'Direct linkage': Labor's liquor licence plan for Sydney live music venues

Venues that offer live music across the state could stay open later than their regular hours, under a licensing scheme being pushed by the Labor opposition.

It's official: Bankstown is no longer part of western Sydney

In local government terms, the break has become official. Bankstown is no longer western Sydney.

The 'pterodactyls' that keep politicians honest

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The work of auditors-general has become one of the main tools by which government obfuscation has been rubbed against the grain.

'Consistent defects': Limits imposed on Hawkesbury rail bridge

Limits are being imposed on the number of freight trains running over the rail bridge connecting Sydney with the Central Coast and Newcastle, after engineering reports found cracking in the bridge's concrete and "consistent defects" in its steel frame.

Cyclist ID plan hits the skids in latest Baird government about-turn

The government had said cyclists would face a $106 fine for failing to carry identification from March.

Sydney's buses 'almost never' on time

Public transport use is soaring across Sydney, putting more pressure on crowded trains and buses.

Parents, siblings 'witnessed girl being crushed by monument'

A three-year-old Sydney girl crushed by a stone monument died in front of her siblings and parents, devastated friends have revealed.

Shake-up looms for low-income housing rents

Social housing tenants could be forced to pay more in rent depending on the location and size of their house or apartment under options being examined by the state's pricing regulator.

Woman punched and man stabbed after violent night in Sydney's CBD

Two men have been arrested after multiple violent incidents at fast-food outlets in Sydney's central business district early on Sunday.