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A taekwondo instructor who allegedly murdered an entire family in Sydney has his case heard in court this morning as police continue investigating the motive.

NSW Police say mother and son were killed in martial arts centre, then another man was killed at a separate location before alleged killer presented himself to Westmead hospital.

Police have charged Kwang Kyung Yoo with three counts of murder after the discovery of the bodies of a husband, wife and their child in two separate locations in Sydney on Tuesday.

The body of a man was located in Baulkham Hills, while two other bodies, a woman and a child, were found inside a martial arts studio in North Parramatta.

The $60 weekly toll cap was an election promise from the now Minns government, aimed at targeting cost of living concerns.

Volunteers transform a vacant shop in south-west Sydney into a formal wear outlet where students can choose from hundreds of items and it won't cost them a thing.

A new report by the NSW Productivity Commission found infrastructure to support new homes is cheapest when built near Sydney's CBD.

Former Dyldam bosses Fayad Fayad and Remon Fayad, and their father Sam Fayad, are behind apartment blocks across Sydney slapped with sanctions from the NSW Building Commissioner.

The Independent Commission Against Corruption has asked the government not to proceed with any inquiries into the Hills Shire Council while it investigates claims a property developer cut deals with Liberal Party members.

Sydney is Australia's toll road capital, and crunching the latest rebate data has revealed the suburbs with the highest bills for driving on the Harbour City's highways.

Hillsong church announces it will commission an independent financial review after being accused in federal parliament of "fraud, money laundering and tax evasion".

NSW Transport Minister David Elliott has said that he "accepts the circumstances of his departure," but has stated that he believes there was "no support" for him to run for Castle Hill.

Kate Scott's rent was sucking up 91 per cent of her pension, leaving her only $89 a fortnight to other essentials. The Western Sydney resident isn't the only one "disproportionately" impacted by housing and rental stress.

Government inspectors find potential "serious defects" in the 15-storey Baulkham Hills Modena complex in Sydney's north-west, including an awning in danger of collapse, according to a building work rectification order.

Record vaccination rates in Sydney's most COVID-ravaged hotspots will drive case numbers down, but authorities say the benefits of the surge in jabs won't be seen until mid-September.

As NSW continues to battle the highly infectious Delta variant, health data shows the number of daily doses has risen 20 per cent this month, with half the state's adult population on track to be fully vaccinated by the end of September.

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian wants 6 million vaccines administered by the end of this month — but even if that's achieved, this expert says it could mean little changes to the state's lengthy COVID-19 lockdown.

MORNING BRIEFING: Police are seeking to speak with a man in relation to the 1994 disappearance of Revelle Balmain, and a spike in Sydney's coronavirus cases is predicted for southwestern suburbs.

A sixth resident tests positive to COVID-19 at the SummitCare aged care home at Baulkham Hills in Sydney’s northwest.

MORNING BRIEFING: More than 15 southwestern Sydney residents are cautioned and fined after visiting regional NSW, and further penalties for Dragons players who breached COVID restrictions will be decided.

NSW today recorded 35 new locally acquired cases with 24 of those in isolation for their infectious period. Seven were in the community while infectious. Ashleigh Raper reports.

The Chief Operating Officer of SummitCare says, up until a week ago, the company wasn't allowed to know whether staff had been vaccinated, let alone mandate that workers be vaccinated.

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has criticised people for "doing the wrong thing" after three COVID-19 cases were confirmed from a party in inner Sydney that breached public health orders.

The operator of a Sydney aged care home at the centre of a COVID-19 outbreak where five residents have tested positive says its "admirable" unvaccinated staff are still working there.

Authorities say only one-third of staff were vaccinated at a Sydney aged care facility where three residents have caught COVID-19.