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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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A walk through the old Parramatta jail which could possibly open again after some light renovations due to a lack of beds in the jail system. One of the cells in block 6. Picture: Adam Taylor

Jail cellscan be built in secret

NEW cells will be built inside NSW prisons to ease overcrowding after planning laws were quietly changed to fast-track development.

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A look inside the Juniperina Justice Centre in Lidcombe which is set up just for female youths. Detainees get searched each time they leave a building with metal scanners.

Musical chairs to ease jail pressure

A SYDNEY juvenile detention centre will soon house the state’s most violent female prisoners as the NSW government plays musical chairs to address an inmate population explosion.

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Castle star goes in to bat for Bondi

ACTOR Michael Caton fought for justice as Darryl Kerrigan and now he’s taking on Waverley Council in a real-life ‘Darryl and Goliath’ fight over the community castle that is Bondi Pavilion.

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From around 10pm this last night a large number of police converged Darlinghurst Rd Kings Cross to execute search warrants on the Bada Bing and Showgirls premises in relation to drug supply. Several people were arrested and transported from the scene in relation to the warrants. A 72 hour closure order has been slapped on the two premises. Picture: Gordon McComiskie

Calls for lockout laws to be rolled out across NSW

AMID growing calls for the state government to scrap its controversial lockout laws, a coalition of emergency services workers have banded together to demand the laws not only remain but be expanded.

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Pictured is NSW Opposition Leader Luke Foley at home in Concord today. Picture: Tim Hunter.

Foley flies home for urgent party crisis talks

EMBATTLED Labor leader Luke Foley has lashed out at criticism he has become a “faceless” party leader while declaring he will be leading the party to the next election.

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Hippo farts cause big stink for new zoo

JUST how damaging to Western Sydney is a hippopotamus fart? It’s a question Sydney’s newest zoo had to answer to achieve its ambitious quest to develop one of the world’s greenest wildlife parks.

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Drug dog Maddy in action with handler, Leading Senior Constable Aaron Gleaves at the dog squad base in Menai. Picture: Jonathan Ng

Sniffer dogs to search festival venues in advance

DRUG dogs will scour music festival sites daily in the week before the event — and organisers will have to foot the bill.

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Sunday Telegraph ONLY; Snowy Mountains National Park Brumbies , wild horses. Pic Stephen Cooper

Wild horses can’t drag brumbies out of danger

TO SHOOT or not to shoot. For the estimated 6000 wild horses roaming Kosciuszko National Park, time is running out as their fate divides the NSW Government.

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iphone pics of teh parents changing area in Broadway shopping centre

Ice addicts shoot up in baby change rooms

ICE users are shooting up in baby changing rooms at shopping centres, forcing malls to ramp up security amid a torrent of complaints.

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58-year-old Curtis Cheng (L) an accountant with the Finance and Business Services of the NSW Police, was shot as he left work for the day at around 4.30pm Friday October 2nd. Photo courtesy of NSW Police

Heartbreak at loss of man who was ‘kind, gentle and loving’

THE family of police employee Curtis Cheng who was gunned down as he left work at the NSW Police headquarters on Friday have spoken of their heartbreak at his death.

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