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Linda Silmalis has been covering politics for more than two decades, breaking both state and federal stories and investigating issues that impact NSW voters. As author of The Sauce political gossip column, she goes behind the scenes to expose what really goes on in the corridors of power.

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Water: Sydneysiders sipping, not guzzling

SYDNEYsiders are using less drinking water than they did 25 years ago — despite the city’s rapidly growing population.

NSW

Rio Olympics 2016. Australian Athlete Ella Nelson on the beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Picture: Alex Coppel.

Sydney raises hand to save 2022 Games

EXCLUSIVE: Sydney has a back-up plan to be emergency host of the 2022 Commonwealth Games — the biggest sporting event here since the Olympics.

NSW

Facebook images of former Punchbowl High School principal Chris Griffiths

Muslim principal’s secret rock life

HE has toured the country as frontman of a folk-rock band but this image could not be further from the one presented by Chris Griffiths as Punchbowl Boys High School principal, a Muslim convert who was suspended.

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Pic of NSW Liberal kingmaker Michael Photios entering Waverley court this morning.Photios was found guilty og DUI and given 3 month suspension and $500

Mud flies in bitter battle for Manly

A BATTLE underway to select the Liberal candidate for Manly has turned nasty with a one party member lashing out at a candidate’s links to powerbroker Michael Photios, dubbing him the “master puppeteer”.

NSW

Ibrahim‘s secret jail date with Rogerson

EXCLUSIVE: IT sounds like something from a television crime series — the King of the Cross John Ibrahim meets Australia’s most corrupt cop Roger Rogerson. It happened in real life last week.

NSW

Transgender student to stay at boys school

EXCLUSIVE: A boy at one of Sydney’s exclusive single-sex schools has been allowed to complete his studies after transitioning to become a girl.

NSW

31/10/2016 Liberal power broker Michael Photios in the Tabcorp Marquee on Melbourne Cup day Picture: David Geraghty / The Australian.

Departing Photios: I took everyone by surprise

LIBERAL Party powerbroker Michael Photios has stunned party members at a town-hall meeting by announcing his resignation as a factional leader.

NSW

Storms, fires play havoc across state

UPDATE: A thunderstorm has ripped across Sydney, while up to 15 homes have been destroyed by bushfires near Queanbeyan.

NSW

Screen shots of video of Sir Ivan Fire taken from a NSW RFS aircraft. Source / Facebook/ NSW Rural Fire Service

More arrests over deliberate fires

ROLLING UPDATES: THERE are now 87 fires across NSW, with five at the most serious emergency warning status and the RFS warning that a southerly change expected to sweep across the state in the next few hours could make conditions far worse.

NSW

Premier desperate for council merger plan

EXCLUSIVE: Merged city councils are expected to be off-limits when Premier Gladys Berejiklian fronts her divided Cabinet on Tuesday in a bid to resolve the amalgamation debacle.

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