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NSW election 2015: Sydney's Powerhouse Museum to move to Parramatta ...

Sydney's Powerhouse Museum will be moved to Parramatta, in the city's west, if the Coalition Government is re-elected next month. The proposal is part of a wider plan to inject $30 million over the next four years to develop an art and culture precinct ... >> view original

NSW Government's embarrassing backdown on pool fencing law

Most Sydney councils devote little time to the task, the industry says. "Councils' resources are grossly inadequate," said Tim McKibbin the CEO of the Real Estate Institute of NSW, who had advocated the law be delayed. Building inspectors are also ... >> view original

Sydney gymnastics instructor charged with assault of second boy

A gymnastics instructor filmed himself giving a sports massage to a 13-year-old boy without the child's knowledge, police say. During the massage, the man indecently assaulted the boy, police said. The 13-year-old is the second teenage boy that the ... >> view original

Customers at Soul Origin takeaway near Sydney's Town Hall station ill from ...

The Public Health Unit at the South Eastern Sydney Local Health District confirmed the fish was not "properly stored" and has referred the case to the NSW Food Authority. Soul Origin said in a statement: "The NSW Food Authority contacted us on Monday ... >> view original

Sydney Harbour Bridge crash: Multi car pile up causes traffic chaos

The woman, a middle-aged taxi driver and another motorist were taken to hospital, but for Sydney's commuters the pain was only just beginning. The snarl stretched 21km, from Epping in the north to Eastlakes in the south. Commuters complained of a ... >> 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

Child bride: 19-year-old man charged over 'wedding' to 15-year-old

A backyard Islamic marriage between an 18-year-old man and a 15-year-old girl was only discovered when the young bride took herself to a western Sydney hospital believing she had suffered a miscarriage, police allege. Mustafa Abdel Ghany, 19, was ... >> 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 Harbour Bridge crash: lanes reopen but peak-hour traffic hit

Sydney Trains is recognising all Sydney Buses tickets within the Sydney Metro area due to a road accident on the Sydney Harbour Bridge. — NSW TrainLink North (@TrainLinkNorth) February 24, 2015 ... >> view original

Man jailed for 'forceful and vicious' sex attack on Sydney woman

The ex-wife of a Sydney man convicted of a brutal sexual assault today applauded the decision to jail him for almost a decade, labelling him "an animal". David Marlin was today sentenced to at least nine years jail for knocking a woman down onto a seat ... >> view original