NSW News
High Court allows challenge to public servants' salary cap
ANNA PATTY 12:10pm The High Court has granted the NSW Public Service Association leave to challenge the NSW Government's industrial laws capping public sector salary rises to 2.5%.
Budget night blast: man charged over domestic row
Stephanie Gardiner 11:59am A man who took himself to hospital suffering burns on his arms and back has been charged over a car fire in Cronulla, which police said was part of a domestic dispute.
Prostitute gets 10 years for 'degrading' killing of Sydney teacher
Paul Bibby 11:57am A 24-year-old male prostitute who subjected a respected Sydney high school teacher to a "cruel and degrading death" by binding and gagging him and leaving him to die, has been sentenced to 10 years' jail.
Bedlam inside and outside Sydney court as man sentenced over stabbing death
11:56am Violent scenes erupted in a Sydney courtroom after a man who stabbed a 16-year-old boy to death was jailed for a minimum of four years.
Fatal crash on Pacific Highway
Stephanie Gardiner 11:20am A 70-year-old man was killed when his car crossed to the wrong side of the Pacific Highway and collided with a truck, police say.
Stabbed 11 times: victim chases attacker
Stephanie Gardiner 9:23am A man stabbed 11 times in a random assault in Sydney's west chased after his attacker before realising he was hurt, police say.
It never rains but it spores as weeds multiply
Saffron Howden THEY are hungry, they are thirsty and they attack indiscriminately.
Charged teenagers investigated over link to drive-by shootings
Nick Ralston TWO boys are alleged to have committed at least one of several recent drive-by shootings that forced the state government to toughen its laws on bikie gangs and left the city on high alert.
Come in, Sydney, the water's sublime
Nicky Phillips AT THIS time of year Alice Veersema is not the kind of ocean swimmer who plunges in head first.
Final moments of Brazilian student caught on CCTV before his death
Lisa Davies SHIRTLESS, excited and on the wrong side of a convenience store counter, a Brazilian student is recorded on a security camera. But within minutes of the footage being captured, Roberto Laudisio Curti was dead - pursued by six police and stunned with a Taser gun up to three times, collapsing almost a kilometre away in Sydney's CBD.
Future now looks grim for Kurnell
Brian Robins, Esther Han CALTEX has moved a step closer to closing the Kurnell oil refinery, which would leave Sydney without any refining capacity after Shell had decided to close its Clyde refinery.
Keddies gouging tied to software savings
Geesche Jacobsen A CAR accident victim was overcharged by Keddies lawyers partly because the firm skimped on buying enough licences for a billing software program, a tribunal has heard.
River ferries could service eight new sites
Jacob Saulwick RESIDENTS on the Parramatta River and on the lower north shore could be served by eight new ferry wharves - if the state government was prepared to plan and pay for them.
Cash flow boost as desal plant is first to go in privatisation plans
Anna Patty, Sean Nicholls THE first big asset privatisation by the O'Farrell government will deliver $300 million towards building infrastructure in NSW.
Shopping centre clash sparked KFC car park gunfight, court hears
Louise Hall 5:40pm Some witnesses giving evidence in a murder trial over the death of a truck driver may have lied on oath because they feared being labelled ‘‘dogs’’ within their community, a jury has been told.
Roberto's last moments: Tasered student pictured on store's CCTV
Lisa Davies 3:01pm A Brazilian student who died after being Tasered by police has been identified in a Sydney CBD convenience store's security vision several minutes before the fatal incident.
Sydney's Randwick Racecourse to get 170-room hotel
1:00pm A 170-room hotel with a view down the finishing straight will be built at Sydney's oldest racetrack.
Cat fight: angry brother allegedly drives car into sister after pet wees on his computer
Stephanie Gardiner A man has driven his car into his sister during a domestic dispute in the Blue Mountains, sparked when her cat urinated on his computer, police say.
Lotto windfall
Mystery lottery winner hasn't claimed $25m jackpot yet
Glenda Kwek The winner of the $25 million Oz Lotto jackpot remains a mystery, NSW Lotteries say.
Teen charged as schoolgirl robbed of mobile phone
Glenda Kwek A teenager has been charged after allegedly grabbing the throat of a 12-year-old girl and stealing her mobile phone in inner-west Sydney yesterday, police say.
Two teenagers arrested over unit shooting
Two teenagers with alleged links to the Hells Angels bikie gang have been arrested and charged in connection with a shooting in Sydney's west.
Directors charged over speeding truck drivers
Matthew Moore POLICE and the NSW government have launched more than 1000 prosecutions against the directors and owners of four trucking companies, alleging they are responsible for speeding offences committed by their drivers as far back as January last year.
Liberal MPs battle it out over claims of branch stacking
SEAN NICHOLLS TENSIONS between two Liberal MPs in Sydney's north-west have erupted over accusations of branch stacking which are threatening to reignite a war between the right-wing subfactions of the NSW Liberals.
Rinehart children win right to family billions but face further struggle for control
Louise Hall AFTER an eight-month legal stoush, the children of Australia's richest person, Gina Rinehart, have won the right to an equal share of the family's multibillion-dollar trust.
Funding clash looms over Pacific Highway
SEAN NICHOLLS THE O'Farrell government has warned the timetable for the completion of the Pacific Highway upgrade is ''at risk'' due to a demand by the Commonwealth that NSW contribute half the cost, continuing the fight over the appropriate funding split.
Man charged with murder of 84-year-old after cold case investigation
Steve Butcher DETECTIVES from a NSW ''unsolved homicide team'' have charged a man with the 1994 murder of an 84-year-old after collaborating with officers from a Victoria Police taskforce into gang violence.
Reforms planned for boarding houses
ADELE HORIN BOARDING houses that are home to some of the state's most vulnerable residents will be subjected to stronger controls and penalty regimes under reforms to be announced today.
Super-club reneges on deal to fund youth centre
Leesha McKennyURBAN AFFAIRS A Sydney council says it will seek to force one of the state's largest clubs, Mounties, to abide by a written agreement to donate about $3 million to a youth centre despite the club's decision to walk away.
Teen charged with impersonating police officer
Esther Han A male teenager has been charged with impersonating a police officer after being caught with a swag of police paraphernalia in Sydney's south-west.
More strife for man disqualified from driving until 2038
Esther Han A 35-year-old man disqualified from driving until 2038 led police on a high-speed chase near Caringbah High School in Sydney's south this morning.
