NSW Premier wasting no time with $10b Sydney Harbour rail tunnel and other top stories

NSW Premier wasting no time with $10b Sydney Harbour rail tunnel

NSW Premier Mike Baird is wasting no time getting the $10.5 billion Rapid Transit Network with drilling underway deep beneath Sydney Harbour. Along the 30km of new tunnels and surface rails connecting Bankstown with Chatswood and the North West. >> view original

Search for Sydney photographer Jessica Bialek, missing from Coogee home

Family and friends of a missing Sydney photographer are appealing for help to find her, a day after she vanished after leaving her home in the city's eastern suburbs. Jessica Bialek, an accomplished photographer who has worked for the Australian Ballet ... >> view original

The inner city precinct that is bigger than Barangaroo and almost apartment-free

But the new planning controls, which have been adopted by the City of Sydney, only allow private residential development in two "investigation" areas on the precinct's fringes – and only where this supports the provision of "substantial" affordable ... >> view original

NSW drivers battle heavy traffic as Easter long weekend ends

Live Traffic NSW is reporting heavy holiday traffic conditions for all major routes into Sydney from the Central Coast, Blue Mountains and South Coast on Monday afternoon. And bad weather may intensify traffic congestion. At 1.30 pm, the Bureau of ... >> view original

Severe thunderstorm warning issued for parts of NSW

Sydney has been spared the brunt of the severe thunderstorms this afternoon, with the wild weather hitting the state further north. A thunderstorm warning was still in place for NSW, according to the Bureau of Meteorology, with storms affecting areas ... >> view original

School cleaner charged with murder of Stephanie Scott in Leeton

"This is a tragedy for the family, it's a tragedy for NSW, it's a tragedy for society," he said. He said that police had been overwhelmed by the community's response. "We have been inundated with calls since Tuesday morning." But he asked people to now ... >> view original

NSW: Office lease, 22 Market Street, Sydney

Victory Institute of Vocational Education has secured a new premises in the Sydney CBD at an annual rental of about $260,700. The term of the lease is five years. Ray White Commercial agent John Skufris said the floor offered Darling Harbour views ... >> view original

Baird government ignores advice against 'part-time' Sydney cycleways

"There is no precedent in Sydney for a part-time cycleway," says a presentation sent from the former director-general of Transport for NSW, Dave Stewart, to the chief executive of Roads and Maritime Services, Peter Duncan. The document lists 10 "cons ... >> view original

Pregnant Jehovah's Witness' decision to refuse treatment 'harrowing' for ...

At the same time, debate has raged over NSW MP Fred Nile's push to introduce laws making it a crime to seriously harm or kill a fetus in utero. Haematologist Giselle Kidson-Gerber said her experience treating ... Sascha Callaghan, an expert in ethics ... >> view original

High school teacher and bride-to-be Stephanie Scott vanishes from Leeton

More than 100 family members and friends were due to travel to the central western NSW town of Eugowra for the ceremony, a year after the couple became engaged in Thailand. But those plans have now been put on hold as her family and friends launch a ... >> view original