Husband flies to Sydney after hearing over phone wife being fatally attacked and other top stories

Husband flies to Sydney after hearing over phone wife being fatally attacked

The husband of a woman who was fatally stabbed while walking home through a western Sydney park has made an emergency dash from India to Australia. Prabha Arun Kumar was talking on her mobile phone to her husband, who was in India with their ... >> view original

NSW bets $1.7 million on medtech hub in Sydney

The “medtech” hub was the fourth of five industry-led Hubs being rolled out in NSW. Last week the government threw its support behind a financial industry tech hub, named Stone and Chalk, in Sydney's CBD. The others already in place focus on digital ... >> view original

NSW election 2015: Mike Baird says forum to promote western Sydney vital to ...

NSW Premier Mike Baird has given his support to a new forum to promote western Sydney's interests and says his electricity privatisation plan is essential to the region's economic future. Mr Baird was joined by identities from the world of business and ... >> view original

Son of prominent Sydney nightclub owner convicted of Kings Cross rape

The son of a prominent Sydney nightclub owner has been convicted of sexually assaulting a young female in an alleyway behind the back of a King Cross nightspot run by his family. Luke Andrew Lazarus will face a sentencing hearing this month, having ... >> view original

NSW: Office lease, 40 King Street, Sydney

CITI Recruitment has taken a four year lease in a heritage-listed office building in the Sydney CBD at a gross annual rental of $144,200. “The tenant was focused on creative space in the CBD, and was impressed with the recent refurbishment of the ... >> view original

NSW election 2015: Baird pledges he'd double land release for new housing

The new housing lots – for construction of apartments, terraces and stand alone homes – will be released in suburbs across the greater Sydney metropolitan area, the Lower Hunter and the Southern Highlands in a bid to address the housing affordability ... >> view original

Secret rail plan for Sydney would create massive and costly upheaval to ...

And billions would need to be spent on new bridges and tunnels to offer more reliable trains for western Sydney. Bureaucrats and consultants have developed these proposals and others for Transport for NSW as part of an implementation plan for the ... >> view original

Thousands of Sydney unionists protest privatisation in national day of action

Thousands of unionists rallied in Sydney to protest against the NSW and federal government's privatisation of public assets and salary cuts. Unions NSW secretary Mark Lennon said up to 10,000 workers gathered outside the NSW parliament in Macquarie ... >> view original

Best platters at restaurants in Sydney and throughout NSW

While a dessert platter at Cafe Sydney will set you back a whopping $50, you do get three dishes which are normally $19 each. A revamped dessert menu by Andria Liu consists of a double chocolate praline slice, cherry, toffee almond and coconut sorbet, ... >> view original

Spectators reminded to celebrate safely as Mardi Gras fever hits Sydney

Visit the City of Sydney website: www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au for further information on alcohol-free zones in Sydney. - Remember the alcohol laws will remain in place and operate as usual, including 1.30am lockouts, which will be enforced so this may ... >> view original