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$80,000 bribe allegation behind council stoush
A Sydney councillor has been told to take out an advertisement in the Sun-Herald apologising to a Liberal colleague or face a lawsuit.
James Robertson is a Reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald.
A Sydney councillor has been told to take out an advertisement in the Sun-Herald apologising to a Liberal colleague or face a lawsuit.
Voters at 15 NSW councils in the middle of legal fights against mergers will nonetheless go to the polls this year, in elections that critics say could have to be repeated within a year.
The Liberal party narrowly retained two key pieces of its heartland in Sydney's north after voters delivered thumping swings away from the party in three byelections on Saturday.
A Liberal candidate for this weekend's North Shore byelection has backtracked on a claim to have lived in the electorate for a decade, following questions from the Herald.
Two-and-a-half months since announcing his exit from politics former Premier Mike Baird teamed up with his successor on Sunday and praised her decision to partly dismantle one of his key policies.
Growing use of services such Uber and Airbnb has led to a billion-dollar increase in the size of the so-called sharing or collaborative economy in NSW over the past year, a new study has found.
On Sydney's southern tip at Burraneer, Harry Magiros and Vicki Weeks are engaged in what could be, statistically, Sydney's most epic neighbourly dispute.
A much-trumpeted state government crackdown on property developers on councils has been described as useless after a councillor was able to declare he was not a developer despite running a company that has made nearly 100 development applications in three years.
Alan Beasley began researching the medicinal benefits of cannabis after his wife had a brain seizure.
The state government is resisting calls to make life jackets mandatory for all rock fishermen after another two men were swept to their deaths and says people must take responsibility for their own actions.
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