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Carrie Fellner

Carrie Fellner

Carrie Fellner is an investigative reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald.

A man has been seriously injured after an alleged home invasion in Greenacre.

‘Life-altering injuries’: Masked home invaders sever man’s hand with machete

Police say the 23-year-old victim of the “brutal, violent” attack had no links to organised crime and was targeted because of his family’s business.

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Sarah Malass remained silent as she faced the Land and Environment Court on Thursday.

The illegal mansion, the court case and the silent witness

Sarah Malass is staying tight-lipped as she is accused of disobeying court orders to vacate and demolish her unlawfully built Strathfield home.

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Sarah Malass and her family continue to live in an unlawfully built Strathfield mansion, despite a court ordering they move out and demolish the illegal works.

Tear it down or go to jail: Council escalates fight with owner of unlawful Sydney mansion

Two years after the Land and Environment Court ordered Sarah Malass to vacate and demolish her unlawfully built Strathfield home, it still stands, in pristine condition.

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The federal government has launched legal action against multinational company 3M.

‘A bit of anger’: Residents frustrated by bombshell $2b lawsuit over ‘forever chemicals’

The lawsuit is the largest legal claim ever brought by the Commonwealth but has blindsided communities hit with the fallout of the contamination disaster.

  • Carrie Fellner and Caitlin Fitzsimmons
US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters on Friday, US time.

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This home at Strathfield was unlawfully built. Council is seeking to have it demolished.

‘Reckless and cavalier’: The inner west dream home facing the wrecking ball

Sydney plumber Rabi Malass says his local council had made a compelling case for the demolition of the opulent home as he fights the order in court.

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An aerial view of the Newport home at the centre of controversy over unauthorised works. Home in question is third from the right.

Fury as Sydneysiders build their mansions, then ‘ask forgiveness later’

Some home renovators are sparking battles on multiple fronts, infuriating neighbours, forcing councils to dispatch compliance teams and unleashing court skirmishes.

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Unsafe levels of PFAS have been found in a drinking water reservoir in the tourist village of Leura. The testing was conducted after pressure by community campaigner Jon Dee, pictured.

Cancer-linked chemical found at five times safe level in drinking water reservoir

Authorities have played down the discovery of the toxins in a water tower in an upmarket tourist town.

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The Meriton development at St Ives, which is the subject of the largest ever defects claim against the building giant.

Claims Meriton’s $100m Sydney mega development has $123m worth of defects

Meriton is facing its largest ever claim for defects in a case it blasted as “preposterous”.

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Nick A’Hern has discovered disturbing levels of forever chemicals in his blood, after his tap water supply was contaminated. A’hern, his partner actress Joanne Samuel and his son have all recovered from cancer.

Nick and his family were stalked by cancer. Then came a blood-test bombshell

Nick A’Hern and his actor wife left Sydney for a pristine place to raise their children, but have since discovered their tap water was toxic.

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