Almost a decade ago, guidelines meant buildings in a Parramatta neighbourhood could reach 12m but a proposed new strategy gives the green light for blocks to soar to 80m and for some heritage homes to be delisted.
Authorities are trying to track down a rogue drone which is a potential ‘hazard’ to aircraft flying over parts of Sydney’s west. It comes as pilots spotted the drone recently while on approach to Sydney Airport.
The neighbours of the would-be Parramatta Powerhouse won’t be rolling out the welcome mat after they entered a 121-page submission objecting to the controversial museum being built next door.
A Supreme Court and a law school could potentially pump $353 million into Parramatta’s economy — but the mayor says the legal fraternity must dump their “anti-west” snobbery for the bold plan to happen.
Three western Sydney siblings, one of whom is pregnant, face corruption charges after allegedly paying a truck driver more than $9000 to smuggle drugs into jail.
A western Sydney boy diagnosed with the “Usain Bolt of cancers” is one of the faces of the annual Jeans for Genes campaign, which aims to raise funds for lifesaving research.
The 25-year-old ex-lover of a 33-year-old woman who was found fatally stabbed in her Sydney home on Monday has been charged with murder.
A pharmacist who has been banned for practising pharmacy for three years after failing to properly dispense addictive drugs is still working as a GP in the same western Sydney suburb.
The mayor of a western Sydney community where 400 Muslims were allowed to gather in a mosque after they were exempt from COVID-19 restrictions has slammed the government for failing to inform his council.
A western Sydney man might have predicted the toilet paper shortage before coronavirus forced panic buying — he has pleaded guilty to stealing some TP from a home last year.
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