The Rocks
Corruption at The Rocks: ICAC rules after Herald investigation
Linton Besser The Independent Commission Against Corruption has found that Charif Kazal, whose family has numerous leases at The Rocks, and Andrew Kelly, a former government official in charge of those leases,...
Dab hands at painting to tell The Rocks story
Tim Elliott IT HAS 300 litres of paint, 40 artists and an 81-year-old rapping pensioner, but stage two of the Great Southern Wall mural is finally complete.
Feeling secret pinstripe pressure in The Rocks
Les Kennedy Complaints of intimidation, both verbal and in legal emails, to businesses in Sydney's The Rocks allegedly by suited men not from government departments in the past year have been the subject of a...
On the Rocks again: foreshore official with secret deal suspended after government gave him new job
Linton Besser Andrew Kelly, the former Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority official who had a secret arrangement with one of the authority's tenants, the Kazal family, has been re-employed by the NSW government as...
Rats plague The Rocks, businesses want action
Les Kennedy NINETY years after The Rocks was inundated by the rat plague, the historic Sydney harbour-side area and the foreshore of Circular Quay are again under siege by the rodents.
Big art project blocks the cops at The Rocks
Les Kennedy POLICE at The Rocks will soon be unable to charge alleged criminals at their Circular Quay waterfront station - and modern art is the culprit.
Property developer, 62, about to attack me, officer tells court
Paul Bibby A Sydney riot squad officer, charged over an alleged assault on a 62-year-old property developer that left the man with multiple skull and rib fractures, says the man had just attacked a taxi driver...
Policeman falsified allegations, court told
Paul Bibby A SYDNEY riot squad officer has been accused of using a dangerous ''take down'' manoeuvre that seriously injured a Gold Coast property developer, and then falsely claiming the middle-aged man had...
The angel on runner's shoulder will put the wings on her heels
Amy Mcneilage WHEN Emma Salmon takes on the Sydney Morning Herald Half Marathon tomorrow, she will be urged on by her partner of 11-years, Mark Fowler.
Archives 'at risk' as state cuts back
Sean Nicholls THE head of the state's peak history body has warned that an entire chapter of NSW history is at risk of being lost due to budget cuts and a lack of secure funding for the archiving of emails and...
Arrests over alleged sexual assault at Coogee
Rebecca Richardson Three men have been arrested after a teenage girl was allegedly sexually assaulted in Coogee last night.
Death in The Domain: victim named
Glenda Kwek Trevor Foster was in Sydney for just one month before he died.
Brawl breaks out on Sydney party boat
Glenda Kwek More than 100 people have been involved in a drunken brawl on a party boat in Sydney harbour, police say.
On watch the night war came to Sydney
Tim Barlass To dodge one torpedo from a Japanese midget submarine is lucky, but to be narrowly missed by two borders on the incredible.
Family see young father drown
Anne Tarasov A FAMILY day at the beach ended in tragedy yesterday when a 32-year-old man drowned in front of his wife and five children.
Whaling station and tram shelter projects win heritage awards
Leesha McKenny Projects involving the former whaling station on the far south coast, an Edwardian tram shelter at Taronga Zoo and an Anglican church in Orange have been recognised at the National Trust NSW...
Award for murals offering real trip down memory lane
Leesha Mckenny A SERIES of painted murals in The Rocks was recognised by the National Trust's NSW Heritage Awards yesterday for offering visitors, through a trick of the eye, a look back at the area's history.
Fisherman's body found in water near Manly
The body of a rock fisherman has been discovered near Manly on Sydney's northern beaches.
'Heartbroken': family in shock as teenager feared drowned
Glenda Kwek The family of a teenager feared drowned off a central coast beach have spoken of his "heartbroken" twin, as emergency services resume their search for the boy and a rock fisherman missing off the far...
Body found at beach where teen went missing
Police searching for a 15-year-old boy missing off the NSW Central Coast say a body has been found at a beach.