Observatory Hill recorded the city’s hottest temperature in 331 days on Wednesday
Sydney marked its hottest temperature in 331 days on Wednesday as the mercury in many parts of the city soared past 30C.
Maximum temperatures had stayed below 30C since 21 February last year – the longest cool streak since a 339-day record set in 1883.
Continue reading...The city is just eight days off its longest streak of days below 30, the last being in February 2022
After 330 days, months of downpours and unusually cool weather, Sydney is finally staring down the barrel of a 30C day.
Wednesday is forecast to be the first day in nearly a year where temperatures are expected to top 30C at Observatory Hill, in the heart of the city, ending Sydney’s longest cool streak in over three decades.
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Sydney man Myron Love has been named by Nepali authorities as one of those feared dead in the nation’s worst aviation disaster in three decades.
Nepal’s Civil Aviation Authority on Monday released the names, passport numbers and nationalities of the 72 passengers and crew onboard the plane that crashed west of Kathmandu, shortly before it was due to land. So far, at least 68 people have been confirmed dead.
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Continue reading...Two deaths on Monday come amid a deadly summer in the water across Australia
A woman has drowned while swimming at Gordons Bay in Sydney’s eastern suburbs, while a man in his 60s died while surfing on the New South Wales south coast on Monday.
It has been a deadly summer in the water around Australia. At least 30 people have drowned across the country this summer, according to Royal Life Saving Australia’s national drowning toll.
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Continue reading...Lost animal was moved to a nearby paddock where it got stuck up to its stomach in mud overnight and had to be lassoed with firefighters’ hose
A cow found wandering a shopping centre has required rescue for a second time.
The lost animal was first discovered in the Caddens Corner shopping precinct in Sydney’s west on Tuesday night.
Continue reading...Woman, 54, is in hospital in a serious condition after her throat was allegedly cut at Fairfield home
A Sydney man will remain in custody for at least two weeks after allegedly trying to murder his partner with a large knife.
Nazar Younan, 57, was arrested on Monday morning after police allege he cut the throat of his partner, aged 54, in their Fairfield home.
Continue reading...More than 100 people were reportedly caught in a pedestrian underpass just before midnight
Authorities will investigate a “terrifying” crowd crush that occurred in a pedestrian tunnel in the centre of Melbourne on New Year’s Eve, with revellers saying they felt “totally wedged” and “couldn’t move in any direction”.
A City of Melbourne spokesperson said the council was aware of the safety concerns raised about the incident at the Elizabeth Street pedestrian underpass shortly before the midnight fireworks on Saturday.
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Continue reading...Australia gears up for first restriction-free party since Covid struck, with more than 1m revellers flocking to harbour
Australia is gearing up to celebrate its first restriction-free New Year’s Eve after two years of Covid disruptions, with more than a million revellers expected to flock to Sydney’s harbourfront and watch an elaborate fireworks display.
Sydney is one of the world’s first major cities to welcome in the new year and draws huge TV audiences around the world, with a public countdown and fireworks display over its famous opera house.
Continue reading...Heading out to watch the new year fireworks? Plan ahead, pack light and check the drinking regulations
It’s the first New Year’s Eve in three years with no Covid-19 restrictions anywhere in Australia – and it’s about to go off with a bang.
Revellers heading to watch the fireworks in each city are being warned to plan ahead, pack light and expect an Uber surcharge.
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Continue reading...Passengers should use a 24-hour hotline to report cabbies who refuse to turn on meters, David Elliott says
Passengers should dob in “dodgy” cabbies who don’t use their meters for rides over the holiday period, the New South Wales transport minister says.
David Elliott sent a warning shot over the unethical practice of taxi drivers negotiating prices for passengers in a hurry without turning on their meter.
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Two teenagers are dead and a man has been hospitalised after a crash in South Australia’s mid-north.
Emergency services were called to the Augusta Highway at Lochiel at 7.30pm on Tuesday after a northbound car left the road and crashed into a tree.
