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Chinese developer made secret bid to NSW government for Sydney Fish Market

One of Shanghai's richest men purchased a key parcel of waterfront land within the Baird government's proposed Bays Precinct, just weeks after a government summit to spruik the major redevelopment. Most of the Blackwattle Bay waterfront is ... >> view original

Sydney roads closed for emergency exercise

Exercise 'Sydney CBD' involves 300 volunteers from the Rural Fire Service, the NSW State Emergency Service and Surf Life Saving Australia, who will pretend to be workers being evacuated from the city, working alongside staff from a range of other ... >> view original

$53 billion congestion crunch looms warns Infrastructure Australia

Sydney motorists confront seven of the eight worst road corridors in the country, according to the first national audit of Australia's infrastructure. In a landmark inquiry into the country's transport, water, energy and telecommunications systems, the ... >> view original

The rise of Parramatta: 'Once in a lifetime opportunity'

More than 69,000 NSW public servants live and work in western Sydney, Public Service Commission figures show. The Government is set to move 3,000 public servants to new offices at Penrith, Liverpool and Parramatta and has sought proposals from the ... >> view original

Vivid Sydney 2015 to boost NSW economy

Vivid Sydney 2015 is one of a number of sporting and cultural events expected to attract hundreds of thousands of local, interstate and overseas visitors to Sydney and contribute an overall estimated $50m to the NSW economy. The festival of light ... >> view original

Karl Stefanovic says he will streak through Sydney if NSW wins State of Origin

TODAY host Karl Stefanovic is supremely confident in a Maroons win in the State of Origin and has put his dignity on the line to prove it. Stefanovic has vowed to run nude through Pitt St, one of Sydney's busiest streets, if his beloved Queenslanders ... >> view original

International students studying at the most over-crowded Sydney schools

Foreign students pay up to $14,000 a year to study at NSW high schools, significantly less than private schools such as St Andrew's Cathedral School, which charges international students $40,000 a year. The Northern Sydney Council of P&Cs last year ... >> view original

Soon you'll know why 'Lil' Bub' is so mysterious

All the questions regarding the mysterious cat Lillian Bubbles will soon get an answer, as American scientists have launched a crowd funding campaign to raise money for the experiment. As per this experiment, molecular biologists will extract the kitty's blood ... >> view original

Jurgen Otto and his dancing spiders

Forget big, black and hairy creatures. For biologist Jürgen Otto, the stars of the spider world are small, cute and colourful. inShare; submit to reddit · Email article · Print · Reprints & permissions. Return to video. Video settings. Please Log in to update your ... >> view original

'Non-Joulian Magnets' Discovery Sheds New Light On 175-Year-Old Principle

The researchers at the University of Maryland (UMD) and Temple University have discovered a new class of magnets called 'non-Joulian magnets'. The unique property of this kind of magnets is that they expand in volume in the presence of magnetic field. >> view original