$5b ‘auto city’ vision revealed
World leaders in autonomous technology have met with developers to blueprint Australia’s first ‘driverless city’ in Sydney’s West.
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US island invasion ‘warning’ to Beijing
US Marines have ‘seized’ a Pacific island. No, it wasn’t one of China’s island fortresses. But it was all about Beijing. Here’s how they did it.
End of an era for Bobbin Head Garage
Its old-world charm remains an iconic piece of history in the upper north shore, but after four decades in the family, the Bobbin Head Garage has been sold.
Outback murders: Cops almost died in crime scene crash
Two detectives injured in a helicopter crash while investigating the 1978 Spear Creek murders have spoken of the horrifying moment the aircraft plummeted to the ground. LISTEN TO EPISODE ONE OF THE PODCAST.
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Before the build: Parramatta’s light rail troubles
THE lines have been marked, but before the construction crews take to Parramatta’s streets for the light rail build residents, business owners and clubs are asking if this is what is best for the west.
The scary future of air combat
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China’s stealth fighter ‘Trump card’
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$3 billion Showground masterplan
THOUSANDS of homes, commercial space and parklands have been revealed as part of a $3 billion residential project to revolutionise future living in the Castle Hill Showground precinct.
House of deadly diseases
UNCOVER the world of infectious diseases from more than 135 years ago at miraculous Prince Henry Nursing and Medical Museum, where smallpox, leprosy, scarlet fever and polio were once treated by the sea as it became the city’s official destination for the most deadly infectious diseases.
The death of Wentworthville Mall
PEOPLE had high hopes and big dreams for Wenty Mall when it first opened; crowds would line up metres long just to get in. It’s a stark scene from its current state, a relative ghost town that’s been left in shambles.
‘I will have to shoot you if you refuse sex’
MOTHER Hannetjie Ludik was raped by three men after they invaded her home with guns. She is one of many white South Africans, whose loved ones want to come to Australia but can’t under current laws.
‘Mass developer exodus’ takes its toll
MELODY De Pauli was one of several Castle Hill residents negotiating with a developer to sell a group of houses in the Showground station precinct. That was before gazettal saw a mass exodus from residential developers.
Revealed: Depraved child sex ring run by teen sisters
VULNERABLE runaway girls who were homeless, in foster care or fresh out of juvenile detention were lured into a vile child prostitution ring run out of Western Sydney carparks and seedy motels by two teenage sisters.
Sydney light rail zones up to 477 days overdue
SYDNEY light rail workers will have to lay 10 TIMES the amount of track a day than they have on average in the past year to deliver the $2.1 billion project by deadline. Several sections of the track are already hundreds of days late.
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