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State of Origin hero Michael Jennings arrested in Sydney

NSW Blues star Michael Jennings has been arrested overnight and charged with hindering police after an alleged incident in Sydney's west overnight. Jennings, 27, was one of two men stopped by police in a car park at Erby Place in Parramatta at about ... >> view original

City of Sydney councillors oppose NSW Government proposal to merge with ...

Nine of the 10 City of Sydney councillors have backed Lord Mayor Clover Moore in her decision to fight the State Government on a proposed merger with neighbouring councils. The academic appointed by the NSW Government to review councils, Graham ... >> view original

Bike activists take guerilla action by painting 'unsafe cycle lane' on Sydney ...

Mr Borella said frustration was high among Sydney cyclists after the NSW government said it would no longer abide by a promise it made that it would not remove a cycleway on College Street before replacing it with a separated path along Castlereagh Street. >> view original

Sydney housing: enjoy the boom, but beware the market

At the moment, the NSW government is enjoying a boom in stamp duty revenue, which will be the hero of Tuesday's state budget, and there is no immediate danger of that boom ending. At the same time, the annual growth of Sydney house prices has peaked ... >> view original

State of Origin: New South Wales Blues level series against Queensland ...

... half before storming back with converted tries to Aaron Woods and Josh Dugan to claim the win in front of an Origin record crowd of 91,513. The series decider will be played at Lang Park on July 8, with the Maroons having won Origin I in Sydney ... >> view original

IOOF kept insider trading case in house: report

IOOF decided not to report one of its senior employees to the corporate watchdog when it discovered they'd been insider trading, Fairfax Media reports. Instead, the financial institution made the person in question pay the profits of the trade to a charity of the ... >> view original

New management at News Corp to push Asia expansion

image SYDNEY: A new management team at Rupert Murdoch's News Corp's Australian operations will support plans to expand into fast-growing Asia, son Lachlan Murdoch said Saturday. It was announced Friday that chief executive Julian Clarke will retire ... >> view original

Tax-cutting SA budget gets tick from Hockey

The Abbott government has applauded South Australian Labor for undertaking extensive tax reform to encourage private- sector investment and jobs. The South Australian budget, delivered by Treasurer Tom Koutsantonis on Thursday, included $670 million ... >> view original

Australia and the United States are in a race to attract Chinese tourism

New visas unveiled as part of the FTA deal signed this week by the Australian federal government are set to encourage more of the Chinese tourists who are driving a revival of Australia's $110 billion tourism industry. Under the new move, Chinese nationals ... >> view original

Glencore sells Australian nickel mine to Western Areas

LONDON, June 19 Global mining and commodity trader Glencore sold a nickel mine inherited through its Xstrata takeover to Australian nickel producer Western Areas , the nickel miner said on Friday. The Cosmos nickel mine in Western Australia was sold for ... >> view original