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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

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Sydney servo gets sudsy with its own self-service laundromat

A plan for a Sydney servo that allows motorists to clean their clothes in its self-serve laundromat has gone before planning authorities. See what they decided.

Manly

Northern beaches households face up to $100 council rate rise

Rising costs and inflation are behind a council’s decision to hike rates on the northern beaches. See what the average household is likely to pay next financial year.

Manly

Made-to-measure Sydney tailor retires while still a cut above

Made-to-measure hero Stefano Leface, who has tailored suits for prime ministers, a premier, judges, footy players and the homeless, is set to pull the shutters down on the Manly business he has loved for close to 50 years.

Manly

Sydney tourist hotspot set for massive makeover

The fate of a detailed plan to revitalise the Manly town centre, in an effort to attract more visitors and make it more liveable for locals, is set to be decided.

Manly

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos, AUGUST, 9, 2021: General view of the Northern Beaches Hospital in Sydney. Picture: NCA NewsWire/Bianca De Marchi

‘Significant risk’: Push for mental health bed funding to be restored

A decision to abandon promised funding for dedicated youth mental health beds at Northern Beaches Hospital has prompted a push to have the pledge honoured.

Manly

Burglary suspect escaped through dunny window at police station

A burglary suspect escaped through the bathroom window at a northern beaches’ police station and managed to stay on the run for more than seven weeks.

Manly

Retired teacher sexually touched woman with bare toes on bus

A man who sexually touched a woman with his bare toes on a Sydney bus has appeared in court.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos JUNE 20, 2024: Police at the scene where bones have been located at a business in Cromer on SydneyÃs Northern Beaches. Picture: NewsWire / Nikki Short

Bones unearthed at construction site confirmed as non-human

Bones unearthed by workers at a construction site on Sydney’s northern beaches have been confirmed as non-human, police have confirmed.

Manly

Police are still at the scene in a cordoned off street where a man was assaulted in the Sydney suburb of Hunters Hill. The man is fighting for life in hospital

Second man charged over alleged vicious Sydney assault

Two men have now been charged over an alleged assault of a 34-year-old in Sydney’s north, which left him fighting for life with critical head injuries.

Manly

Home building company Metricon is betting the next major trend in Queensland’s southeast corner will be dual occupancy homes, as house prices rise, land supply dwindles, and property owners seek to capitalise on their investment.

New plan to give Northern Beaches more housing options

Young homebuyers and senior downsizers will have more housing options — including a rise in dual occupancies — to choose from if a new draft planning plan for the Northern Beaches is adopted

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