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Hundreds of thousands of western Sydney drivers would be able to cut precious minutes off their daily commute under a plan from the Coalition to speed up WestConnex. Ambulance officers will this week go into open revolt against NSW Health rules and leave non-urgent  Sydney bikie gangs have lost one fifth of their members following an unprecedented crackdown by NSW Police,  And The Wests Tigers hav...

Commuters will be able to travel on ferries, trains, buses, metro and light rail services as many times as they like without paying more than $40 a week with the Coalition to slash the weekly travel cap. They say they had no idea they were buying the former home of missing fraudster Melissa Caddick when they paid $9.8 million for the Dover Heights mansion. Olympic legend Michael Klim claims he was...

First-homebuyers and lower income earners will be hardest hit when interest rates on more than a quarter of a million home loans in NSW more than double this year. Help from above was crucial in proving the children of an ex deputy commissioner of the ATO were guilty of a $105 million tax fraud It took a bold and “risky” plan to lure out a group of alleged kidnappers from their hide-out and end a...

A sickening fight club phenomenon where crowds gather to watch and film teenagers in barefisted brawls has been uncovered in a NSW country town Labor candidate for Penrith Karen McKeown has been caught out opposing the proposed Penrith stadium upgrade. Bruce Lehrmann has broken his silence about Brittany Higgins’ allegations And Ryan Moore, the English superstar rated by his peers as the world’s b...

Anthony Albanese now needs to lop as much as $1200 from Western Sydney power bills if he is going to make good on his pre-election vow  Kidnappers allegedly used sledgehammers and pliers to rip out three teeth from a young Sydney man held hostage for six days  Human rights experts have accused Paul Keating of “regurgitating Chinese Communist Party talking points”  And The NRL has ruled out delayin...

Australia will undergo a decades-long industrial revolution as it spends up to $368bn on a nuclear-powered submarine fleet Sydney is the cocaine and heroin capital of Australia, while regional NSW is heavily-reliant on the two drugs Panthers chief executive Brian Fletcher has revealed he was subjected to a vile death threat in which a deranged man sent him razor blades And If this really is the Sw...

Off-the-shelf technology including hypersonic missiles, autonomous undersea vehicles and cyber warfare systems will be fast-tracked to sharpen Australia’s defences before our nuclear submarines hit the water. Mobile phone jammers like those used in prisons could be rolled out in schools under a Minns Labor government. Two Liberal Party volunteers claim Parramatta mayor and Labor candidate Donna Da...

Children will get their own savings accounts to help them buy a house and afford an education when they turn 18 under Premier Dominic Perrottet’s headline election policy, designed to convince parents to give the Liberal Party a historic fourth term of government.  A Snapshot of a female driver’s underwear inadvertently taken by a mobile phone detection camera has sparked a government review into...

THE ARL Commission has plans for a 20-team competition in the most significant expansion project for the game since the Super League war. THE long-time darling of Australian television Kate Ritchie knew it was time to walk away. FORMER Newcastle Knights halfback Scott Dureau knows the meaning of putting your life in someone else’s hands – he’s had to do it three times. FAMILIES will have $250 slas...

MICHAEL Cranston was on the verge of a full blown panic attack and had to end the phone call that helped destroy his decorated career. HILLSONG is officially being investigated by the charities watchdog, which has the power to strip it of its tax-free status. A MAN once credited with breathing new life into Kings Cross is believed to have left the country, after four of his popular Sydney restaura...

QUESTIONS have been raised over the profile of Labor leader Chris Minns after a remarkable 60 per cent of people surveyed in his own electorate failed to recognise him, with some identifying him as Premier Dominic Perrottet’s “opposition”. PEOPLE with peanut allergies could soon have their bodies retrained to tolerate the food using a breakthrough Australian immunotherapy treatment. A VICTORIAN ju...

COMMUTERS were fleeced hundreds of dollars on exorbitant Uber bills as Sydney’s train network collapsed in yesterday’s peak hour with the Transport Minister slamming the rideshare giant for preying on people’s misery. Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe paid off his eastern Sydney house with the aid of a heavily discounted, taxpayer subsidised mortgage, it has been revealed. ROSEHILL Gardens will be...

