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Animation of a high-speed train on Australia’s East Coast.

Revealed: Colossal cost of high-speed rail line from Sydney to Central Coast

Confidential modelling underscores the challenges facing the Albanese government if it presses ahead with building a high-speed line all the way to Newcastle.

  • Matt O'Sullivan

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Sydney’s railway hub housing targets revealed

Revealed: How many new homes are planned at a train station near you

Some suburbs are set for four times as many new dwellings as others.

  • Michael Koziol
Lyndall Ryan with her map showing the location of indigenous massacres.

Historian who put colonial frontier violence on the map dies at 81

Professor Lyndall Ryan was a leading historian who showed that rather than being rare, massacres were a key tool of colonisation in Australia.

  • James Bennett
Police at the scene where a 10-year-old girl was stabbed to death in Boolaroo.

‘It’s beyond words’: Ten-year-old girl stabbed to death

A 17-year-old girl was arrested at a home west of Newcastle after a 10-year-old died of multiple stab wounds.

  • Ben Cubby
Sandy Thomas in her Pearl Beach home which is for sale.

‘We love it here’: Coastal property price gains leave Sydney in the shade

As the Sydney property market slows, price growth in coastal markets has been strengthening. But can it last?

  • Kate Burke
Two passengers were ejected from the bus when it crashed in the early hours of Sunday morning.

Nine in hospital after separate crashes in Sydney’s north, Lake Macquarie

Five people have been left with serious injuries, including one who was airlifted after being stuck under a bus, following two separate vehicle crashes on Sunday.

  • Millie Muroi
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The scenic Caves Beach to Pinny Beach coastal walk.

Lake Macquarie, NSW, travel guide and things to do: Nine highlights

This low-key holiday spot just 90 minutes' north of Sydney is spread across a staggering 174 kilometres of shoreline and 90 towns.

Little Sea Sea, Swansea Heads, NSW, with the water just out the folding doors and over the deck

Little Sea Sea apartment review: Absolute waterfront at Swansea Heads, NSW

This stylish two-bedroom apartment has a prime waterfront position at one of NSW's most underrated destinations - Lake Macquarie.

  • Sheriden Rhodes
A scenic flights over the Lake Macquarie region.

Things to do in Lake Macquarie, New South Wales: A relaxed, family-friendly coastal retreat

This coastal town retains that magical, relaxed feel that harks back to simpler times, minus the mass-scale development.

  • Sheriden Rhodes
Sunset at Lake Macquarie, NSW.

Weekend getaways from Sydney: Lake Macquarie, Caves Beach and Blacksmiths Beach

You don't need to travel far from Sydney to enjoy some of Australia's most pristine beaches.

  • Sheriden Rhodes

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