Health care providers' response to child sex abuse allegations criticised by royal commission
Lucy Cormack The case of 11-year-old boy who was photographed, made to dress up and perform a sex act has been reviewed by a royal commission.
Western Sydney businesses losing sales due to constant traffic congestion
Lucy Cormack Sydney's road congestion is so bad that one third of western Sydney businesses has experienced a loss of sales, an NRMA survey says.
Dozens of cars damaged in vandalism spree in Penshurst
Lucy Cormack At least 30 cars have been vandalised with a golf club overnight in residential streets around Sydney's south.
Fifteen-year-old takes on EPA to have litter reporting rights given to under-18s
Lucy Cormack Driving, voting, drinking alcohol; there is a lot one cannot do at the age of 15. But for 15-year-old James King there is one particular age restriction he cannot bear - and he has taken it to the...
Large states delay action on bag ban at environmental roundtable
James Robertson and Lucy Cormack Australia's largest states have delayed for at least a year any action banning or restrictions on plastic shopping bags, a policy already in force across Australia's four smallest states and...
Young man collapses and dies after night out in Parramatta
Lucy Cormack Investigations are underway after a 20-year-old man collapsed and died in Sydney's south-west after a night out on Friday.
Man charged after one-punch attack outside McDonald's in Sydney CBD
Lucy Cormack A 41-year-old man has been charged after an alleged assault on two men in Sydney's CBD on Saturday morning.
More than half of NSW failing to compare energy prices
Lucy Cormack When Adam's power bills started to rise, he became one of the 42 per cent.
Solo scuba diver dies after incident at Shelly Beach in Manly
Lucy Cormack A scuba diver has been pulled from the water, feared drowned, on Sydney's northern beaches.
Woman charged over $360,000 airline ticket fraud
Lucy Cormack A woman has been charged in Sydney over an airline ticket scheme that saw hundreds of overseas students allegedly defrauded of more than $360,000.
Why are green energy prices going through the roof?
Lucy Cormack The 41 per cent price rise for green energy could have been avoided, experts say.
Boxing Day sales: Hundreds line up for David Jones bargains
Lucy Cormack More than 300 shoppers lined up outside the Elizabeth Street David Jones store on Saturday, all waiting for the big gold bell to herald the start of the annual Boxing Day sales.
Fears for koalas under state government's native forest logging overhaul
Lucy Cormack Koala populations in NSW have declined by at least 33 per cent in the last 20 years and, on current trends, could be extinct in the state by 2055.
The science of untangling Christmas lights
Lucy Cormack No, it is not just you, your Christmas lights really do come out of the box each year in a knotted mess.
The suburbs with the cleanest air in the city of Sydney
Lucy Cormack Residents of three inner suburbs can breathe easy - as long as they don't work in the city.
Decline in land and marine species leaves less poo to fertilise the planet
Lucy Cormack, Environment reporter The decline in land and marine species is having a serious impact on the world's nutrient recycling system, potentially weakening ecosystem health, fisheries and agriculture.
Fire destroys historic trams and buses at Sydney Tramway Museum
Lucy Cormack As work begins on Sydney's new trams, a fire has destroyed a shed containing historic trams and buses at the Sydney Tramway Museum in south Sydney.
Beecroft residents appeal to state government to purchase powerful owl habitat
Lucy Cormack Just 26 minutes drive from the CBD lives Mikey. But his home could be under threat and Beecroft residents are calling on the state government to lend a hand.
Police release image of a teenager who fired a cap-gun at a Wynyard station worker
Lucy Cormack The police have released an image of a teenage boy who fired a cap-gun in the direction of a transport worker at Wynyard railway station and filmed it on his mobile phone.
Parramatta shooting: candlelight vigil for slain police accountant Curtis Cheng at Parramatta police HQ
Lucy Cormack "You will be greatly missed," read just one of the myriad heartfelt messages left for slain police accountant Curtis Cheng at a candlelit vigil on Wednesday evening.
