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Greyhound racing
Urine samples, soft-serves and an empty grandstand: A night out at the greyhound track
A horror week of headlines for the greyhound racing industry didn’t deter regular punters from watching the dogs on Thursday. We thought we’d go along.
- by Anthony Segaert
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The Sydney apartment building found to have serious defects
The builder being prosecuted by the EPA over 10 tonnes of asbestos-riddled construction waste on his wife’s Southern Highlands property has been dealt a new blow.
- by Anthony Segaert
Bodies of mother and teenage daughter found in Sydney home
Police were called to the home in Sydney’s north-west on Thursday morning, responding to reports of a concern for welfare.
- by Clare Sibthorpe and Anthony Segaert
Inside the $14 million battle to fix a northern Sydney hole in the ground
Ryde councillors will vote on Tuesday night on the bill to clean up the hole-in-the-ground Ryde Central site before it is safe to open as a green space.
- by Anthony Segaert
This council job pays up to $633,852 a year. But there’s an easy way to lose it
Council general managers and chief executives are supposed to be non-political. However, they’re being hired and fired by councillors.
- by Anthony Segaert
NSW budget 2024 as it happened: State faces decade in the red as Treasurer Daniel Mookhey hands down budget
Health, transport, education and a shaky economic forecast: Follow our live coverage as NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey hands down Labor’s budget.
- by Anthony Segaert
The people’s verdict: What you made of the NSW budget
From builders and electricians to health workers and concerned parents, here’s what the people made of Daniel Mookhey’s second budget.
- by Angus Thomson, Anthony Segaert and Michael Koziol
NSW is about to get a new budget. Here’s what we already know
Amid an unfortunate accounting error and a huge blow to revenue, the budget is set to be one of restraint. But before it is released, there’s a lot we already know.
- by Anthony Segaert
The local council rich list: How much is your mayor paid?
Councillors and mayors will get a small increase in payments from next month – but many Sydneysiders wouldn’t get out of bed for what they get paid.
- by Anthony Segaert
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Media & marketing
‘You assaulted me’: Nine chairman Peter Costello appears to shove journalist to ground
Video released by The Australian newspaper shows Costello hastening his steps before he appears to drop his shoulder into the reporter at Canberra Airport.
- by Anthony Segaert, James Massola and Calum Jaspan
Cyclist dies after horror northern beaches crash
Nick Sky was cycling on Forest Way at Belrose on Tuesday morning when he and another rider were hit by a car.
- by Anthony Segaert