A budget of “must-haves,” not “nice-to-haves” was how NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey handed down his second state budget of Tuesday. While the state is forecast to record deficits over the forward estimates to 2027-28, the budget centrepiece was a $5.1bn investment to create new public housing, with half of theContinue Reading
A mammoth $25 million settlement is being offered to more than a thousand women who say their lives were “ruined” by a clinic that offered “boob jobs for the cost of a cup of coffee a day”. The NSW Supreme Court signed off on the settlement against the Cosmetic InstituteContinue Reading
Over the past three months, Jo-Ellen Hall has made more than 40 phone calls to New South Wales Police over the investigation into her teenage nephew’s bizarre death. All but two of those calls, made in hopes of getting an update on the case and to pass on information MsContinue Reading
A teenager who died in bizarre circumstances at a luxury five-star Sydney hotel was living in supervised state care at the time, it can be revealed. Tyler Mason plunged to his death from the 35th floor of the Meriton Suites in Parramatta on the night of March 14, in whatContinue Reading
It’s early in the evening of March 14 when Sydney teenager Tyler Mason films a video of himself smiling in the elevator of a luxury hotel. Shortly after, another clip is shared to social media showing the boy, who’d just turned 15, singing and dancing along to an Eminem songContinue Reading
A public memorial service will be held for the late Australian property developer and billionaire Lang Walker at the Sydney Town Hall at 11am on Friday. Mr Walker died in January at his home in Sydney, and was laid to rest at a private family funeral on the Gold Coast.Continue Reading
The headmaster of an elite Sydney private school has blasted recent criticism against boys schools in a scathing article claiming “wokeness” had led to an “age of victimhood”. The King’s School Institute, Headmaster Tony George, said a recent “cancel culture” against boys schools had been spurred on by what heContinue Reading
A taekwondo master accused of killing three people has faced court and will remain in police custody after being charged with three counts of murder on Wednesday night. Kwang Kyung Yoo, known by his students as Master Lion, remains under police guard after presenting to Westmead Hospital with slash woundsContinue Reading
More than two years since a Sydney woman vanished in a baffling missing persons incident, police are still no closer to finding out what happened, all while the case has taken some bizarre twists and turns. In October 2021, Kathleen Riethmuller, then 28, vanished, mostly without a trace. She wasContinue Reading
Two people have been charged after allegedly stealing Christmas gifts from homes in Sydney’s western suburbs. Police responded to several incidents where property was allegedly stolen from homes in Parramatta, Merrylands, Granville, and Rosehill on Christmas Day and Boxing Day. A search warrant was executed at a property on LennoxContinue Reading