Bondi hoarders the Bobolases take refuge in van
Tim Barlass It is 7.05 on Saturday morning and the hoarders whose Bondi house is famously piled with rubbish are having a good sleep - in their hire van.
Latest NSW news
Push to develop world-class walking tracks
KIRSTY NEEDHAM Virgin Australia founder Brett Godfrey has approached the NSW government with a proposal to operate the state's first ''great walk'', building private lodges within the Blue Mountains national park.
Sex workers enslaved in Sydney visa scam
EAMONN DUFF Asian women are being snared in a student visa scam that funnels them into Sydney brothels where they are forced to sell sex and drugs for up to 20 hours a day.
Property agent dies on company work trip
Alexandra Smith A rising star of Sydney's commercial property industry has died in Vietnam while on a work trip with the global property firm CBRE.
Greyhound racing industry 'dodged a bullet'
Natalie O'Brien The parliamentary inquiry into the greyhound racing industry ''glossed over'' critical evidence on the mistreatment of dogs, loopholes in drug testing and criticisms of the industry's governance, one of its own committee members says.
Woman allegedly behind attempted triple hit
RACHEL OLDING It was information that would seem innocuous to most people but it was allegedly enough to have Abdul Abu-Mahmoud ordered to be killed.
TAFE classes to be axed, staff retrenched
KIRSTY NEEDHAM South Western Sydney TAFE will be forced to halve teacher numbers and cut engineering and automotive manufacturing programs at three colleges next year.
Working girls trapped in nightmarish cycle
EAMONN DUFF A client helped Adeline escape a Sydney sex trafficking ring.
Rock up, support Sydney's music scene
Leila Abdallah Live music matters to Sydney and musicians are being asked to get involved.
Tram line puts inner west on track
STEPHEN NICHOLLS The new light rail extension from Lilyfield to Dulwich Hill could result in price increases of up to 10 per cent for houses close to the stations, property agents say.
Police recruited more than 400 ex-criminals
JULIE POWER 6:35pm NSW Police recruited criminals who had notched up 414 convictions before they entered the force, including 40 cases of stealing, 20 cases of break, enter and steal, more than 100 serious drunk driving offences plus others for fraud and dishonesty.
Blackmail alleged after romance goes bad
Peta Doherty It started as a university romance after two students met at Macquarie University. But the romance spiralled out of control, leading to allegations the boyfriend had an affair with his girlfriend's mother, blackmailed the mother for a year and threatened to kill them both.
Tower to revitalise Green Square precinct
TOBY JOHNSTONE It has taken almost 20 years but 10 major buildings in the Green Square Town Centre are expected to be under construction by the end of the year.
Union fraudster gets five years' jail
KATE MCCLYMONT Corrupt former union boss Michael Williamson has been jailed for a minimum of five years.
Incidence of sports injuries is surging
For the second time in five months, Said Obeid is nursing a sporting fracture. The first was a broken leg. This time the year 9 student has a broken thumb - from taekwondo - requiring a fibreglass cast for six weeks.
Lawyer allegedly used dead man's MCC card
LOUISE HALL A Sydney lawyer allegedly caught using the identity of a dead client to access the prized Members Reserve at the Melbourne Cricket Ground during AFL grand finals could be struck off the roll of solicitors.
Outsourcing state work to save $2.2bn
JACOB SAULWICK The state government could save $2.2 billion if it outsourced more of the design, construction and management of major works across the state, according to a review ordered by Premier Barry O'Farrell.
Dirty tricks drag out trauma: victim advocates
RACHEL OLDING ''You make a second statement, I will rip your throat out''.
Hush hush as Liberal mates greet and eat
SEAN NICHOLLS The heavens opened, but still they came for the chance to sup behind closed doors with Premier Barry O'Farrell and many of his most senior ministers.
Nathan Rees to quit politics
SEAN NICHOLLS Former NSW premier Nathan Rees is set to announce his departure from politics.
Alarm over new CSG water spillage
Saffron Howden, Peter Hannam The Environment Protection Authority is investigating a 500-litre wastewater spill from a coal-seam gas operation at the Pilliga forest in north-western NSW.
Rachelle Yeo's parents tell of their anguish
LOUISE HALL The heartbroken parents of murdered woman Rachelle Yeo have described how they cannot stop imagining the terror she must have felt as she was attacked by her ex-lover Paul Darren Mulvihill.
Man found dead had inherited $420,000
Gabriel Wingate-Pearse Anthony Thomas O'Grady would tell almost everyone he met about the $420,000 he had inherited when his mother passed away last year.
Reef's future the focus of Earth Hour 2014
PETER HANNAM Thousands of Sydneysiders will take part in the Earth Hour on Saturday evening, an event organisers hope will kick off a year-round campaign against climate change.
Merrylands man critical after double shooting
EMMA PARTRIDGE A father of two is fighting for his life and a teenager has gunshot wounds to his stomach, chest and arm after the young man and his friends made a late-night decision to buy a mobile phone from an internet ad.
NSW to examine Crown land options
SEAN NICHOLLS The state government is proposing a radical shake-up of how tens of thousands of parcels of Crown land are managed in NSW, including an audit and valuation.
Barry O'Farrell to outsource thousands of jobs
JACOB SAULWICK Thousands of public service jobs across the state would be slashed under the recommendations of a secret review ordered by Barry O'Farrell into the outsourcing of government services.
Tech
Sydney realtor begins accepting bitcoin
Sydney real estate agency Forsyth Real Estate has begun accepting virtual cryptocurrency bitcoin for house deposits and property advertising, through a partnership with Australian bitcoin payments provider CoinJar.
Record number of NSW residents head for VIC
PETER MARTIN People are leaving NSW for Victoria at a record rate.
Patients happy with public hospital experience
AMY CORDEROY Most hospital patients in NSW have a positive experience in the public system, a report has found.
Internet vote on the card for next state poll
NICOLE HASHAM NSW voters could cast a ballot at the next state election without leaving home under proposed changes that would alleviate the Saturday rush for polling booths.
Candice Falzon: comeback queen
These days a good scandal can create an instant celebrity, a la Kim Kardashian's sex tape, but it is those established celebrities who end up being engulfed by scandal who walk a long and winding road when it comes to making a come back.
I love our public transport
Dear Gladys B, I have been moved to write a letter to you and Sydney's public transport is the reason.
VIDEO
Former HSU boss jailed for fraud
Michael Williamson has been jailed for at least five years for defrauding the Health Services Union of almost $1 million and hindering a police investigation. Nine News
Pernicious Pru, Brutal Barry and Malicious Mike
Residents against the sell off of historic public housing in Millers Point take to the street in protest. The decision was announced by Minister for Community Services Pru Goward last week.
'Berejiklian turning dreams into reality'
NSW Premier, Barry O'Farrell talks up Transport Minister Gladys Berejiklian and the Sydney Light Rail on the opening of it's extension to Dulwich Hill.
Corruption contemptible says Keneally
Honest public servants thwarted the attempt to use AWH to set up a lucrative partnership with Sydney Water, according to the former NSW Premier.
O'Farrell: Racism is always wrong
NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell has declared that vilification on the grounds of race or religion is 'always wrong' after comments made to the contrary by Attorney-General George Brandis.
Oxford Street, squeezed by Westfield and rents
With parts of Oxford street feeling the pinch the Bondi Junction end flourishes, thanks to mega shopping malls , say some locals.
Oxford street tailor stands the test of time
As many businesses on Oxford street struggle to keep their doors open, a bespoke tailor shop has survived World Wars and depressions by focussing on what it does best.
