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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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Man allegedly exposes genitals to court after being muted

A man angry at the handling of his case allegedly pulled his shorts and underwear down after being muted while appearing via audiovisual link in a Sydney courtroom.

Manly

St Ives Pistol Club has been shooting stuff for over 50 years and a group of older members still use the old style revolvers that are hand tamped with black powder. Pictured is Kevin Sinnott with his revolver.

Shooting clubs on target to extend hours, firing ranges

Plans for more shooting hours and firing ranges at two northern beaches gun clubs have received massive support, but some locals are worried about increases in annoying noise.

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Dan Walker the Former Colliers director, office leasing, Sydney North. Picture: LinkedIn,

‘Suicide mission’: Gambling addicted real estate exec jailed for fraud

A top former Sydney real estate executive knew his illicit scheme would be discovered when he milked his employer’s trust account to fund his dual addictions, a court has heard.

Manly

Man allegedly tees off on neighbour with club after egg incident

A northern beaches man accused of smashing a golf club into his neighbour’s face, knocking him out, has pleaded not guilty and claimed he only had the item for self-defence.

Police & Courts

Puckapunyal, May 24, 2002. Generic photo showing some of the estimated 70,000 kangaroos in the Puckapunyal Army Base, central Victoria. Shooters will begin to cull the kangaroos because of an overgrown population which is causing problems with the local community . (AAP Image/Joe Castro) NO ARCHIVING

Man charged over alleged kangaroo mutilation

A northern beaches man has pleaded not guilty to animal cruelty charges over claims he chased down and ran over two kangaroos in a ute, before allegedly mutilating one of their bodies.

Manly

The entrance to the Queenswood Tennis and Sports Centre at Oxford Falls.

Game, set, match: Future of popular tennis centre under cloud

Almost 20 Sydney tennis centre employees are set to lose their jobs after its operator — an exclusive private school — decided not to renew its lease when the owners served up a rent increase.

Manly

Independent state MP for Pittwater, Jacqui Scruby, shows NSW Premier Chris Minns, on Saturday, November 23, 2024, the unfinished work on the $340m Mona Vale Rd West upgrade that has been put on the budget backburner for two years.

‘Matter of time’: Fatality fears over ‘dangerous’ black spot

A new northern beaches MP has breathed life back into a campaign to restart work on a notorious traffic black spot, convincing Premier Chris Minns to visit the site of unfinished upgrades.

Manly

Builder fined after harmful run-off threatens prehistoric fish

A building contractor has been whacked with a massive fine after harmful run-off from a Sydney school building site ended up in a creek that’s home to a critically endangered prehistoric species.

Manly

LIberal councillors on Northern Beaches Council in 2024. (Left to right) Karina Page, Michael Gencher and Dave Walton

‘We want to make a noise’: Dudded Libs form ‘shadow council’

Former Liberal councillors, robbed of the chance to seek re-election by the party’s nominations scandal, are forming a “shadow council” in order to get “some sort of seat” on the northern beaches.

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Austin Turpin, the founder of Fliptech, a recycling company for redundant electronics, based at Warriewood.

Teen entrepreneur computes his way to become e-waste boss

An entrepreneur was just 15 when he founded his recycling company for redundant electronics in the garage of his family’s northern beaches home. Now, at age 20, he has eight employees.

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