A candidate for the Labor stronghold of Liverpool has been caught out slamming her own party and accusing them of dudding “people of colour” after it parachuted a “white, male millionaire” into Parramatta. Just one more hike – that’s the coded message of hope buried in the last paragraph of Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Philip Lowe’s statement on its latest 0.25 per cent interest rate increas...

MORTGAGE holders are being denied the chance to save thousands of dollars a year by refinancing to a lower interest rate because the official test of their ability to repay no longer makes sense, one of the nation’s largest mortgage brokers has warned. FOX Sports and Kayo have recorded their highest TV ratings in history in a blockbuster start to the NRL season over the weekend highlighted by the...

A young mother who gave her baby son a puff on a vape sparking national outrage says she is sorry for putting her child in danger and has learnt a ‘massive lesson’ from her mistake. HECS help for healthcare students and a crackdown on government contractors have led Labor leader Chris Minns’ official pitch to become Premier at the party’s campaign launch And Harry Styles ended his Australian tour ...

He was the infamous heavily-tattooed gym junkie who shot up his ex-lover’s house and two police stations, but to his devastated family Daniel King was a man tortured by a brain injury that still hides in the shadows of society. Complaints of a toxic ­culture in the NSW Police helicopter fleet have sparked an “extraordinary” union meeting that could ground the force’s five choppers. The highly cont...

People never used to lock their cars or homes in Hermidale – but they do now. After local farmer and truck driver Joel Carter was found dead on his isolated property, called Rosehill, two months ago. After 20 years of a crime-free life a Western Sydney man was pulled back  by the allure of hundreds of thousands of dollars in the Calabrian mafia’s cannabis trade. In 90 days – from December 1, 2022...

A young boy’s screams for help after witnessing his dad shot dead through the windscreen of their family car could be heard blocks away. The election campaign has kicked up a gear with a head-to-head rumble at Rosehill where both leaders launched duelling scare campaigns over how their opponent will pay for their election commitments. A rapidly growing number of home-loan customers are turning to...

Furious Western Sydney leaders have slammed Labor’s plans to shelve a crucial Metro link between Parramatta and the region’s new airport The glamorous lawyer daughter of controversial property developer Jean Nassif has been released on strict conditional bail amid allegations she supplied fake contracts to secure a $150 million loan to help her father  Renee Ferguson, who made headlines when she b...

Hundreds of Australians seeking to return home with their pets after living overseas have had their plans thrown in disarray by “needlessly cruel” rule changes Premier Dominic Perrottet has ruled out more privatisation but conceded the state may have to incur more debt to pay for the Coalition‘s ambitious infrastructure agenda At-risk youth will be at the centre of a $36 million law and order cash...

Cronulla superstar Nicho Hynes  can’t imagine pulling on another NRL club’s jersey after the support he’s received during what he calls the toughest time of his life. Immigration centre detainees waiting to be deported are making thousands of dollars a week by posting TikTok clips from behind bars Parents are fast figuring out they don’t need to fork out $40,000 for a grade-A education as the numb...

The soaring cost of leasing a home and the lowest vacancy rate in 12 years has the March 25 poll primed to be the first renters’ election, with tenants in Western Sydney marginal seats set to decide the outcome. The Perrottet government has promised 100,000 new jobs will be created in Western Sydney in the next five years under their booming infrastructure to-do list while Labor will reinvigorate...

South Sydney’s Liam Knight might play in the world’s toughest collision sport, but he’s opening up over the perils of mental health. Women have separately alleged that young, female ­students at a Hillsong college were taught to physically “submit” to their husbands. Nine months after defeat, ex-PM Scott Morrison is comfortable, relaxed and “chilled”. First-home buyers will be able to choose betwe...

A leading law firm is in damage control with six of its lawyers set to be referred for disciplinary investigation following drug and sex claims. Terror mastermind Hamdi Alqudsi plotted to blow up Sydney’s Mardi Gras, a Harbour naval base and even his own court hearing. In less than two years, Phil Gould has turned the Bulldogs from a club mired in failure to a destination of choice. A leading chil...

The Albanese government is accused of having sticky fingers after the Assistant Treasurer compared superannuation savings to “honey’’. Flood victims in the central west will be offered more free financial counselling to help recover. Childcare centre fees across Australia have risen but experts say there are a range of ways parents can save. Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce has assured customers...