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A design carrying the name Archer Designs for a 500metre square apartment at Altair which was withdrawn after owners ciriticism.

More like a tomb than luxury apartments: The plans dividing Sydney’s elite

It’s home to celebrities, politicians, lawyers, bankers and Hare Krishnas, but how will the Altair’s forecourt redevelopment turn out?

  • Julie Power

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NSW Police found two bodies in a shipping container in Gulgong.

Man pleads guilty to display of swastika flag at Sydney bar

The flag was seized by police at Darlo Bar on Thursday afternoon.

  • Riley Walter and Sally Rawsthorne
Former police officer Samantha Barlow had her head caved in by an assailant with a brick. She can no longer taste or smell. .

Overhaul pledged after shock parole in hero policewoman’s case

Premier Chris Minns has apologised to former police officer Samantha Barlow and flagged a possible appeal after her attacker was granted parole.

  • Michael McGowan and Perry Duffin
Left for dead: Former police officer Samantha Barlow revisits Kings Cross in 2013.

Shock parole decision in Samantha Barlow case

Police sergeant Samantha Barlow was repeatedly bashed in the head with a brick and left for dead while she walked through Kings Cross on her way to work.

  • Perry Duffin
NSW Corrections Minister Anoulack Chanthivong has vowed to remedy a glaring hole in the Victims Register system.

Samantha Barlow fell through a crack in the system. Now we’ve found another one

The corrections minister has vowed to fix a glaring loophole after discovering no single agency was responsible for informing victims about their attackers’ parole.

  • Max Maddison and Frances Howe
Former police officer Samantha Barlow had her head caved in by an assailant with a brick. She can no longer taste or smell. She is speaking against his bail application in Sydney. 30 October 2024 Photo: Janie Barrett .

‘No right to any form of freedom’: Hero cop faces attacker for first time in 15 years

Samantha Barlow locked eyes with Roderick Holohan – who bashed her with a brick and left her for dead – as he dialled in to his parole hearing from Long Bay prison.

  • Perry Duffin and Michael McGowan
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Former police officer Samantha Barlow had her head caved in by an assailant with a brick. She can no longer taste or smell. She is speaking against his bail application in Sydney. 30 October 2024 Photo: Janie Barrett .

Bashed and left for dead, Samantha now feels betrayed by a cruel loophole

Samantha Barlow fought hard to rebuild her life until she received a devastating phone call about her attacker.

  • Perry Duffin
Pork katsu set at Don’s.

Katsu, supper spots and celebrities: Is Kings Cross winning back its hospo mojo?

Diners are returning to Bayswater Road and beyond, with the arrival of Don’s Katsu from the Bones Ramen team, and reborn celebrity bar Pelicano.

  • Scott Bolles
Hugos Lounge in its heyday.

Celebrity hotspot Pelicano bar to be reborn at former Hugos Lounge site in Kings Cross

Restaurateur Andrew Becher’s reboot will have a coastal Mediterranean menu with a strong Italian bent.

  • Scott Bolles
“By 9.30pm restaurants are done,” says Maurice Terzini.

‘It’s coming back’: Why Icebergs’ Maurice Terzini is staking his money on Kings Cross

Three new reasons to visit the famed strip include a cabaret bar, an Italian-leaning wine bar rumoured to be by the Fratelli Paradiso crew and an ‘exciting’ tenant at the former home of Gourmet Life.

  • Scott Bolles

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