Bankstown
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- Crime
Sex assault victim’s outrage after arrest of notorious gang rapist Mohammed Skaf
Tracy Lee says she was just 15 when she allegedly became one of the first victims of the Skaf brothers.
- Amber Schultz
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Bondi hero Ahmed al Ahmed accused of assaulting, intimidating father
The 44-year-old was thrust into the international spotlight after wresting a rifle off one of the Bondi gunmen. He allegedly assaulted his father at home in Sydney’s south-west.
- Jack Gramenz
Second mega-club in firing line over dirty cash claims
The state’s top two most profitable clubs by gambling revenue are believed to have allowed organised criminals to use their poker machines to launder money.
- Harriet Alexander
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- City life
Revealed: The secret plan to turn this Sydney airport into housing, extend metro
The Bankstown Airport operator has spoken with both state and federal governments.
- Michael Koziol and Anthony Segaert
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- Bondi shooting
Jewish group warned police about alleged gunman before Bondi massacre
The security organisation was monitoring Naveed Akram and other members of an Islamic fundamentalist group.
- Perry Duffin
- Opinion
- Life in the burbs
My suburb’s about to be transformed. But constant change is part of its DNA
As one of the most diverse suburbs in Australia, Bankstown is a place of feverish hope, full of lives built from scratch and cultures fiercely preserved.
- Mostafa Rachwani
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- Bondi shooting
Sydney council warned of illegal prayer hall years before Bondi attack
The controversial prayer hall allegedly linked to one of the Bondi shooters was flagged as operating illegally more than two years before the local council finally shut it down.
- Mostafa Rachwani
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- Eddie Obeid
State puts freeze on secret Obeid properties
The NSW Crime Commission has placed a caveat over properties in Bankstown in which an Obeid family trust holds a secret stake worth around $30 million.
- Ben Cubby
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- Courts
‘Negligent, careless and lazy’: Father’s anguish as man jailed over hospital baby tragedies
Christopher Turner was contracted to install and test oxygen and nitrous oxide gas lines in a Sydney hospital.
- Clare Sibthorpe
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- Cycling
First GreenWay, now ‘MetroWay’: Sydney’s next cycling route revealed
The 13.8 kilometre bike and pedestrian route will “unlock” suburbs along the M1 metro rail line corridor but residents face a long wait for it to be ready.
- Megan Gorrey