At least 59 flights have been cancelled at Sydney Airport due to strong winds hitting the city, as it prepares to reduce to single-runway operations. Sydney Airport’s website currently lists 59 cancelled departure flights from 6am until 7.05pm, which a spokeswoman said was due to strong winds. “Yesterday evening, Airservices …
Read More »Sydney Airport flights delayed amid gale force winds
At least 59 flights have been cancelled at Sydney Airport due to gale force winds hitting the city, as it prepares to reduce to single-runway operations. Sydney Airport’s website currently lists 59 cancelled departure flights from 6am until 7.05pm, which a spokeswoman said was due to strong winds. “Yesterday evening, …
Read More »Sydney another step closer to ghetto for the rich
The good news, if you can call it that, is that Sydney rents only climbed marginally this quarter, to $680 per week for the median unit and $720 for the median house. On the other hand, those are enormous numbers. On the current trajectory of Domain’s Rent Report, residents could …
Read More »E-bike battery causes fireball in Sydney hostel, one injured
“This is happening pretty much on a weekly basis in Australia and after Christmas we will probably see that ramp up,” she said. “E-bikes and e-scooter battery fires are incredibly common and in London and New York they’re seeing one of these every day, if not two or three.” Last …
Read More »Sydney Swans captain Callum Mills joins Mad Monday roll of dishonour after wrestling ends in surgery
Swans captain Callum Mills has apologised to Sydney fans for a Mad Monday celebration that left him with a shoulder injury that could cause him to miss the start of the 2024 season. Mills fronted the media on Wednesday morning in a shoulder brace after news emerged the skipper had …
Read More »Perich family push for Western Sydney Airport rail extensions
In the lead-up to the March state election, Labor pledged to work on business cases for an extension of the airport metro line from Bradfield to Macarthur, and northwards from St Marys to Tallawong, where a station on the existing Metro Northwest rail line is located. However, it ditched the …
Read More »Sydney weather worsens; NSW RFS total fire ban declared; Gippsland fires rage across Victoria; RBA interest rate decision today; Voice to parliament debate continues
Turning now to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, who says he will bring together Australia on October 15 no matter the outcome of the Voice referendum. He told ABC’s AM program this morning that the government would accept the outcome of the referendum, when asked how he would bring the nation …
Read More »AFP seizes Sydney mansions, jewels, supercars from underworld worth $1 billion
“We can operate on suspicion, and we only have to prove to a balance of probabilities that assets are instruments or proceeds of crime,” Hudson said. The raid teams, often pictured storming into manicured gardens and through secure doors in Sydney’s wealthy suburbs, bundle up every computer and document they …
Read More »Sydney suburbs losing most people to Queensland
After a brief stint in the Blue Mountains, he moved to the Gold Coast with his partner in early 2022. Michael Harris moved to the Gold Coast at the start of 2022 and loves it.Credit: Michael Harris “I used to go up to the Gold Coast every year … and …
Read More »League turns down Sydney Swans’ request to paint 50-metre arcs in Pride colours for home clash with Collingwood Magpies
However, clubs are not allowed to change the line markings on the field. Last season, Sydney played Essendon in the first game of a Saturday Pride round double header at Ikon Park in round eight, followed by a clash between Carlton and the Western Bulldogs. Alice Mitchell of the Swans …
Read More »Sydney smashes another heat record as total fire bans declared in four states
Key Points Total fire bans are in place for parts of NSW, WA, Victoria and South Australia after a record breaking start to October. Fire crews continue to fight blazes across the country. Strong winds, combined with intense heat, are making conditions more severe. Sydney residents sweltered through the hottest …
Read More »University of Sydney law professor Simon Rice wins court case against NSW Police
Rice was walking through part of the crowd when he observed police officers standing around a young woman. One of the officers took a megaphone out of her hand and Rice asked them why they were doing that. Shortly afterwards, police arrested him and swept his legs out from under …
Read More »Australia defeats West Indies by eight wickets in T20 international in Sydney
Half-centuries to captain Alyssa Healy and Tahlia McGrath have helped fire Australia to an eight-wicket T20 victory over West Indies in Healy’s 250th international match. Key points: Healy hit three sixes and seven fours in her half-century McGrath finished unbeaten on 60 Hayley Matthews played a lone hand with the …
Read More »NRL grand final live updates: Knights and Titans face off for NRLW crown in Sydney heat before Penrith Panthers vs Brisbane Broncos
Welcome to the last day of the rugby league season for 2023. Loading It’s been the longest we’ve seen and at the end of the day we’ve got grand finalists that I don’t think anyone could argue don’t deserve to be here. We’ll be here late into the evening for …
Read More »Two men die in suspected drug overdoses after Sydney music festivals
At the Knockout festival, 27 people were charged with drug possession and two men and two women were charged with drug supply. Earlier this year, NSW Housing Minister Rose Jackson urged her Labor colleagues to “join the nationwide movement” toward pill testing. Her intervention prompted Premier Chris Minns to warn …
Read More »Two men die in suspected drug overdoses after Sydney music festivals
Two young men are dead after suspected drug overdoses at a music festival in Sydney on Saturday. The men, aged 26 and 21, died after going to the Knockout music festival at Sydney Olympic Park. Police at the Listen Out festival at Centennial Park on Saturday.Credit: Dean Sewell Paramedics were …
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