Tag: NSW
Splurge renews hopes for housing market
The New South Wales Government is hoping the Commonwealth's announcement of an increase in the first home owner grant will kick-start Sydney's housing market. [MORE]
Iemma gets driver, secretary for a year
Taxpayers will foot the bill for an office, a secretary and a driver for Morris Iemma for at least the next year.[MORE]
171 top NSW bureaucrats face axe
The ranks of top bureaucrats are set to be slashed by 20 per cent in next month's mini-Budget.[MORE]
'Disturbing hygiene': Sushi World fined $61k
A Sydney business supplying several sushi outlets in Sydney has been fined $61,000 for breaches of the Food Act.[MORE]
Underpants MP takes back infamous couches
Former New South Wales police minister Matt Brown has taken back the green Chesterfield couches that featured in his downfall.[MORE]
Roozendaal's credibility called into question
The New South Wales Opposition has tried to attack the economic credibility of the Treasurer, Eric Roozendaal, during a Budget Estimates hearing at State Parliament.[MORE]
Manager quits council over Wollongong scandal
The assistant general manager of Wollondilly Council, in Sydney's outer south-west, has resigned less than a week after the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) found he acted corruptly in the Wollongong bribes-for-developments scandal.[MORE]
Jury played Wood's police interview
The man accused of murdering model Caroline Byrne has denied any involvement in her death in a recording of a police interview played to a Sydney court.[MORE]
High School Musical stars headed Down Under
Lock up your tweens - the stars of Disney's High School Musical are heading to Australia.[MORE]
Neglected children lived in filth: police
Police say six children removed from their parents were living in filthy conditions in Sydney's west.[MORE]
A year after horror miscarriage, Horska gives birth in RNS
The woman whose miscarriage in a hospital toilet triggered a parliamentary inquiry has given birth in the same hospital.[MORE]
Voter backlash: ALP expecting Lakemba to swing
Labor's candidate in the Sydney seat of Lakemba is bracing for a strong swing against the party in this weekend's by-election. [MORE]
Catchpole fronts Sydney court
Former rugby union player Mark Catchpole has appeared before a Sydney court in relation to drug and firearms charges brought against him in April. [MORE]
Qantas bus accident injures 7
Seven people were injured when a Qantas bus swerved to avoid an accident with another vehicle at Sydney Airport this morning.[MORE]
Taxpayers to fund M5 computer upgrade
The New South Wales Opposition says it is disappointing that taxpayers will have to pay a share of the cost of upgrading the M5 East tunnel computer.[MORE]
Impaled man taken to hospital with fence
A Sydney man is in a serious condition after impaling himself on a fence in Sydney's south-west this morning. [MORE]
Five charges dropped against Einfeld
Five of the nine charges against former Federal Court judge Marcus Einfeld have been dismissed.[MORE]
Snowy Mtns cloud seeding 'paying off'
A big cloud seeding trial is being credited for a positive turn-around in lake levels in the New South Wales Snowy Mountains.[MORE]
Councillor denies election day assault
A former New South Wales MP and former mayor of Manly, Peter Macdonald, says he will fight charges that he assaulted a man during voting for last month's local council elections.[MORE]
Lewis pushes Origin teams for World Cup
Rugby league Immortal Wally Lewis has pushed for Queensland and New South Wales - not Australia - to contest the World Cup in order to make the tournament more competitive.[MORE]
Sydney squeeze: Councils demand rail link
Councils in Sydney's south-west are threatening to block the New South Wales Government's plan to house more than a quarter of a million people in their region if a promised rail link is scrapped.[MORE]
'Happy' Monk flies into Sydney
Oz starlet Sophie Monk bounces back from a high profile break-up with a reality TV show.[MORE]
Obeid to contest mobile driving offence
New South Wales Labor powerbroker Eddie Obeid says he will contest a driving offence charge in court.[MORE]
US Marine 'assaulted sex worker'
A US Marine has been accused of sexually assaulting a sex worker in inner Sydney.[MORE]
Rees' spin doctor spend 'obscene'
NSW Premier Nathan Rees has been accused of breaking his promise to reduce Government spin.[MORE]
