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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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Australia

Sydney airport's volunteer ambassadors ( L to r ) Yvonne Merchant and Adele McWhinney pictured at Sydney international terminal, wearing their new uniforms.

Sydney Airport’s unpaid angels

MEET two of the voluntary ambassadors who staff Sydney Airport, helping passengers in need (and answering some crazy questions).

Local

A baby boy was found down this drain at Quakers Hill. Cyclist heard the baby crying from underneath the drain as they rode along the bike track beside the M7. Police from Quakers Hill Local Area Command attended a short time later and removed the child from the drain.

Little miracle survives five days in a stormwater drain

A MOTHER accused of abandoning her newborn baby boy in a Western Sydney drain has been charged with attempted murder.

National

Alstom metropolis trains from Chennai Sri City in India. For Matthew Benns story

Aussie workers miss the Chennai express

SYDNEY trains are being built in Chennai because Indian workers, who earn up to $36.70 less an hour, are pricing Aussie workers out of the market.

North Shore

Channel 9 Twitter image of car crashing into Wild Basket Cafe in Neutral bay. Picture: Twitter

‘It was the worst thing I have ever seen’

Inquiries are still continuing after seven people were injured by a disabled driver who crashed into a busy cafe during the morning peak hour on Wednesday.

NSW

WIRE: A gull flies near a Qantas, top, and Emirates A380 as they fly in formation over Sydney Harbour in Sydney, Australia, Sunday, March 31, 2013. The airlines have announced a partnership deal. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

Qantas pilots fear missiles over Iraq

QANTAS rejected costly diversions to flights over Iraq because it insists it is safe, despite its own pilots being worried they could be downed by a missile.

NSW

William and Linda Kwok pictured at their Pemulwuy home in Sydney's west getting financial advice from NAB senior financial planner Matt Kang (L).

Families plan to keep the wolf at bay

FAMILIES in NSW are the most anxious about the rising cost of living, according to the NAB Consumer Anxiety Index.

Business

Federal Labor politicians are hoping the publicity generated by calling the companies to account for their pricing policies will result in prices dropping. Picture: Brett Wortman

Tech giants grilled on gouging

APPLE and Microsoft will be among technology companies asked to explain to Parliament why Australians pay much more for music and game downloads.

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