Teen dragged by car across Blacktown,court told

Teen dragged by car across Blacktown,court told

A 19-year-old appeared in Parramatta Local Court on three charges.

  • byAmber Schultz

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Teen in coma after being dragged two kilometres by car

Teen in coma after being dragged two kilometres by car

Police say the seriously injured 15-year-old boy was arguing with a 19-year-old man in Sydney’s west when the man drove away at speed,leaving the boy hanging out the window.

  • byCatherine Naylor
A $36m animal shelter is giving would-be pet owners the concierge treatment

A $36m animal shelter is giving would-be pet owners the concierge treatment

It resembles an airy community centre,or a modern public library,but the people who visit BARC in Sydney’s west are not there to borrow a book. They want to adopt a pet.

  • byJulie Power
‘I’m a Blacktown boy’:Om’s left-field model for thriving migrants

‘I’m a Blacktown boy’:Om’s left-field model for thriving migrants

Om Dhungel has helped thousands of fellow Bhutanese refugees settle successfully here – but says the current funding system risks breeding dependency.

  • byJames Button
Police search for mother after newborn baby found abandoned in Sydney’s west
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Police search for mother after newborn baby found abandoned in Sydney’s west

Police were called to a home in Blacktown on Friday afternoon and the baby girl was taken to hospital. Officers are appealing for information about her parents.

  • byGeorgina Mitchell
Man charged over alleged murder of mother

Man charged over alleged murder of mother

Police will allege Nadire Sensoy was murdered by her son in the Blacktown area nearly five years ago.

  • byOlivia Ireland andPerry Duffin
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The Sydney suburb with one public pool for every 100,000 people

The Sydney suburb with one public pool for every 100,000 people

The city cherishes its public pools. But many of its residents have much better access than others.

  • byJordan Baker andMegan Gorrey
From Blue Poles to Beijing:50 years since Whitlam’s ‘It’s time’
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From Blue Poles to Beijing:50 years since Whitlam’s ‘It’s time’

Next Sunday marks half a century since Gough Whitlam’s 1972 “It’s time” campaign launch. Singer Patricia Amphlett takes us back to the Blacktown room where it happened.

  • byHelen Pitt
The Sydney suburbs where the most children received COVID-19 fines

The Sydney suburbs where the most children received COVID-19 fines

The difference in the number of fines issued to minors was stark,with 220 infringements in Blacktown and just nine in Manly.

  • byMichael Koziol
Sydney councils in fierce battle over future home of SBS

Sydney councils in fierce battle over future home of SBS

The federal government has started a feasibility study into whether SBS should move to western Sydney.

  • byMichael Koziol
Sydney jobless rate 1 per cent in one area – but 9 per cent elsewhere

Sydney jobless rate 1 per cent in one area – but 9 per cent elsewhere

Unemployment is very low in many parts of Sydney,latest figures reveal,but some pandemic-hit suburbs are yet to benefit.

  • byMatt Wade