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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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NSW

Morning peak hour traffic on The Spit bridge looking South into Mosman.

Northern beaches needs a Spit Bridge tunnel

A TUNNEL cutting under some of Sydney’s most notorious traffic black spots is one of a series of bold recommendations made by the NRMA in a report to the NSW Government.

NSW

‘I thought if I don’t jump, I will die’

A WOMAN told an inquest yesterday how she leaped from the fifth floor of a Bankstown tower to escape a fire. Confined to a wheelchair, she recounted the terrifying details of the September 2012 tragedy which cost her friend’s life.

NSW

GLEBE Coroners Court; Yinuo ÒGingerÓ Jiang, 27,(in wheelchair) leaving court Yinuo ÒGingerÓ Jiang survived after jumping from a ninth storey window from a burning building in Bankstown in 2012. Inquest to begin into death of Pingkang Zhang, who died after jumping from a ninth storey window from a burning building in Bankstown in 2012. pic Stephen Cooper

‘I don’t jump I will die in here’

JUMP or die was the horrific choice that faced Yinuo “Ginger” Jiang as she clung to a Bankstown window ledge as a devastating fire swept towards her.

National

2/12/14 a road rage incident on Warringah road caught on a dash cam, a car deliberately rams into the side of another car (left) and speeds off.

Seven in 10 drivers victims of road rage

EXCLUSIVE: More than 70 per cent of NSW drivers have experienced road rage in the past 12 months, a survey shows.

NSW

Deputy Leader of the NSW Liberal Party and Minister for Transport, Gladys Berejiklian speaking at the Liberal's campaign launch for NSW Premier Mike Baird at City Recital Hall, Angel Place, Sydney.

New treasurer faces $2.1b bill for her tram line

ANDREW Constance takes on the transport minister’s job knowing that the woman who has replaced him as Treasurer, Gladys Berejiklian, has commissioned the most expensive tramway in the world.

News

Video still shows the stupid behaviour of some people on train station platforms across Sydney. Picture: Supplied

What in hell was this dad thinking?

THIS crazy behaviour is just one of a series of unbelievable incidents captured on CCTV and released by authorities urging common sense. Watch our video compilation.

Go West

Artist Impression. Fair Go For The West Urban Taskforce. New Infrastructure and housing for Western Sydney.

Metro train line could solve housing shortage

A MASSIVE heavy line circling Sydney, linked to a series of light rail loops, could solve the city’s need for an extra 1.6m homes within 50 years, developers say.

News

Home owned by Boboblas family on Bonnara Road, Bondi. Picture Cameron richardson

Bondi hoarder house saved from sale

THE OWNERS of the Bondi hoarder house have saved their home from going under the hammer to pay close to $200,000 in outstanding cleaning debts.

NSW

Plant manager Giuseppe Mafrica on site at the Skytrain section of the North West Rail Link in Kellyville. The large structure is the crane that will assemble the Skytrain project. photo Jeremy Piper

North West Rail Link lifts its game

TWO vast frameworks of white steel beams are being bolted together in readiness to build the most eye-catching element of Sydney’s North West Rail Link.

NSW

Mosquito insect biting a person on the arm 18 Dec 2000.

Pesky mozzies swarm for blood in Sydney

EXPERTS say prime breeding conditions developing after the warmest spring on record, heavy rainfall in December and flooding of wetlands by higher than expected tides has left Sydney in the grip of a mosquito frenzy.

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