NSW state election 2015: Marie Bashir lashes out at loss of farmland for mining and other top stories

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

In the lead-up to the election it has also cancelled coal seam gas exploration licences covering parts of the Central Coast, Sydney Basin and northern NSW. However the government has delayed telling voters where future coal seam gas development will ... >> view original

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 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

Greek Diaspora of Sydney Offers Unique Artwork to NSW State Parliament

an aust funeral lemnos 1915 On the occasion of the 100th anniversary since Anzac forces arrived on the island of Lemnos, Greece, on March 4, 1915, the Greek Diaspora of Sydney offered a unique artwork by Nikolas Foteinos to the New South Wales State ... >> 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: Baird pledges he'd double land release for new housing

It says an additional 664,000 new dwellings will be needed in metropolitan Sydney by that time. Sydney house prices grew by 14.1 per cent last year to hit a median of $873,786. Mr Baird said NSW housing starts were at their highest levels in more than ... >> 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

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