The heroin found in the luggage. Photo: AFP. A 75-year-old NSW woman will serve at least eight years behind bars after a third conviction for importing heroin. The Cabramatta woman, 75, was sentenced to 12 years’ jail by the Victorian Country Court on April 1 with eight years non-parole for importing 5.1kg of heroin in…
A debris ball found on a NSW South Coast beach. Photo: NSW EPA Mysterious debris ‘balls’ found on Sydney and South Coast beaches in recent months likely came from Sydney Water’s sewage treatment plants. That was the conclusion of an NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) investigation into the source of the debris balls. And Sydney…
Almost 1000 development applications in NSW were delayed in 2023 over simple errors. Photo: ANDREW KACIMAIWAI A simple ‘typo’, or minor spelling error, has been responsible for delaying almost 1000 development applications (DAs) in NSW in the last year. The NSW Government says that in the past 12 months NSW councils considered more than 5250…