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A screenshot from police body camera footage showing the moments following a staged robbery at celebrity jeweller Michel Germani’s high-end store in Sydney’s Hilton Hotel in 2023.
Courts

Jury discharged in trial of celebrity jeweller over staged $2.8m heist

The 67-year-old faced trial alongside two co-accused over their alleged roles in the 2023 insurance sham in which a shop assistant was allegedly strapped to a chair with cable ties.

  • by Clare Sibthorpe
SG is suing the NSW Crime Commission in the NSW Supreme Court for breach of contract.
Investigation
Courts

Career criminal turned informant in million-dollar, top-secret legal battle

  • by Neil Mercer
Nzuri died during labour at Sydney Zoo on Thursday.
Animals

Giraffe and unborn calf die in latest Sydney Zoo tragedy

  • by Josefine Ganko
The black market for tobacco and cigarettes is thriving.
Tobacco

Eviction, jail and $1.5m fines for illegal tobacco sellers

  • by Jessica McSweeney
‘We’re at breaking point’: One Sydney community’s fight to slow new housing
Sydney councils

‘We’re at breaking point’: One Sydney community’s fight to slow new housing

  • by Kayla Olaya

Transport

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City life

The council building of the Museum of Chinese in Australia, which has never opened its doors.
City life

Inside the Chinatown museum that after four years and millions of dollars never opened

Scuffed walls, exposed ceilings and plastic chairs attest to little progress at the Museum of Chinese in Australia.

  • by Jessica Yun
Western Sydney has had malls for more than 50 years.
Shopping centres

Concerts, weddings and a famous fruit bowl: How shopping centres changed western Sydney

For decades, western Sydney’s shopping centres were the beating heart of our suburbs. As they enter a new era, there’s a fresh push to preserve their history.

  • by Anthony Segaert
The two fields at Waterfront Drive in Callan Park. One will be converted to an all-weather surface, the other will stay the same.
City life

Callan Park’s crumbling buildings slated for demolition

  • by Cindy Yin
Sydney Town Hall.
Sydney councils

The $500 burden every Sydney ratepayer is carrying

  • by Cindy Yin
The blue plaque was unveiled this morning outside Wylie’s Baths.
City life

Trailblazing friends who became first female Olympians honoured

  • by Sarah Mitchell

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