NSW Waratahs slip to defeat against Stormers in Sydney and other top stories

NSW Waratahs slip to defeat against Stormers in Sydney

But a tackle-busting bolt down the sideline from NSW winger Taqele Naiyaravoro lifted spirits. The Fijian former rugby league player brushed off three tackle attempts, ran 25 metres and managed to stay in touch to ground the ball in the 14th minute. >> view original

Blue Bloods: Sydney Swans NSW representation at all-time high

"If you look at the grand final last year, both Sydney and Hawthorn had a lot of NSW players in their teams. The Giants have many local players on their list, too. It's pleasing to see. There has been a lot of work done over a long period by a lot of ... >> view original

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

Two people dead in light plane crash in NSW northern tablelands

Two people have been killed in a microlight plane crash in the NSW northern tablelands on Sunday morning. About 10.30am emergency services were called to a property off Nine Mile Road, north of Glen Innes, following reports of a plane crash. Both the ... >> view original

National broadband network: More than 11000 NSW homes and businesses ...

The countdown is on for more than 11,000 NSW homes and businesses that are less than a week away from NBN "D-Day", when their copper phones lines will be disconnected for the compulsory migration to the national broadband network. On April 17 around 11 ... >> view original

Wondabyne NSW: The only train station in Australia inaccessible by road

FURIOUS NEIGHBOUR STORMS SYDNEY FASHION WEEK · LAW STUDENT RAN NAKED INTO KEBAB SHOP. To catch a train, they have to wave madly at an approaching train to flag it down. Only 40 minutes from Sydney the station feels a world away, ... >> view original

Search for Sydney photographer Jessica Bialek, missing from Coogee home

Eastern suburbs mother Jessica Bialek was intending to make a quick two-minute trip to her local bank to withdraw cash on Wednesday morning when she vanished. She never returned to her Coogee home to pay the cleaner, sparking a desperate search ... >> 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

NSW state election 2015: Alex Greenwich reclaims Sydney

"It certainly seems that Sydney has declared its independence once again," said a triumphant Alex Greenwich shortly before 8pm on Saturday night. The independent MP, who went into the campaign with a whisker thin margin of just 0.3 per cent due to a ... >> view original

Sydney is Australia's most valuable location, but public transport is its weakness

It is likely to surpass North Sydney as NSW's second largest local economy in four to five years. Sydney Olympic Park, which is very close to the city's economic centre of gravity, also has growing clout. The output of the Homebush Bay-Silverwater area ... >> view original