New South Wales Young Farmers launch Sydney branch with radical message and other top stories

New South Wales Young Farmers launch Sydney branch with radical message

About 50 young people gathered in a Parramatta Hotel in Sydney this week to launch the new branch of a farming group. It is the Sydney branch of New South Wales Young Farmers. The meeting featured some unusual speakers and a fairly radical message ... >> view original

The Mutilator: Sydney serial killer William Macdonald dies as NSW's oldest ...

A Sydney serial killer, known as The Mutilator, has died aged 90 after becoming the longest-serving and oldest prisoner in New South Wales. William Macdonald, was jailed for life in 1963 for murdering four men in Sydney and another in Brisbane ... >> view original

Federal budget 2015: Joe Hockey budget snubs new road, rail lines in Sydney ...

The WestConnex motorway, roads around Badgerys Creek and a commitment to finishing the duplication of the Pacific Highway by the end of the decade remained the government's major transport commitments for Sydney and NSW. There was no new ... >> view original

NSW Young Farmers launch Sydney branch

PARRAMATTA'S Commercial Hotel was bursting with young farmers, agriculture students and agribusiness professionals on Tuesday night for the launch of the NSW Young Farmers Sydney branch. NSW Young Farmers Council chairman Josh Gilbert was ... >> view original

Three children taken to hospital with burns after explosion in Glebe

Three young children have been taken to hospital with injuries suffered in an explosion at Glebe in inner Sydney, NSW Ambulance says. Emergency services were called to a property on Glebe Point Road, shortly before 11:30am. A NSW Ambulance ... >> view original

Sydney traffic: Mad Max Fury Road to close Sydney's Cahill Expressway for ...

Motorists have been warned to expect delays around parts of Sydney's CBD on Wednesday, and it's due to the latest instalment of the Mad Max film franchise, aptly named Fury Road. The War Rig and other vehicles from the iconic post-apocalyptic film ... >> view original

Two men on run after daring robbery at Bendigo Bank in Sydney's CBD

JUST IN: Police at the scene of a bank robbery at the Bendigo Bank on Elizabeth Street. Two offenders have fled, no one injured. #9News. — Nine News Sydney (@9NewsSyd) May 13, 2015. The men were wearing hooded jumpers when they walked up to ... >> view original

Mike Baird's government warns City of Sydney that he wants mega councils the ...

The Sansom​ report, commissioned by the NSW government in 2013 had suggested that 250,000 was a sufficient size for a council. Just before the election, Treasurer Andrew Constance had suggested that Sydney should have "five councils at best. >> view original

NSW storm: three dead as Sydney and Hunter region lashed by wild weather ...

Flooding near Raymond Terrace in the northern part of New South Wales. More than 20 people have been rescued from floodwaters and more than 200,000 homes and businesses are without power as storms continue to lash parts of the state. Photograph: ... >> view original

Johns urges NSW to be flanked by Roosters

NSW great Andrew Johns has suggested the Sydney Roosters' entire left flank be included in Origin. That also means going with James Maloney and Mitchell Pearce as the halves. "Laurie's talking about combinations, the left side for NSW will be [Boyd] ... >> view original