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Sydney tax: Why you pay $150000 extra to live in Emerald City

The mounting pressures of house prices – now at historic highs compared to incomes – is forcing many Sydney families to consider leaving the harbour city. The average NSW home price today is almost five times the average NSW household income, ... >> view original

Sydney siege inquest: NSW coroner rules he will investigate why Man Haron ...

NSW coroner Michael Barnes has ruled he will investigate why Sydney siege gunman Man Haron Monis was granted bail on accessory to murder and sexual assault charges before the tragedy. The NSW Department of Public Prosecutions (DPP) applied to ... >> view original

Price of ice plummets in Sydney

Detective Superintendent Nick Bingham, who is commander of Operation Polaris – which targets organised crime at NSW sea cargo terminals –said "syndicates are seeing is it as a way to circumvent the border controls." "It's almost like buying chemicals ... >> view original

NSW Premier League introduces inaugural heritage round

Football NSW have introduced a heritage round in the NSW Premier League that acknowledges the rich yet hardly celebrated history of Sydney's clubs. On June 13, clubs will wear vintage jerseys and promote stories of the past when the likes of Marconi, ... >> view original

NSW Swifts power past West Coast Fever in ANZ Championship elimination final

The NSW Swifts have broken their finals drought and set up an ANZ Championship Australian Conference decider with the Queensland Firebirds after out-classing West Coast Fever 60-53 in their elimination play-off at Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre on ... >> 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

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

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

Watch This Robot Perfectly Mimic a Master Japanese Swordsman

Robots these days can play the violin, send us Amazon packages, even adapt if they get hurt. Now, one of them can slice us all to bits. Yasawa Electric Corporation recently tracked the movements of Isao Machii, a renowned Japanese swordsman, and taught ... >> view original

New Fossil Pushes Back When Animals Emerged Onto Land

The moment when the first four-limbed vertebrates – tetrapods – moved onto land was a key moment in evolution. Yet precisely how and when this momentous event occurred remains obscure due to a lack of fossil evidence. A recent study of a 333-million ... >> view original