydney’s competitive cycling circles, died after a car driven by a 22-year-old man is alleged to have swerved into a bike lane. See what happened in Manly court.

Manly

Demolition begins on ugly Sydney Harbour tourist attraction

The delayed demolition of an abandoned, ugly and ‘dangerous’, former harbourside tourist attraction has started more than six years after it closed its doors.

Manly

‘Next chapter’: Future of abandoned Sydney public hospital

The next step in the transformation of an abandoned Sydney public hospital into a ‘health and wellness sanctuary’ has been made. See what’s planned for the spectacular site.

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