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

NSW government yet to commit to cultural precinct for the Old King's School ...

The director of the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Liz Ann Macgregor, who is also NSW Premier Mike Baird's western Sydney cultural ambassador, declined to comment on specific proposals. "But I do support the creation of a cultural precinct which ... >> 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

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

NSW Election 2015: Why Mike Baird heads west and Luke Foley heads north

Labor is polling relatively strongly in regional NSW and Mr Foley's movements suggest the party is hopeful of picking up a swag of seats along the state's northern seaboard. While Labor lags the Coalition in metropolitan Sydney, the most recent Fairfax ... >> 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

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

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

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

Northern beaches teen in hospital after agreeing to be set on fire at party

A young man is recovering in hospital with excessive burns after agreeing to be set on fire at a party on Sydney's northern beaches on Sunday morning. The 18-year-old man was with friends at a party on Essilia Street in Collaroy Plateau when he ... >> view original