The challenge leaders don't talk about: population growth pressures in NSW and other top stories

The challenge leaders don't talk about: population growth pressures in NSW

"Announcements of big new infrastructure spending in Sydney need to be put in the context of the population growth – because if you factor that in, it equates to a cut in services," Dr Denniss said. He said government budget papers should publish ... >> view original

NSW Premier Mike Baird in Auburn on Thursday morning with Liberal candidate ...

Mr Baird and Mr Oueik walked the streets of Auburn on Wednesday morning, meeting shopkeepers and locals two days out from the election. Earlier on Thursday morning Mr Baird visited Sydney Markets with Strathfield MP Charles Casuscelli, who is facing a ... >> view original

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 state election 2015: Live blog, Thursday March 26

Dinner followed at the Golden Century Chinese restaurant in Sydney's Sussex Street. Then Abbott visited the Campbelltown Police Station in Sydney from midnight to 1.00 am. He did several interviews on radio station graveyard shifts while travelling ... >> view original

NSW state election 2015: Son of Ray a no-go zone

So far, there are 172 sausage sizzle and cake stalls on the snagvotes counter. They're mainly in Sydney – but Goolgowi in the far west and Bowraville on the NSW Mid North coast are among rural sausage sizzles to have put their names down. In 2013, some ... >> 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 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

NSW state election 2015: Independent Alex Greenwich fights to hold on to ...

Anna Patty. The Liberal Party's "Get Clover" campaign may have succeeded in ridding lord mayor Clover Moore from state politics, but it hasn't improved its chances of snatching the seat of Sydney away from independents. After the O'Farrell government ... >> 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

Ball that hit Hughes has been destroyed by Cricket NSW

Sydney: Phillip Hughes' demise will haunt the cricket world for years and to get over the tragedy the New South Wales cricket association did something unique by destroying the ball that fatally struck the young Australian during a Sheffield Shield ... >> view original