Sydney
Police search for sports coach after colleague’s body found at CBD school
Police were called to St Andrew’s Cathedral School just before midnight and found the body of Lilie James, a water polo coach in her early 20s. Police are searching the eastern suburbs for her colleague, also a sports coach at the school.
- by Jordan Baker and Olivia Ireland
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Opinion
State Parliament
Hell hath no fury like my cancelled bus. Time for Minns to get on board
Labor won by convincing enough voters that the Coalition had left NSW with a host of headaches. But as Sarah Mitchell pointedly reminded Prue Car – and Labor – this week: “It’s your turn now.”
- by Alexandra Smith
Sydney’s mega underground rail project faces D-Day on expansion
New plans for the $25 billion Metro West line will go before a powerful cabinet subcommittee on Friday, in a clear sign the government is looking to expand it.
- by Matt O'Sullivan and Alexandra Smith
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Courts
Man sentenced for sexually touching teen who mistook his car for Uber
A 42-year-old man who repeatedly rubbed the thigh of an 18-year-old girl in Sydney’s east has failed to have the case dealt with on mental health grounds.
- by Sarah McPhee
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Coronavirus pandemic
Carnival misled passengers over safety of Ruby Princess cruise: court
Retired nurse Susan Karpik sued the cruise ship company over the voyage at the start of the pandemic, on which her husband most likely contracted COVID and almost died.
- by Michaela Whitbourn and Georgina Mitchell
Drivers stunned as giraffe pokes its head from back of truck on busy highway
It seemed like a tall tale at first: reports of a giraffe heading down a busy highway just south of Sydney on Wednesday morning.
- by Olivia Ireland
Engineered stone review puts total ban on the table
Sources say one option put forward by the Safe Work Australia report, expected to be released on Friday, is an all-out ban of the product.
- by Angus Thompson
Former manager happy to deliver mail after ‘sham redundancy’, court told
Jasmine Chambers is suing the Bureau of Meteorology alleging she was fired after taking two days of leave in Paris.
- by Georgina Mitchell
The inner-city Sydney suburbs set to cop more planes flying overhead
Some suburbs will experience more planes taking off from Sydney Airport under a shake up of airspace to make room for the city’s new international airport.
- by Matt O'Sullivan
Woman may not remember sex with 14-year-old boy, prosecutor tells jury
A 46-year-old woman accused of sexually assaulting a teenager may have only remembered kissing him because she was drunk and would black out, a court has heard.
- by Sarah McPhee
Spaghetti junction’s opening ‘most difficult’ of WestConnex projects
The Rozelle interchange will open in December. But motorists will be able to use a road bridge over the City West Link and four-way intersection within weeks.
- by Matt O'Sullivan