Chris Minns will spend the weekend drafting MPs into his shadow cabinet and touring western Sydney, ahead of his first sitting week as NSW opposition leader. The 41-year-old Kogarah MP declared on Friday that the 2023 election campaign had begun, just hours after he was elected leader of the NSW parliamentary Labor party. He is…
COVID Restrictions Across Australia’s Sydney to Lift
Coronavirus-related restrictions across Greater Sydney will ease from Monday, with NSW again recording zero new locally-acquired virus cases. The zero new local cases in the 24 hours to 8 p.m. on Saturday came from more than 12,200 tests, while three new cases were uncovered in hotel quarantine. As a result, NSW Health said in a…
Sydney Man Jailed for 44 Years Over Stabbing Rampage
A man who went on a violent rampage in Sydney’s CBD after murdering a vulnerable woman in a “cruel, brutal attack” has been jailed for at least 33 years. Mert Ney pleaded guilty to the unprovoked stabbing murder of escort Michaela Dunn, 24, in a Clarence Street apartment on Aug. 13, 2019, after he booked…
Sydney Records One Locally-Acquired CCP Virus Case
New South Wales (NSW) Premier Gladys Berejiklian on Wednesday announced one new locally acquired case of COVID-19, the disease caused by the CCP virus. The man,50s, is from Sydney’s inner eastern suburbs and Berejikilian noted that the individual was very active in his community while potentially infectious. She noted he was also very pedantic about…
Booming Prices Send Home Buyers Interstate
More property buyers are considering relocating as they struggle to put together a deposit amid surging home prices. Late last year, Sydney man Matthew Brophy finally found a way around the housing affordability problem. He and his wife decided to relocate, purchasing a house about 13kms from Brisbane’s CBD. Brophy, a school teacher in his…
Aussie Police Officer Charged for Drink Driving Amid Easter Road Deaths
An off-duty Australian police officer has been charged with high-range drink driving during the Northern Territory’s five-day Easter road safety blitz. The 46-year-old police officer was subject to a roadside breath test on Friday which was set up as part of the territory’s five-day Operation Thalen targeting drink and drug driving, vehicle registration, and roadworthiness. Police…
More Rain Coming for Soaked Northern NSW
More rain is on the way for the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) catchments soaked by widespread flooding two weeks ago, with minor inundation likely. The final remaining NSW residents forced from homes by floods have only just been allowed to return but another storm system capable of swamping already-soaked catchments is on…
Australian Zoo Offers Free Trips to 70,000 School Kids
Harvey Norman and Sydney Zoo are joining together to offer free zoo excursions to the 70, 000 year two students in New South Wales. Sydney Zoo’s Managing Director Jake Burgess said that education is the key to encouraging behavioural change. “Educating students is one of the best ways that zoos can have the biggest and…
Evacuations in North NSW, Rain Hits Sydney
A “potentially life-threatening” downpour that has flooded rivers and triggered evacuations along the New South Wales (NSW) coast has made its way to Sydney. Rain has plagued the city for most of the week, but the deluge arriving on Saturday will be on another level, the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) said. “We might see quite…
31-Year-Old Sydney Man Facing 196 Child Abuse Charges
A 31-year-old Sydney man will face a further 152 charges alleging sexual abuse of young children and filming it to share online. The Australian Federal Police says the man, from St Clair in Sydney’s west, will appear at Sydney Central Local Court on Thursday. He was was initially arrested last May under Operation Arkstone, a…
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