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Vivid Sydney: Festival of light returns to brighten winter nights

From today until June 8, Sydney will pulse to the beat of the award-winning Vivid Sydney Festival, back bigger and better than ever with more than 60 light art installations, the coolest new musical collaborations and inspirational ideas from the world ... >> view original

NSW Roads Minister claims vindication after report damns Sydney roads

The NSW Roads Minister has claimed vindication for the state transport strategy after a national audit listed seven Sydney roads among the country's 10 worst. But public transport advocates said the report, released on Friday by the federal advisory ... >> 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

International students studying at the most over-crowded Sydney schools

International full-fee paying students are studying at some of the most over-crowded schools in Sydney at the same time as the NSW Department of Education clamps down on out-of-area enrolments. Thousands of students, some as young as 13 and ... >> 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

ADVISORY: Emergency Exercise in Sydney CBD on Sunday 24 May

Those involved in the exercise include the NSW Police Force, Fire & Rescue NSW, Roads and Maritime Services, NSW Ambulance, Transport Management Centre, Transport for NSW, City of Sydney Council, NSW Health – Disaster/Crisis, the Ministry of ... >> view original

Samsung washing machines: two more Sydney homes catch fire

Two more homes caught alight in NSW this week thanks to faulty Samsung washing machines, more than 83,000 of which are potentially still in use across Australia. Fire & Rescue NSW confirmed a house fire at a unit on Sainsbury Street in St Marys just ... >> view original

Crucial clash for Waratahs and Crusaders

The NSW Waratahs are wary of a vengeful and surging Crusaders side heading into tonight's crucial Super Rugby clash. Down in ninth, the Crusaders are five points behind the sixth-placed Waratahs, but are renowned for their late season surges - they ... >> view original

How the Port Adelaide Football Club brought the Cornes brothers together

CHAD Cornes can't even remember what the stink was about. To this day, can't recall exactly what triggered it. “But Kane definitely copped it, that's for sure,” Cornes says. “It was over nothing, really. He might've borrowed a T-shirt or something stupid like that. >> view original

Parramatta to challenge NRL rulings over salary cap breaches

Manu Ma'u celebrates with Eels teammates after scoring a try in the match against South Sydney at ANZ Stadium on Friday. Photograph: Cameron Spencer/Getty Images. Australian Associated Press. Saturday 23 May 2015 02.10 EDT. Share on Facebook ... >> view original