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Former minister Eddie Obeid leaves Long Bay Prison in August after serving time for conspiring to commit misconduct while in public office.

State puts freeze on secret Obeid properties

The NSW Crime Commission has placed a caveat over properties in Bankstown in which an Obeid family trust holds a secret stake worth around $30 million.

  • Ben Cubby

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Christopher Laurie Turner arrives at Downing Centre local court on Thursday.

‘Negligent, careless and lazy’: Father’s anguish as man jailed over hospital baby tragedies

Christopher Turner was contracted to install and test oxygen and nitrous oxide gas lines in a Sydney hospital.

  • Clare Sibthorpe
An artist’s impression of the MetroWay running through Lillian Lane in Campsie.

First GreenWay, now ‘MetroWay’: Sydney’s next cycling route revealed

The 13.8 kilometre bike and pedestrian route will “unlock” suburbs along the M1 metro rail line corridor but residents face a long wait for it to be ready.

  • Megan Gorrey
Kaila Proctor is the younger sister of the Cleveland Cavaliers rookie Tyrese Proctor.

Kaila’s dad says she’s a better basketballer than her brother. He plays in the NBA

Kaila Proctor is the third person in her immediate family to be offered a university scholarship to play basketball in the US.

  • Frances Howe
The locked gates of the Al Madina Dawah Centre in Bankstown.

Controversial prayer centre fined for defying shutdown order

Canterbury-Bankstown council has issued a $3000 penalty to the Al Madina Dawah Centre for allegedly continuing to operate despite a “cease use” directive.

  • Mostafa Rachwani
Controversial Islamic preacher Wissam Haddad.

Sydney prayer hall linked to radical preacher closes permanently

Al Madina Dawah Centre, previously run by Wissam Haddad, who had links with one of the Bondi shooters, announced it would permanently close its doors.

  • Mostafa Rachwani
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A shake-up is coming for Uber drivers’ pay and conditions.

Sydney man bashed, bound and locked in boot of Uber in suspected kidnapping

Police believe a 29-year-old found bound and locked in the boot of an Uber with stab and burn wounds was kidnapped. In a separate incident, a rideshare driver was allegedly stabbed by a teenage passenger.

  • Amber Schultz
Controversial Islamic preacher Wissam Haddad had been operating the centre despite not having development approval, Canterbury-Bankstown Council says.

Council to shut down Wissam Haddad’s Islamic centre

The preacher and the Al Madina Dawah centre have been in the spotlight after links with one of the Bondi shooters emerged last week.

  • Mostafa Rachwani, Jessica McSweeney and Perry Duffin
Naveed Akram with Street Dawah in June 2019.

Bondi shooter’s terror links revealed as police investigate manifesto

Gunman Naveed Akram was a volunteer member of a street preaching group in Sydney’s west which has links to multiple IS devotees.

  • Perry Duffin, Sally Rawsthorne, Mostafa Rachwani and Michael McGowan
Ly was arrested on Friday and granted bail to face court again later in December.

Man in court over alleged threats to kill Anika Wells

Steven Ly was arrested at his home in Sydney’s south-west and was granted bail to face court again later this month.

  • Jack Gramenz