Bankstown dad wins $100 million Powerball

Bankstown dad wins $100 million Powerball

The man was left in disbelief when told on Thursday night that he had claimed the entire jackpot and was now a multi-millionaire.

  • byOlivia Ireland

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‘Time is right’:Embattled Khal Asfour to quit as Canterbury-Bankstown mayor

‘Time is right’:Embattled Khal Asfour to quit as Canterbury-Bankstown mayor

Khal Asfour,whose ambitions to sit in the state’s upper house as a Labor MP were thwarted by a scandal over his expenses,will resign this week.

  • byAnthony Segaert andJordan Baker
‘Unacceptable risk’:Adam Abdallah refused bail for alleged assault of referee

‘Unacceptable risk’:Adam Abdallah refused bail for alleged assault of referee

Magistrate Glenn Walsh said 25-year-old Adam Abdallah appeared to beat the soccer referee “savagely” and posed an “unacceptable risk” to the community.

  • byOlivia Ireland
I’ll be back,says linesman with broken jaw as man charged over soccer attack
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I’ll be back,says linesman with broken jaw as man charged over soccer attack

Greenacre withdrew its top men’s team from a suburban Sydney soccer competition in response to a violent assault on a referee,as police charged a 25-year-old man over the incident.

  • byJordan Baker
Canterbury-Bankstown mayor’s expenses ‘outside community expectations’,inquiry finds

Canterbury-Bankstown mayor’s expenses ‘outside community expectations’,inquiry finds

A NSW parliamentary inquiry has called for a review of councillors’ expenses after it was revealed Canterbury-Bankstown mayor Khal Asfour spent thousands of ratepayers’ dollars on designer suits and spa treatments.

  • byAlexandra Smith
‘This is payback’:Mayor says he is political target after criticising western Sydney lockdowns

‘This is payback’:Mayor says he is political target after criticising western Sydney lockdowns

Canterbury Bankstown Mayor Khal Asfour says an inquiry into the south-west Sydney council was payback for his criticism of harsh lockdowns during COVID-19.

  • byJordan Baker
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‘Sale of the century’:The $1 deal and the mayor who knew nothing

‘Sale of the century’:The $1 deal and the mayor who knew nothing

Questions surround a Bankstown development that would see an associate of Eddie Obeid make millions.

  • byBen Cubby andJordan Baker
Pilot escapes injury after plane crashes into fence,car at Bankstown

Pilot escapes injury after plane crashes into fence,car at Bankstown

Flight tracking software shows the plane had just taken off from Bankstown Airport when it completed a left-hand loop,landing shortly afterwards.

  • byGeorgina Mitchell
‘Not ready to govern’:Labor MP Tania Mihailuk quits party

‘Not ready to govern’:Labor MP Tania Mihailuk quits party

Tania Mihailuk said Labor’s decision to allow her arch nemesis to run for parliament is proof the party is still plagued by corruption.

  • byAlexandra Smith andTom Rabe
Man charged after allegedly helping bikie Tarek Zahed carry out murder of rival

Man charged after allegedly helping bikie Tarek Zahed carry out murder of rival

The 44-year-old has been charged with accessory after the fact to murder after he allegedly attempted to destroy Youssef Assoum’s vehicle after his death in 2014.

  • bySarah Keoghan
Teenager in a serious condition after alleged Sydney hit-and-run collision

Teenager in a serious condition after alleged Sydney hit-and-run collision

Emergency services were called by witnesses to the collision where they found the 15-year-old boy with pelvic and leg injuries.

  • byNigel Gladstone