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NSW crime report: Lockout reduces Sydney CBD violence, drug use increases ...

Sydney's lockout laws have greatly reduced violent assaults in the CBD and Kings Cross but drug possession and trafficking has increased sharply across NSW, a major crime report has found. The NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research report also ... >> view original

Father and daughter from western Sydney will be NSW contestants in House Rules

STEVE and Tiana Falzon from the Mt Druitt area have been preparing to represent NSW in the upcoming season of Channel 7's House Rules. The first father-daughter team to compete in the renovation show said they were proud to represent Sydney's west. >> view original

NSW: Industrial sale, 11 Bowden Street, South Sydney

Private investment company Marshall Investments has bought an industrial property with office conversion potential in Sydney's inner east for $8 million. The buyer intends for the building to be the headquarters of one of its businesses, The Apparel ... >> view original

House Rules selects first father-daughter duo

The first father-daughter team to compete in the renovation show said they were proud to represent Sydney's west. “We live in a great community, I've been here for nearly 30 years,” Mr Falzon said. “I think the area is growing and getting better each ... >> view original

Opal card shuttle: Sydney Light Rail stops in Pyrmont help commuters beat the ...

"It's also a really good way to exercise, I guess, every Monday morning," said Adrian Miranda, a maths student at the University of NSW. "In total, you've walked just under six kilometres, which is not bad for your health," said Mr Miranda. A Central ... >> view original

Sydney gang rapist Bilal Skaf bashed in prison

In 2002, Skaf was sentenced to 55 years' jail for his part in a series of gang rapes in Sydney's southwest. In 2006, Skaf's sentence was reduced on appeal to a minimum of 32 years non-parole and a maximum of 38. In August that year, Skaf was moved from ... >> view original

Badgerys Creek airport: Sydney's bold plan is taking wing

Labor leader Bill Shorten has offered support for the airport but wants to impose a curfew like that at the current Sydney Airport. The federal and recently reelected coalition NSW state governments have insisted the airport would not have a curfew ... >> view original

Man charged after trail of blood led to body in St Clair

For 15 minutes, Luke Browning stumbled through western Sydney in a desperate attempt to save himself. The 27-year-old left a trail of blood, about 150 metres long, through St Clair before being found "jammed" between a fence and a wall outside a vacant ... >> view original

Former NSW police minister Mike Gallacher dismisses claim he 'kowtowed' to ...

Former New South Wales police minister Mike Gallacher has admitted that he met the family of an American man who died in Sydney in 1988 on two or three occasions in an effort to help them seek justice but did not "kowtow" to them as claimed by a senior ... >> view original

Phone taps the source of Cunneen investigation

With the High Court ruling on Wednesday that the ICAC did not have the power to investigate Ms Cunneen, a senior law enforcement source indicated that the Cunneen material would now be referred to another agency, likely to be the NSW police, for ... >> view original