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Tips and previews for racing at Hawkesbury on Thursday
All the information you need to pick a winner.
- John Schell
The Sydney newspaper banned from council meetings that has its own questions to answer
At first glance, a council’s decision to ban a newspaper from its premises represents a remarkable intrusion on press freedom. But this fight is less cut and dried than it seems.
- Bevan Shields and Ellie Busby
‘Just like North Sydney’: The public pool facing a $43 million cost blowout
The cost of the north-western Sydney project has more than doubled in four years, with the council still to determine how it will plug the funding gap.
- Ellie Busby
Neighbour tried to help rescue children from Hawkesbury house fire
The children were spending their final night in their family home when a fire engulfed the property.
- Daniel Lo Surdo and Emily Kaine
‘Does not pass pub test’: The councillor, the local paper and a free passage to India
A deputy mayor was set to go on an all-expenses-paid trip to the subcontinent. Then, everything spiralled out of control.
- Ellie Busby and Anthony Segaert
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A megaflood devastated early Sydney. An even worse catastrophe is hidden in the city’s ‘bathtub’
If the disaster happened today, it would spark 100,000 evacuations and inflict $7.5 billion in damage.
- Angus Dalton
Torched signs and a wacky website: Local council skulduggery rears its head
As Sydney enters its final fortnight of local council election campaigning, some tactics have turned ugly.
- Anthony Segaert and Megan Gorrey
Sydney mayor vows to run again despite apprehended violence allegations
Sarah McMahon says she’s ready to get back to work after an “extremely difficult” two weeks.
- Megan Gorrey