How an elite group controls some of Sydney’s most lucrative venues

How an elite group controls some of Sydney’s most lucrative venues

Box seat tickets,overseas junkets,complementary beverages – there are perks to being the director of a profitable registered club,and the battle for seats can be vicious.

  • byHarriet Alexander

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The 8.04am train gets you from Canterbury to Town Hall in 33 minutes. The bus? Not so quick

The 8.04am train gets you from Canterbury to Town Hall in 33 minutes. The bus? Not so quick

The current bus route takes twice as long as the train does. Will the government find a solution before it closes the T3 line for the Metro conversion?

  • byAnthony Segaert
The seven best luxury properties on the market right now

The seven best luxury properties on the market right now

We’ve travelled far and wide across the country to bring you our favourite luxury listings,from a Tudor-style home to a Hamptons-inspired retreat.

  • byKate Farrelly
Bondi cocaine kingpin’s death triggers 100-strong police taskforce
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Bondi cocaine kingpin’s death triggers 100-strong police taskforce

A month-long round of shootings and killings followed Alen Moradian execution,as warring gangs vie to control Sydney’s drug market.

  • byPerry Duffin,Sarah Keoghan andAngus Dalton
‘Big money’:Police arrest five men,seize $15 million worth of drugs in two-day blitz

‘Big money’:Police arrest five men,seize $15 million worth of drugs in two-day blitz

Detectives executed 13 warrants,seized $15 million worth of drugs and froze $8 million worth of assets during the two-day blitz of international crime syndicates.

  • bySarah Keoghan
Pictures reveal devastation facing owners as Toplace empire crumbles

Pictures reveal devastation facing owners as Toplace empire crumbles

Frantic apartment owners will find out next week whether the construction company will survive after it was placed into administration amid ongoing concerns about serious defects.

  • byCarrie Fellner andSue Williams
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Patrick’s apartment block has defects. He has nightmares of being buried beneath rubble

Patrick’s apartment block has defects. He has nightmares of being buried beneath rubble

There’s cracking,crumbling and a crippling cost for repairs. Residents in Toplace’s troubled Vicinity apartment block fear for their safety after it was slapped with another rectification order.

  • bySue Williams
Embattled property developer Jean Nassif again banned from operating in NSW

Embattled property developer Jean Nassif again banned from operating in NSW

The developer and his company Toplace have once more been banned from operating after dozens of defects were found in several apartment developments in Sydney.

  • byMegan Gorrey
‘People tend to overlook it’:The best value suburb within 10km of Sydney’s CBD

‘People tend to overlook it’:The best value suburb within 10km of Sydney’s CBD

Living close to the city centre isn’t cheap,but in some pockets house hunters will get much better bang for their buck - even by moving one suburb over.

  • byKate Burke andElizabeth Redman
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
Armani,Hugo Boss and a Bally briefcase;Fix ‘loose’ council spending,inquiry says
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NSW councils

Armani,Hugo Boss and a Bally briefcase;Fix ‘loose’ council spending,inquiry says

A draft report from an inquiry into a major Sydney council says councillors’ overseas interests should be tracked after the mayor revealed a unit in the Philippines.

  • byJordan Baker