Man in critical condition after drowning at remote Ku-ring-gai beach

Man in critical condition after drowning at remote Ku-ring-gai beach

Rescuers had to use a boat to retrieve the man from the beach,which can only be accessed by a steep bushland track.

  • byCarrie Fellner

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Residents reported gas leaks in months before townhouse explosion

Residents reported gas leaks in months before townhouse explosion

More than 48 hours after the blast,Housing Minister Rose Jackson has yet to receive a full list of works carried out at the Whalan property.

  • byAnthony Segaert
‘We just watched it blow up’:Whalan victim was in kitchen when home exploded
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‘We just watched it blow up’:Whalan victim was in kitchen when home exploded

Mhey Yumol Jasmin was in the kitchen of her mother’s unit when the building exploded. Police found her body on Monday morning.

  • byJessica McSweeney
Rescue efforts for missing woman continue after western Sydney townhouse explosion

Rescue efforts for missing woman continue after western Sydney townhouse explosion

Emergency services are holding out hope that a woman,believed to be trapped under the rubble of the Whalan townhouse that exploded on Saturday,is still alive.

  • byAnthony Segaert
Rescuers listening for sounds from rubble amid search for missing person
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Rescuers listening for sounds from rubble amid search for missing person

A townhouse in Whalan burst into flames in an explosion so loud it was heard in neighbouring suburbs,leaving at least six people injured and one unaccounted for.

  • byAmber Schultz
‘You’re an idiot’:Man spends night on cliff ledge after wrong turn on popular coastal walk

‘You’re an idiot’:Man spends night on cliff ledge after wrong turn on popular coastal walk

Despite falling into the ocean,being washed onto rocks and spending the night on a cliff ledge,a bushwalker in Royal National Park was lucky to walk away largely unscathed.

  • byJosefine Ganko
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ACCC issues warning over Lithium-ion batteries
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ACCC issues warning over Lithium-ion batteries

The Australian Consumer and Competition Commission issued a safety warning after yet another lithium-ion battery fire.

Emergency services pour concrete into sinkhole to shore up Sydney building

Emergency services pour concrete into sinkhole to shore up Sydney building

The 10-metre-wide hole opened up at an office block in an industrial park in Rockdale on Friday morning,at a site above the M6 tunnel construction.

  • byAndrew Taylor
Sinkhole puts the brakes on a troubled motorway project

Sinkhole puts the brakes on a troubled motorway project

Construction on part of the $3 billion M6 motorway project has been brought to a sudden halt after a large hole opened up at the Rockdale site.

  • byMatt O'Sullivan andJessica McSweeney
Asbestos-ridden mulch may have been discovered in private homes

Asbestos-ridden mulch may have been discovered in private homes

The NSW taskforce will assist the Environmental Protection Authority investigation into hundreds of sites across Sydney potentially contaminated by asbestos-ridden mulch.

  • byMax Maddison andJessica McSweeney
The reason firefighters think they’re worth a 20% pay rise

The reason firefighters think they’re worth a 20% pay rise

Firefighters are working harder than ever and their pay should reflect that,the professional firefighters union says as pay negotiations loom.

  • byJessica McSweeney