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Elbie was rescued from the apartment on Monday after walking halfway around the building on a 10-centimetre ledge.

Lost dog rescued from 13th-floor ledge in Dee Why

It took fire and rescue teams several hours to retrieve two-year-old Jack Russell Elbie – missing for several days – from its precarious position.

  • Emily Kaine

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Burwood Historical Soceity president Chery Chemp with fellow members Paul Roper and Katie Kershaw pictured outside the Strathfield Hotel.

Why these Sydney publicans are pivoting from pints to property

Almost 3000 homes are planned to be built on pub and club land in NSW as venues tap into the state’s Housing Delivery Authority.

  • David Barwell and Nigel Gladstone
Surfers inspect the boy’s board after it was bitten by what is believed to have been a bull shark.

Boy describes terrifying moment shark attacked him on Sydney’s northern beaches

The 11-year-old said he was “very lucky” to escape unharmed after being attacked at Dee Why Beach. It came a day after another child was critically mauled in Sydney’s east.

  • Daniel Lo Surdo and Kayla Olaya
Shark attack victim Mercury Psillakis and wife Maria.

A shark killed Maria’s husband two months ago. This is what she says Sydney’s beaches need

Maria Psillakis says “questions need to be asked” of the state’s shark alert systems, two months after her husband Mercury was killed by a great white.

  • Daniel Lo Surdo and Massilia Aili
Gloria Barton and her son, Cale, would like to see more than one operator allowed to run surfing lessons at Bondi Beach.

The ‘David and Goliath situation’ causing waves on Bondi Beach

It’s arguably Australia’s most famous beach – but only one surf school for the past 30 years has been allowed to teach students at Bondi.

  • Cindy Yin
Paddleout for Mercury gif

Crowds gather for paddleout tribute for shark victim Mercury Psillakis

More than 1000 surfers came together to honour popular local Mercury Psillakis.

  • Lucy Macken
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Northern Beaches councillor Ethan Hrnjak.

The Northern Beaches councillor who’s racked up $31,866 in expenses

Councillors spent more than $200,000 on expenses and $150,000 sending staff to conferences even as ratepayers faced big hikes in rates.

  • Cindy Yin and Max Maddison
Maria and Mercury Psillakis and daughter Freedom (centre).

Surfers return to the water a week after northern beaches shark attack

Friends and family of Mercury Psillakis, 57, gathered at Dee Why beach on Saturday.

  • Riley Walter
Maria and Mercury Psillakis and daughter Freedom (centre).

Shark net removal plans scrapped as Psillakis family thanks community

Sharks are particularly active around NSW beaches in late winter and spring, the state government’s vast sharking tracking program shows.

  • Nick O'Malley
Twins Mike and Mercury Psillakis.

‘Hardest moment of my life’: Twin of surfer killed in shark attack posts emotional tribute

Mike Psillakis described his brother, who died at Dee Why on Saturday, as “my life, my right-hand man”.

  • Kayla Olaya and Emily Kaine