City’s embarrassment to be destroyed
A TOWER dubbed “lewd”, “unfortunate” and an “embarrassment” is to be torn down. But a backlash has begun in a bid to save “the big penis”.
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‘Day two and the trains are diabolical’
TRANSPORT bosses say passengers are “delighted” with their new timetable. That doesn’t seem to be how commuters are seeing it as Sydney’s “rail fail” enters its second day.
SSM: MP goes against electorate
PARRAMATTA has spoken but its representative in parliament, who has the final say on marriage equality, will go against them — she wants same sex marriage to go ahead.
Assisted dying law fails by single vote
JUST one vote was enough to see a controversial euthanasia bill fail to become law.
‘It’s like a scene in a movie’
Police allege a teenage woman attempted to hide a two day old baby from police after the newborn’s family kidnapped the child from a western Sydney hospital.
Fury at suburb name change plan
ROPEABLE residents are up in arms about being forced to move suburbs without moving house. “It’s a big fat lie,” one local has said.
Anti-SSM ‘Straight Lives Matter’ rally to be held
THE organiser of the Cronulla riots anniversary events says his group will march this weekend in a ‘vote no’ rally.
Liberals cop a thumping in elections
A FORMER Liberal minister has been voted mayor of Hornsby, amid big swings to Labor in this weekend’s council elections. Find out how your area voted.
Do I need to vote today?
A LARGE chunk of NSW is off to the polls today for council elections mark II. Here’s who has to vote and how to avoid getting fined.
Aussie caught in sleazy massage scam
AN AUSSIE politician booked an online massage at a $500-a-night New York hotel before he says he was the victim of a sleazy scam.
Motorist’s secret method to avoid tolls
A SYDNEY motorist who hasn’t paid a toll since 2011 claims he’s found a legal loophole that means the government is powerless to make him pay up.
The map that reveals our worst roads
A STAGGERING $2 billion needs to be spent to bring roads up to just a “satisfactory standard” a new analysis has found.
Embarrassing map that proves road tolls don’t work
TOLL a road and watch the money come in, right? Maybe not, with a new map proving whacking a charge on commuters hasn’t worked.
Premier’s solution to tent city crumbles
THE NSW Premier has come up with her own plan to clear Sydney’s homeless camp. But it could be doomed to fail.
‘It’ll be on Gladys’ if they’re raped
JUST hours after a deal was supposedly reached on Sydney’s tent city, its leader has taken a swipe at NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian.
Premier vows to end tent city stand-off
THE NSW Premier has given the strongest indication yet that her government is preparing to break the tent city stalemate with the city’s Lord Mayor.
Mayor refuses to clear tent city
SYDNEY Lord Mayor Clover Moore has refused to clear the CBD homeless camp, putting her on a collision course.
The Premier who resigned too soon
FORMER NSW Premier Barry O’Farrell resigned the day after he appeared at a corruption hearing. Now he’s been cleared, did he need to resign at all?
From Woolies boss to tent city
FOR more than a decade, Wayne was a familiar face in Woolies. Now he’s one of the people commuters pass by in Sydney’s tent city.
Tent city homeless ‘are refusing help’
THE NSW Premier is in a heated slanging match with Sydney’s Lord Mayor over the ever increasing homeless camp in the city’s CBD.
Inside Sydney’s growing tent city
GROWING every day, a sea of tents is taking over one of Sydney’s most iconic streets. Residents are determined to stay.
‘He was suffering paranoid delusions’
THE half-brother of Danukul Mokmool — who was shot dead by police at Central Station — has revealed the 30-year-old’s battles. WARNING: Graphic images
Gladys’ huge policy backflip
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian is expected to walk away from her predecessor’s hugely controversial council mergers — with the job only half done.
Commuters warned to brace for ‘misery’
ONE of Australia’s newest rail lines will close despite there being nothing wrong with it. There are warnings it could lead to a “traffic disaster”.
Call to ditch ‘insulting’ Lord’s Prayer
EMBATTLED Greens Senator Lee Rhiannon has revealed she will fight to stop the federal parliament from opening every day with the prayer.
Greens suspend Senator Rhiannon
GREENS Senator Lee Rhiannon has been ‘excluded’ from party room discussions until issues are resolved relating to her reportedly actively opposing policy.
People are ‘fleeing’ Sydney for Melbourne
MELBOURNE has struck further blows in its battle against Sydney, with more and more companies and people ditching the Harbour City.
This could be Sydney’s missing rail link
A POWERFUL alliance is lobbying governments to build a new rail line in Sydney’s west.
Is it last drinks for Aussie pubs?
THE classic Aussie boozer has the blues. A victim of changing tastes, demographics and a decline in alcohol consumption.
Gladys helps out first home buyers
UPDATE: Premier Gladys Berejiklian today announced first home buyers in NSW will no longer have to pay stamp duty on homes worth up to $650,000 as part of a major housing affordability package.
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