NSW election 2015: Grand Prix chairman says Mike Baird's F1 plan is ill-advised and other top stories

NSW election 2015: Grand Prix chairman says Mike Baird's F1 plan is ill-advised

A state election pitch to move Australia's Formula One Grand Prix from Melbourne to Sydney is ill-advised, Australian Grand Prix Corporation chairman Ron Walker says. New South Wales Premier Mike Baird said he would work on a plan to take the event ... >> view original

Mike Baird and Luke Foley woo western Sydney voters ahead of NSW election

Asked about the significance of winning back what had been seen as the Labor faithful, Foley said western Sydney voters had the same issues as those across NSW. “Wherever I go, whether it's in the west of Sydney, indeed across the state, people don't ... >> view original

Western Sydney doctors struggle as parties pledge millions to improve services

Doctors in the key New South Wales election battleground of western Sydney say they are struggling to cope with the increasing demand for services, with some patients having to endure lengthy waits for emergency surgery. Hundreds of millions of dollars ... >> view original

Storm dazzles and disrupts Sydney

Most of the calls were in Sydney's west including Blacktown, Campbelltown, Liverpool and Penrith. "The calls were mainly about fallen trees and branches, roof damage and localised flooding. There have been no known injuries," a NSW SES spokesperson ... >> view original

Sydney driver Thomas Kerr, who struck seven cyclists at Eastlakes, may ...

A Sydney man who ploughed into seven cyclists while driving in the south-eastern suburbs last year may withdraw his guilty pleas because the charges do not "fit the evidence", a court has heard. And the man's barrister says his client "deeply regrets ... >> view original

NSW state election 2015: No Land Tax party takes top spot on upper house ...

The No Land Tax party may have nabbed the top spot on the upper house ballot paper on Thursday, but Christian Democrats leader Reverend Fred Nile remained sanguine. Mr Nile is up for re-election and his party is gunning for a third member in the ... >> view original

NSW state election 2015: Manly Hospital conditions are 'third world', says ...

Adam Rehak, the chair of the medical staff executive council for Northern Sydney, said he was not aware of this particular issue, but doctors were seeing a pattern of patients being squeezed into fewer rooms and mixed gender rooms, which "goes against ... >> view original

NSW weather: Roof blown onto train tracks as wild weather crosses the state

NSW Transport said the T1 Western Line and Blue Mountains Line were partially closed between Penrith and Blacktown. The approaching storm in Sydney has brought strong winds to the north-eastern half of the state on Wednesday afternoon and evening. >> view original

NSW state election 2015: Marie Bashir lashes out at loss of farmland for mining

The Baird government recently cancelled coal seam gas exploration licences covering parts of the Central Coast, Sydney Basin and northern NSW in an apparent bid to nullify the polarising issue ahead of the March 28 poll. However it has delayed telling ... >> view original

Mike Baird's western 'super park' compared to Hyde, Central Park

The Baird government has unveiled its plans for a $15 million, 200-hectare western Sydney "super park", which the government says will compare to London's Hyde Park or New York's Central Park. Premier Mike Baird is in full election mode and travelled ... >> view original