‘It fundamentally changed the social fabric of NSW’:How clubs got hooked on pokies

‘It fundamentally changed the social fabric of NSW’:How clubs got hooked on pokies

Once they were modest affairs,but now they are Taj Mahals with a dark underbelly.

  • byHarriet Alexander

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The new private high school that is abruptly closing its doors
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The new private high school that is abruptly closing its doors

St Peter’s Anglican Grammar opened at the start of the school year. Just months later,parents were left shocked when they were told it was no longer viable.

  • byDaniella White
Reward for information about missing NSW woman raised to $1m

Reward for information about missing NSW woman raised to $1m

Amber Haigh’s family have issued an emotional plea for information into the disappearance of the young mother,who was last seen at Campbelltown train station in 2002.

  • byMary Ward
‘Equally disappointed’:A-League club slams council over dodgy surface

‘Equally disappointed’:A-League club slams council over dodgy surface

Macarthur FC could be forced to take multiple home games on the road due to the horrendous state of the pitch at Campbelltown Stadium. The A-League club has put the blame squarely on the local council.

  • byVince Rugari
Mandatory masks and curfew for LGAs of concern:New COVID-19 restrictions for NSW

Mandatory masks and curfew for LGAs of concern:New COVID-19 restrictions for NSW

Masks will be mandatory outside the home,except for exercise,across NSW while a 9pm to 5am curfew will be introduced in Sydney’s 12 local government areas of concern.

  • bySarah McPhee
Sydney nurses walk off job in escalating pay dispute with state government

Sydney nurses walk off job in escalating pay dispute with state government

Nurses and midwives at Liverpool and Campbelltown hospitals have walked off the job this afternoon after having a “gutful of being ignored”,the union says.

  • byDaniella White,Sarah McPhee andMary Ward
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From Claymore to Berrima:how a woman was allegedly stabbed,abducted and rescued from a car boot

From Claymore to Berrima:how a woman was allegedly stabbed,abducted and rescued from a car boot

The 12-hour ordeal allegedly started between Tuesday night and Wednesday morning in south-west Sydney.

  • byFergus Hunter
Man dead,P-plate driver charged after police pursuit in Sydney's south-west

Man dead,P-plate driver charged after police pursuit in Sydney's south-west

The male passenger was thrown from the car after it crashed into a power pole about 11.20pm on Thursday.

  • byMegan Gorrey andJenny Noyes
$84m to support wildlife protection plan for Cumberland Plain
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$84m to support wildlife protection plan for Cumberland Plain

The plan is a"once-in-a-generation commitment"to support koalas and other biodiversity in the fast-expanding housing zone in Sydney's south-west,the Planning Minister says.

  • byPeter Hannam
Crossroads Hotel COVID-19 cluster linked to Melbourne outbreak

Crossroads Hotel COVID-19 cluster linked to Melbourne outbreak

A coronavirus cluster at a south-western Sydney pub has been genomically linked to Melbourne cases,putting NSW on high alert for a similar large-scale outbreak.

  • byRachel Clun,Lisa Visentin andKate Aubusson
Health direction breaches in Queensland to bring up to six months'jail

Health direction breaches in Queensland to bring up to six months'jail

Deputy Premier Steven Miles announced on Tuesday that the changes would boost the maximum penalty — a $4003 fine — which appeared to not be'sufficient'.

  • byMatt Dennien