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Dalai Lama protesters gather in NSW

Mr Pitts said the Dalai Lama saw the group when he arrived in Leura, after touching down at Sydney airport with US actor Richard Gere earlier in the day. "(We) want to make sure that he saw us here and that he knows that we're aware of what he's been ... >> view original

NSW Government's electricity privatisation gets second harbour rail crossing ...

Community consultation has started on Sydney's second harbour rail crossing with Premier Mike Baird saying the mammoth project is "well and truly underway" after the partial privatisation of the state's electricity network was given the green light. >> view original

Former Sydney Kings NBL player Luke Martin charged over rock attack on Lindt ...

A coronial inquest into the siege is presently being held in Sydney. "Any attack on that particular location is outrageous," NSW Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione said on Wednesday. "It's certainly outrageous that anyone would choose to attack that ... >> view original

Storms that hit Sydney and NSW coast leave $1.55bn damage bill

Another 14,239 claims relate to the Anzac Day hailstorms in Sydney, where losses are estimated to have been $389.8m. Storms that hit south-east Queensland and northern NSW in late April and early May also caused $360.2m worth of damage, with 27,825 ... >> view original

North West Rail Link: Costs blow out on Sydney's biggest public transport project

One of the three major contracts for Sydney's North West Rail Link has already blown out by $50 million. Italian industrial group Salini-Impregilo won the original $340 million contract in 2013 to build the elevated "skytrain" section of the rail link ... >> view original

Ex-NBL player charged with cafe vandalism1:38

Yesterday Mr Fraser warned that when you looked at the evidence for a housing bubble, it was “unequivocally the case in Sydney” and in “higher priced areas of Melbourne”. This was impacting on young people's ability to buy property but Mr Fraser was ... >> view original

17 arrested in NSW drug raids as police seize $2 million worth of drug ice and ...

Police have arrested 17 people and seized guns and $2 million worth of the drug ice from properties in Sydney and parts of regional New South Wales. Officers from Strike Force Croci raided 16 properties in western Sydney and the state's south-west and ... >> view original

Ainsworth profit flat on sluggish local pokie growth

Poker machine maker Ainsworth Game Technology has warned that its second-half sales in the Australian market are weak and that it expects an unchanged full-year net profit after tax at about $61.6 million. Ainsworth said revenue from its poker machines in ... >> view original

Glencore's Peter Freyberg defends coal

Glencore's designs on taking out Rio Tinto appear alive and well, with coal chief Peter Freyberg launching an attack on his big Australian rivals as he called for support for a coal industry under siege. In a rare public speaking appearance in Melbourne, ... >> view original

Tax review politicised and flawed, EY says

The current tax review process lacks independence and is too politicised to get the right outcomes, EY says in its submission to the tax white paper. The Coalition's tax white paper is being headed by Treasury. "It's not the right process," EY tax policy leader Alf ... >> view original