NSW News
One dead in Sydney container terminal accident
3:10pm A man has died and another person has been injured in an accident at a container terminal in south-eastern Sydney.
Downed helicopter's rotors struck tail boom: report
2:37pm Investigations into a fatal helicopter crash that killed two people on Sydney's north shore suggest the aircraft's main rotor blades chopped off its tail.
One killed as light plane crashes into sea off Sydney
Stephanie Gardiner and Simon Morris 2:16pm One person is feared dead and another has been injured in a plane crash on Sydney's northern beaches.
Dangerous dog on loose in Sydney
7:06am Police have warned that a dangerous dog named Emma is on the loose and marauding Sydney's northwest.
Axe-wielding budget will hurt state, says report
Matt Wade DEEP cuts expected in next week's state budget threaten to make the slowdown in the NSW economy much worse, a report by the private forecaster BIS Shrapnel for the trade union movement says.
New chapter opens up for baby boomers
Kim Arlington, Schools JO KARAOLIS thinks enlisting the help of trained volunteers "could be the way of the future for a lot of schools".
Police seek witnesses over death of toddler
Josephine Tovey State Politics POLICE have appealed to anyone who may have seen the abuse of a toddler, who was known to community services, before she died under suspicious circumstances on the central coast last weekend.
Loss of key staff hits council planning
Matthew Moore COUNCILS have lost the skills needed to process complex development applications since the former government gave the planning minister power to approve big projects, the state government's inquiry into planning laws has been told.
Pitt Street more expensive than Paris
Carolyn Cummins PITT STREET MALL has emerged as the fourth most expensive retail strip, by value of rents, in the world, far exceeding the cost of having a shop on the Avenue des Champs-Elysees in Paris.
A policeman's lot involves hazards in the home
Saffron Howden RICK LISTON tried to be philosophical when a radiologist discovered asbestos in his lungs two years ago.
Ivy bouncer used licensing loophole to work in NSW
Rachel Olding, Sean Nicholls A BOUNCER charged with severely bashing a teenager in the basement of the Ivy nightclub would not have been able to obtain a licence to work in NSW were it not for a loophole in the licensing system.
Police to target violence hot-spots
Sean Nicholls POLICE will develop tailor-made licence restrictions for venues in violence hot-spots after Barry O'Farrell pledged to back whatever proposal the police brought to him.
From death row to new leash of life
Jason Mountney meets dogs that have good reason to be barking glad.
Who abused tragic Tanilla? Police appeal
Glenda Kwek 3:57pm Police say they want to speak to anyone who may have known a toddler was being abused before her death, after a post-mortem showed "she did not die of natural causes".
Court reserves judgment in Wood appeal
Louise Hall The NSW Court of Criminal Appeal has reserved its judgment in the appeal of Gordon Wood against his conviction for the 1995 murder of model Caroline Byrne.
Bikie hostility led to violent eruption at airport, court told
Malcolm Brown Hostility between the Commanchero and Hells Angels motorcycle clubs had created a perfect storm, which erupted at Sydney Airport in 2009, causing the death of Anthony Zervas, the Crown told the Supreme Court in Parramatta today.
Hemmes backs move to tighten regulation of bouncers over Ivy incident
Police will regulate nightclub security guards under a plan being considered by the NSW government.
Man in van approaches teenager in Bondi
A teenage boy was allegedly approached by a grey-haired man who tried to entice him into a van in Bondi yesterday morning.
Woman dies after crashing into Sydney home
A 65-year-old woman has died after her car crashed into a house on Sydney's northern beaches.
Homeless man's death sparks murder investigation
Glenda Kwek Police have opened a murder investigation after a badly bashed homeless man died yesterday.
Homeless man dies after bashing
A homeless man has died after being found suffering serious head injuries in central Sydney.
Three charged over Sydney drive-by
Three people will face court today charged over a drive-by gun battle in Sydney's west.
Fourth man charged over Ivy bashing
A fourth security guard has been charged over the vicious bashing of a customer at Sydney's Ivy bar.
Homeless get rooms with a view
Kelsey Munro WITH a sunny north aspect, vast balcony and city views, it is probably the highest-quality affordable housing unit in Sydney, if not the whole country, say its builders.
Five decades of fight but the pay gap still remains
Kelly Burke WOMEN are still getting paid less than men purely because they are women, the most comprehensive research to date has found.
Hospitals fleeced by 'brazen fraud'
Malcolm Brown TWO sisters conspired to submit false invoices and other documentation in order to defraud the Royal Hospital for Women and the Royal North Shore Hospital of more than $680,000, the Independent Commission Against Corruption said yesterday.
Delivery man jailed for sex attack on sleeping woman
Malcolm Brown A NEPALESE national found guilty of having sex with a woman without her consent, after finding her half-asleep in a house to which he was delivering a takeaway, was sentenced in the District Court yesterday to three years' imprisonment, with 18 months to serve.
Councils fearful of enforcing alcohol confiscation laws
Andrew West WESTERN Sydney councils are pushing back against laws that give them the power to confiscate alcohol from drunk and disorderly people.
Former bikie critical after stabbing
Saffron Howden A FORMER bikie gang member who admitted to once using a brick to crush the little finger of a man who owed him money was last night clinging to life after being stabbed repeatedly in the garage of his Bellevue Hill home.
