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Two rescued from Figure Eight Pools in Royal National Park
Two men were flown to safety after swimming in the notorious Figure Eight Pools in Sydney's Royal National Park.
Two men were flown to safety after swimming in the notorious Figure Eight Pools in Sydney's Royal National Park.
Lifts will soon allow those in wheelchairs, the elderly and families with prams to avoid the steps to the iconic structure's pedestrian walkway.
There is a fresh fight over electricity companies being partially privatised in a potential blow to the $10 billion transaction.
Planning Minister Rob Stokes has announced funding to begin connecting open spaces through the city.
Meat continues to be the meal of choice for Australians, who are spending $378 million a week on meat to cook at home.
Jaymes Diaz, one of the most memorable political candidates in recent years, is preparing to re-enter politics.
Knives are out for two western Sydney Mayors, who are facing allegations from within their own parties that they are not fit for re-election.
In March 2013, Steven Lowy stood before the faithful of the Art Gallery of NSW and made his pitch for a major overhaul that would deliver an ambitious Sydney Modern.
Two old political foes are uniting to bring onto the agenda the debate about broadening Sydney's lone medically-supervised drug consumption centre to new parts of the city and to include users of the drug ice.
Building campuses offshore can be a risky business for Australia's universities. But a new invitation from India could change all that.
The sharp decline in home ownership rates will have far reaching consequences.
Emma Husar let her crutches do the talking during the election campaign.
Melissa Allsop was thirty weeks pregnant when she lost consciousness. She woke up two months later, 800 kilometres away from her baby.
Draft document commits to preserving existing green space and parkland in the area.
If the federal government had listened to warnings, it could have saved $3 billion.
The potential developer of the former Balmain Leagues Club site has welcomed plans for a road tunnel.
Debt collectors hired by a Catholic school pursued a woman whose foster son was allegedly abused by a staff member, a royal commission has heard.
Graphic CCTV footage from outside Merrylands police station has captured the moment a Sydney man's car erupted into a fireball in what police initially feared was a possible terrorist attack.
The escalators at one of Sydney's busiest train stations seem to have worn out their welcome.
A "very deliberate" attack on Merrylands Police Station comes after shooting threats were made against seven months ago.
Two Sydney universities are among the big winners from the demand driven system, a report reveals.
Anyone living in Kings Cross during the heroin "boom" of the late 1990s found it almost impossible to not stumble across the impact of addiction.
Fear of extinction is beginning to give way to hope for survival.
But the government is guarding against the democratic process being hijacked by a groundswell of silliness.
Careers Australia, already prosecuted by the consumer watchdog, is now buying data from job ad websites to boost its student numbers.
Complaints to the Ombudsman skyrocketed in the past three years.
To all the parents making a dash down the baby food aisle: you're doing just fine.
The Palace Cinemas chain has fallen foul of the ACCC over its ticketing process. But it says the penalty is "unfair".
We know the ethical issues around free range eggs, but how about the mass killings of millions of male chicks?
HSC inspectors and teachers give their best advice ahead of this year's exams.
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