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NSW bureaucrat suspended with pay pending corruption investigation into Sydney property deal

The senior planning department official purchased a property in the upper north shore suburb of Gordon within one of the government's planned Transport Oriented Development Zones before the policy was made public last year.
Corruption findings face legal challenge after ICAC's High Court 'disaster'

Sydney suburbs targeted for high-density housing revealed in accidentally published list

The hotly anticipated but unfinished document was mistakenly posted on the Department of Planning website on Tuesday, but deleted shortly after. It also appears to reveal the fate of the Metro West project.
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Could empty office spaces help ease Sydney's housing crisis?

Office space vacancies remain high in Sydney's city centre and commercial areas. But residential development success stories offer a potential solution to the ongoing housing crisis.
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Composite image of two tall buildings after a conversion

Nine arrested, Sydney homes seized, as police crush 'underground bank'

Federal police charge nine people and restrain 20 properties including luxury homes in Sydney's east and a 360-hectare block of land near the future Western Sydney Airport. 
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A man with a blurred face flanked by detectives in suits

Inside the 'historic' tunnels under Sydney Harbour which will slash travel times for commuters

Work is completed on tunnels that will allow commuters to travel deep under Sydney Harbour, with NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet saying the project will "transform the way we travel around our great city".
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concrete tunnel lit across the ceiling

It's a picnic with the past as Sydney cemeteries find new life as parks

Cemeteries left neglected and overgrown can find new life as parks, and councils across Sydney have been doing it for years.
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Some headstones and monuments made of sandstone remain among freshly mowed grassland.

What we know so far about Sydney's mystery Belrose Hotel cases

Contact tracers are working around the clock in an attempt to find the "missing link" between positive cases that attended a pub on Sydney's northern beaches. Here's what you need to know.
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The exterior of the Belrose Hotel.

New South Wales issues COVID-19 alert for flight passengers and multiple Sydney bus routes

New South Wales Health issues warnings to passengers of a regional flight out of Sydney and multiple bus routes going into the Sydney CBD over the past week.
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A Rex plane on a tarmac

'A huge improvement': Hearing-impaired children find help online during pandemic

A record number of hearing-impaired children have graduated from a crucial therapy program despite COVID-19 forcing them online.
Imogen and Catherine Munkara-Kerr sit at their dining table.

With Sydney set to grow by 1.5 million, minister starts reshaping the 'boomburgs'

Australia's biggest city is set to swell by 30 per cent in little more than 15 years. A large percentage of the population will pour into the south-west growth corridor, posing huge logistical and political challenges.
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A drone shot of a housing development in a semi-rural area.

Man who killed nurse 'in prime of her life' sentenced to 20 years in prison

Robert Adams, 64, will serve at least 15 years in jail for the murder of Sydney nurse Mary Wallace more than 30 years ago.
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A man looks at the camera.

Power restored across Sydney and NSW Central Coast

Ausgrid restores power to all 23,000 homes and businesses it says were affected by blackouts across Sydney and the state's Hunter and Central Coast regions.
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Map showing reported power outages in Pymble, Bankstown and Crows Nest areas.

Accused murderer 'raped three women before nurse's disappearance'

A court has heard the man charged with murdering Sydney nurse Mary Wallace in 1983, had shown a pattern of behaviour with "striking similarities".
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mary Wallace

Sydney man on trial 33 years after nurse's suspected murder

Three woman who said they were raped by a man charged with the murder of a Sydney nurse more than 30 years ago will give evidence at his trial.
Robert John Adams

Former NRL player John Hopoate granted bail after alleged confrontation

Former NRL player John Hopoate is granted bail after allegedly clashing with a Sydney business owner in a long-running dispute.
Former NRL player John Hopoate walking along a street after leaving Manly Local Court.

Elderly woman dies after alleged hit-and-run in Sydney's north

Police are searching for a taxi driver who allegedly hit an elderly woman and failed to stop on the Pacific Highway at Crows Nest, in Sydney's north.
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Fire tears through restaurant on Sydney's north shore

Firefighters work to extinguish a fire at a restaurant on Sydney's north shore that sparked an evacuation of nearby businesses.
The Stuyvesant's House Restaurant

Brothel madam jailed for detaining staff

A Sydney brothel madam who lured women from Asia to work in Australia has been jailed for six years for detaining staff against their will.
The scales of justice stand outside the Supreme Court.

Magistrate refuses Newton mental health bid

Matthew Newton's lawyer has failed in a bid to have the actor's assault case dealt with under the Mental Health Act.
Actor Matthew Newton leaves the Downing Centre Court

Photos prove Newton's innocence, court told

The lawyer for Matthew Newton has produced hundreds of photos in a Sydney court which he says prove the actor did not bash a taxi driver last year.
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Actor Matthew Newton

Matthew Newton charged with cabbie assault

Troubled actor Matthew Newton has been charged after allegedly assaulting a taxi driver in Sydney's north.
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Actor Matthew Newton

Coroner refers nurse's suspected death to DPP

A coroner says evidence exists that is capable of convincing a jury to convict a known person over the death of nurse Mary Wallace.
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mary Wallace

Last man to see nurse 'had violent past'

The inquest into the 1983 disappearance of a Sydney nurse has heard the last man to see her had a history of violence.
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mary Wallace

Inquest into disappearance of nurse to begin

An inquest into the disappearance of a Sydney nurse last seen getting into a car 27 years ago has begun in Sydney.
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Mary Louise Wallace was last seen on September 24, 1983

Packer a father for second time

James Packer's wife Erica has given birth to a boy.
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James Packer and wife Erica Baxter walk through Flemington race course