Penny Timms
Penny Timms is a multi-platform journalist with the ABC News Specialist Reporting Team. She is currently on secondment with ABC News in Sydney, travelling across the state to report stories. She has previously worked for the ABC's national audio current affairs unit, reporting for programs including AM, The World Today, and PM. Penny has also worked for ABC News in Darwin, and has reported from remote places in the outback and regional Queensland. Penny's interests include the environment, climate change, social affairs, and health. You can find her on Threads @PennyTimms.
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Isabelle's commute became a 'hot mess' overnight. What solutions are there to Sydney's traffic woes?
Planning experts say more investment is needed in public transport to support high density housing, as Greater Sydney's population is estimated to sit at 6 million by 2040.
Disgraced former top detective Roger Rogerson dies serving prison sentence for murder
The former police officer was awarded at least a dozen accolades for his work on some of the country's most high-profile cases before turning to a life of crime and spending his final days behind bars.
Sydney apartment tower development 'at threat of collapse' after 'serious defects' found in concrete
The Lachlan's Line precinct was completed in 2020, consisting of four buildings containing a total of 900 apartments, with a retail village on the ground floor.
'Not for the faint-hearted': People told to stay away from mysterious Sydney beach
The mysterious appearance and disappearance of sand at a bay in Sydney's east has caused both intrigue and headaches for decades, depending on who you are.
The 'annoying, irritating cough' that GPs say parents should be aware of
NSW reports more than the average number of patients presenting with mycoplasma pneumonia for this time of year.
Leaving bags behind a major factor in safe evacuation of burning Japan Airlines plane, experts say
This is what we know about what led to the crash and how all 379 people on the commercial aircraft survived.
Mince pies recalled by Woolworths due to possible metal contamination
Woolworths has recalled shortcrust mince pies right before Christmas in NSW because of potential metal contamination.
Kathleen Folbigg speaks out after convictions for killing children overturned
Kathleen Folbigg, once labelled the nation's worst female serial killer, has the convictions for killing her four children overturned by the NSW Court of Criminal Appeal.
Gasps in court as Buxton P-plate driver jailed for 12 years over crash that killed five teenagers
A magistrate says the deaths of five teenagers in a crash in south-west Sydney last year were "completely avoidable" after jailing driver Tyrell Edwards for 12 years.
Sydney's multi-billion-dollar roadway with choke points designers didn't see coming
The much-discussed Rozelle Interface has proved to have teething problems after opening on Sunday. But experts say it isn't user error.
NSW police officer charged with manslaughter over fatal tasering of Clare Nowland
Clare Nowland, who had dementia, died in Cooma Hospital in May a week after allegedly being tasered by Senior Constable Kristian White at her Yallambee Lodge nursing home.
Shock waves after suspected murder of 21-year-old Lilie James spotlights violence against women
When 21-year-old Lilie James failed to return home from work on Wednesday, a welfare phone call led police to a tragic crime scene they found confronting.
'This is not good for any student': NSW hit with major shortage of casual teachers
A major casual teacher shortage means almost 10,000 lessons are happening without adequate educational support in public schools across New South Wales every day. Here's how it could affect your child's school.
'Series of red flags': Sydneysiders warned to save water as rainfall, dam levels take a dive
Hot temperatures and a dry winter saw a spike in water usage across Greater Sydney, prompting fears the region could be on water restrictions by this time next year.
First Nations support workers report a rise in racism ahead of Voice referendum
A First Nations crisis support line is receiving hundreds of calls, as its manager says respectful referendum discussion has been replaced by personal attacks and racial abuse online.
Organised crime blitz across Sydney prevents 'two, perhaps three' murders in past five weeks
Nine people, including two women, were arrested overnight over a range of gun and drug offences, with prohibited items and cash seized, following an operation by Taskforce Magnus.
Naomi speaks up about the 'disrespectful' treatment she received after her baby was stillborn
Through tears Naomi Bowden tells a NSW inquiry into birth trauma how distressing it was to have police take her stillborn daughter and put her in an ice box in front of her.
'You're a bad mother': Court hears more recordings of alleged abuse by Tyrrell foster mother
William Tyrrell's foster mother blamed the pressure of a police investigation for her alleged abuse towards a different child, a court has heard.
NSW teachers would be the most highly paid in Australia under new proposed pay deal
Under the proposed pay deal, first-year teachers would see an increase of almost $10,000 in their annual salaries and the maximum salary would go up by almost $9,000.
'Boys weekends', cash and a Chinese developer: Former councillors took part in corrupt conduct, ICAC finds
Vincenzo Badalati, Constantine Hindi and Philip Sansom accepted cash and gifts from a Chinese property developer, in return for favourable treatment over property proposals.
Man charged after allegedly sexually assaulting 14yo girl at toilet block in Sydney park
A 46-year-old man has been denied bail after being charged with the alleged sexual assault of a teenage girl at a park in southern Sydney.
'Radioactive isotopes' found in Sydney home did not threaten national security, Australian Border Force says
Emergency services seized over 50 vials of hazardous materials, which Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) said on Thursday was believed to be low-level radioactive isotopes, from an Arncliffe property on Thursday.
'Unethical and unfair': Patients told to share personal data or lose access to bulk billing
Patients are being pushed to provide their personal data to a medical provider's app and rewards program in order to access bulk billing from their GP, raising privacy and cost of living concerns from consumer groups.
A Sydney woman is trying to climb all 14 of the world's tallest mountains — without carrying oxygen
Allie Pepper is aiming to scale all 14 of the highest mountains in the world, without oxygen, and in just three years.
Scientists successfully reintroduce locally extinct mammals to safe fenced-in zones
Species which once roamed freely now thrive in a fenced-in safe haven created in Sturt National Park, part of one of the world's biggest mammal reintroduction projects.