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Driver refused bail after allegedly mowing down women and toddler on Sydney ...

A Sydney man, who allegedly mowed down three women and a toddler on a footpath after taking ice and not sleeping for several days, has been refused bail in court. Peter Bosilkovski, 51, from Bass Hill, allegedly crashed into the group on Canterbury ... >> view original

Sydney siege report: Biggest question left unanswered in review

Those complaints were referred to ASIO, the Australian Federal Police, and in some cases, the NSW Police. Each was dismissed. In key ways Monis was always just below the threshold; ASIO had endured many hours of Monis's ravings about September 11 ... >> view original

NSW election 2015: Labor backs western Sydney light rail from Strathfield to ...

The funding promise, announced on Friday by Opposition Leader Luke Foley, matches the pledge of Mike Baird's government, though neither side has fixed on a route for a tram line in Western Sydney. Last year Transport Minister Gladys Berejiklian said ... >> view original

Sydney Lindt Cafe siege: the failure to stop killer Man Monis

However, a joint report by the federal and NSW governments, released on Sunday, found there were no major failings of intelligence or process in the lead-up to the Martin Place siege, in which Monis and two of his hostages, barrister Katrina Dawson and ... >> view original

NSW state election 2015: Mike Baird, Luke Foley in first debate

NSW Premier Mike Baird and NSW Opposition Leader Luke Foley will go head-to-head in the first debate of the NSW state election campaign on Friday, which will be carried live on smh.com.au from 1pm. On the panel will be the Sydney Morning Herald's ... >> view original

Hurstville: Sydney's real Chinatown

Hurstville, 16 kilometres south-west of the CBD, occupies a unique spot on Sydney's demographic map. With more than half of its residents reporting Chinese ancestry, it is the only suburb across all of NSW where one community of non-English migrants ... >> view original

Crisis looms for Sydney train commuters

Transport for NSW's Sydney's Rail Future 2021 Demand Assessment shows the Bankstown Line has the most spare capacity of all big rail lines between the city and Sydney's west. The government says that by removing Bankstown Line trains from the City ... >> view original

NSW state election 2015: Greens would scrap WestConnex, delay Sydney ...

The party would instead spend the money on a rail line between Epping and Parramatta, at least three new light rail routes, new trains for Newcastle and the Central Coast, and reducing fares on Sydney's Airport Line. Releasing her party's five-year ... >> view original

Peter Sterling unveiled as ambassador for watershed NSW autumn racing carnival

A new dawn for Sydney racing, blah de blah blah blah. The sport has been so dysfunctional in NSW for so long, it's still difficult for the jaded to believe. Yet there is genuine reason to trust that the halcyon days Sterlo and thousands more witnessed ... >> view original

Police operation under way at Downing Centre court complex in Sydney

A police operation is under way at the Downing Centre Court complex in Sydney's CBD following information that a number of hearings would be disrupted on Thursday. An armoured police vehicle has pulled up outside the building in Liverpool Street. >> view original