Sydney mother to take legal action against NSW Police for daughter Melissa ... and other top stories

Sydney mother to take legal action against NSW Police for daughter Melissa ...

A Sydney mother is planning civil action against the New South Wales Police for the wrongful arrest of her daughter during a night out three years ago. Melissa Dunn was arrested and charged in January 2012. A magistrate later said the police had used ... >> view original

NSW government told 'We don't want hollow promises or shiny white elephants ...

The NSW government claims it is placing a "refreshed focus" on the arts in western Sydney, and has made several spending commitments if it is re-elected on March 28. But one of the region's cultural leaders says western Sydney does not want "hollow ... >> view original

NSW election 2015: Former Howard government minister Jackie Kelly directs ...

Former Howard Government minister Jackie Kelly says her decision to direct preferences to Labor in the upcoming New South Wales election is not an act of betrayal, but a strategy to fight plans for Sydney's second airport. Ms Kelly is running as an ... >> view original

NSW state election 2015: Different votes for different folks

Gay women vote differently to gay men. Who knew? We are grateful for this intelligence to Luke Mansillo, a political science PhD candidate at the University of Sydney, who has used electoral and census data to have a stab at just what the gay effect ... >> view original

NSW: Office lease, 90 Arthur Street, North Sydney

Telecommunications retailer ACN Pacific is moving its offices to a North Sydney building owned by Valad Property Group at an annual rental of $403,920. The term of the lease is five-years. The 90 Arthur Street building was recently upgraded, with a new ... >> view original

NSW Election: The fiercely independent electorate of Sydney

The electorate of Sydney covers some of New South Wales' most affluent voters in Potts Point and Elizabeth Bay on the city's eastern edge, and some of the most disadvantaged voters in Millers Point on the city's western edge. This mix of demographic ... >> view original

NSW state election 2015: Labor attacked for highlighting public transport losses

Last year Sydney rail, $4 billion was the cost to run it, it recovered $700 million at the farebox," he said. "You're turning a very profitable electricity network into a tunnel under the harbour, it will cost money to build it, it will cost money to ... >> view original

Labor wants 24-hour chemists across Sydney

Parents of sick children will be spared the midnight drive west to reach the only 24-hour chemist in Sydney, under a Labor pledge to open all-hours pharmacies in the south, north and inner Sydney. The Pharmacy Guild's NSW director, Steven Waller, said ... >> view original

NSW state election 2015: Live blog, Sunday March 22

Crowd starts to gather for NSW Liberals' campaign launch. The NSW Liberals' campaign launch is due to get underway at Angel Place in Sydney's CBD at 11am. Young Liberals are (almost) wearing their hearts on their sleeves in t-shirts emblazoned with the ... >> view original

NSW state election 2015: Live blog, Tuesday March 24

Mr Foley's first stop on his whistlestop tour of the north coast was a cow paddock, 9 hours north of Sydney, where mushrooms grow in the middle of cow pats - the site of the Bentley blockade last year. Here was the spot where a motley crew of hundreds ... >> view original