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Police combing the unit complex where a man was shot on Monday morning.

‘The net is closing’: Two charged over fatal Sydney shooting as hunt continues for accomplices

Two men have been charged with murder after a man was shot dead in a Lidcombe apartment. Police say others allegedly involved should hand themselves in.

  • Jack Gramenz, Amber Schultz and Perry Duffin

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Space is at a premium at Rookwood Cemetery.

The Sydney cemetery where the dead are buried twice

Alive or dead, Sydney is running out of space for its surging population.

  • Megan Gorrey
Mohammed Hussein bought an apartment in 2022 for his family. He hasn’t been able to move in.

Starting a family, Mohammed bought his dream home. Two kids later, he still can’t move in

These Sydney apartments were meant to house thousands. Instead, they sit empty as would-be homeowners’ dreams are shattered.

  • Ellie Busby
Saewoobuchu jeon (chive and prawn pan-fried pancakes) at Yeodongsik.
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Yeodongsik

Generous comfort with a line out the front.

Andrew Baker lives across the road.

Andrew has a home close to a golf course. Now both are at risk

Plans for a cemetery at Carnarvon Golf Course in Lidcombe leave residents and players reeling as the city’s burial space crisis clashes with quality of life.

  • Mostafa Rachwani
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Explosion blasts wall out of Sydney apartment block

Two men were rushed to hospital and dozens evacuated after the sidewall of the unit block collapsed.

  • Josefine Ganko
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Guk’s Eedaero Gamjatang.
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This Korean restaurant only sells one type of soup, but the queue starts early

Sydney has a new holder for the title of Koreatown. “I didn’t expect it to be so popular,” says the chef of Guk’s Eedaero Gamjatang in the thriving new hub.

  • Kevin Cheng
A man was charged with sexually assaulting a teenage girl.

The violent history of man accused of sexually assaulting schoolgirl

A man accused of attacking a 15-year-old Sydney girl at knifepoint in broad daylight has a history of making sexual advances to young people in public.

  • Clare Sibthorpe and Jessica McSweeney
Carnarvon Golf Course in Lidcombe was earmarked for conversion into a cemetery.

Plan to convert Sydney golf course to cemetery a ‘fait accompli’, says MP

Carnarvon Golf Club’s general manager said he has the sense Golf NSW had “resigned itself to the future possible loss” of the club, as it fights for Moore Park.

  • Max Maddison
Salim Mehajer’s former Lidcombe home was damaged in a suspicious fire.

Suspicious blaze at Salim Mehajer’s infamous wedding mansion

It once hosted the lavish nuptials of the former Auburn deputy mayor turned inmate. Now the spectacular Lidcombe home is the scene of a suspicious fire.

  • Jessica McSweeney