Passengers will pay an extra 20 cents on taxi and ride share trips until 2030 to fund an extra $260m in industry assistance under a final ultimatum from the Perrottet government. 

An ageing hospital in Sydney’s southwest will get a much- needed facelift if Labor wins government next March with leader Chris Minns committing $225m over three years to Canterbury Hospital. 

A senior cop in charge of stopping gang violence says almost every gangster behind Sydney’s 14 underworld murders is now in jail or has fled overseas.

League bosses Peter V’landys and Andrew Abdo have cancelled their trip to Eng­land for the World Cup final as the club funding row reaches breaking point amid extraordinary threats of disgruntled clubs setting up a breakaway competition. 

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