Continue reading...Australian Transport Safety Bureau investigating after two bodies found in aircraft wreckage at Appin
A light plane crash which killed two people and sparked a grassfire in south-west Sydney will be examined by the national transport safety agency.
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has launched an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the Boxing Day crash.
Continue reading...The man was charged with the shooting of Omar Zahed, 39, and Tarek Zahed, 41, at a gym in Auburn, Sydney in May. Omar Zahed died at the scene
A man has been arrested at Sydney airport and charged over the fatal shooting at a gym of Omar Zahed and the wounding of his brother, Comanchero boss Tarek Zahed.
Emergency services were called to the Bodyfit Fitness Centre on Parramatta Road, Auburn in Sydney’s southwest just after 8pm on 10 May after reports of a shooting.
Continue reading...Paramedics treated the two-year-old boy but he died at the scene. A man was taken for mandatory testing and is assisting with the police investigation
A child has died after being hit by a 4WD at a Sydney property on Christmas Eve.
Emergency services were called to Dural in Sydney’s north-west about 6pm on Saturday where they found a two-year-old boy who was critically injured.
Continue reading...Human rights groups around the world express outrage over ‘disproportionate’ punishment of Deanna ‘Violet’ Coco
A senior UN official has said he is “alarmed” a peaceful Australian climate protester has been jailed for 15 months – and refused bail before her appeal – amid global concern at her “disproportionate” punishment.
On Friday, Deanna “Violet” Coco was sentenced to 15 months in prison for blocking a single lane of traffic on the Sydney Harbour Bridge in April in a protest staged to draw attention to the global climate emergency.
Continue reading...Lawyers for Deanna ‘Violet’ Coco, who stopped traffic for 25 minutes in April, say it is ‘outrageous’ their client was refused bail ahead of an appeal next year
A climate protester who blocked a lane of traffic on Sydney Harbour Bridge has been sentenced to 15 months in prison with a non-parole period of eight months, with human rights advocates labelling the punishment “disproportionate”.
Magistrate Allison Hawkins in Sydney’s Downing Centre local court on Friday sentenced Deanna “Violet” Coco to prison for her role in the climate protest on 13 April this year, when the now 32-year-old parked a truck and stood holding a lit flare.
Continue reading...The former Sydney schoolteacher and subject of the Teacher’s Pet podcast will be eligible for parole in 18 years
Former Sydney schoolteacher and rugby league star Chris Dawson has been sentenced to 24 years in prison for the historical murder of his wife Lynette, ending a decades-long campaign for justice.
The 74-year-old, in failing health, was told by the judge he will “probably die in jail”. He will be 92 when he is first eligible for parole after 18 years in prison, in August 2040.
Continue reading...Visits for retail and recreation have boosted activity in Sydney and Melbourne, but work from home preferences are keeping office trips low
Activity across Sydney and Melbourne’s central business districts is still below pre-Covid levels as work from home preferences keep office vacancies high – however, the business community is heartened by a surge in recreational visits that is expected to “rebalance” Australian cities.
Melbourne’s CBD was 33% less busy from mid-September to mid-November this year compared with the same period in 2019, with Sydney’s CBD slightly more active, down by 30% on pre-Covid levels, according to movement data drawn from anonymous mobile phone activity and analysed by research firm Roy Morgan.
Continue reading...Legislation had to be changed to permit public nudity on the beach
For the first time in its history, Bondi has been declared a nude beach.
On Saturday, thousands of bodies huddled together in the early morning light to model in artist Spencer Tunick’s latest Australian installation – and his first in the name of skin cancer.
Continue reading...Dominic Perrottet says the two sides agreed to a Fair Work Commission process to resolve long-running fight
The New South Wales government says it has carved out a deal with the state’s rail union to modify a fleet of trains and halt industrial action, after months of bitter negotiation.
The parties had been at odds over whether or not to make safety modifications to a multibillion-dollar Korean-built fleet of intercity trains, which have been in storage since 2019.
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