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NewsAustralian Associated PressSydney CBD freeway to close for NY party
A Sydney CBD motorway with views across the city's world-famous harbour is set to be transformed into a week-long party venue for the New Year.The Cahill Expressway will be temporarily closed to vehicles for seven days from December 31, the NSW government said on Saturday.
NewsYahoo News AustraliaTwo new Covid cases linked to Bondi Junction Westfield
NSW has reported two new cases after people who visited Bondi Junction Westfield tested positive.
NewsYahoo News Australia'Don't panic': Confusion as list of Sydney exposure sites grows
The NSW government has been slammed for "confusing" mixed messages as the list of exposure sites grows in Sydney's east.
NewsYahoo News Australia'Glad and her boo': Gladys Berejiklian's new boyfriend revealed
Gladys Berejiklian is now dating the man who represented her at a corruption hearing involving her former boyfriend.
NewsAustralian Associated PressSydney man held over 'extremist material'
A Sydney man has been charged over his alleged support for the Islamic State group in online posts.The 24-year-old was taken into custody on Friday after search warrants were executed in Chester Hill and Sefton.
NewsAustralian Associated PressFresh local case in Victoria as rules ease
Victoria has recorded another locally acquired virus case as the state emerges from its fourth lockdown, and NSW copes with increased virus restrictions to combat the latest outbreak.The Victorian case is a close contact of an existing case and has been in quarantine while infectious.
NewsAustralian Associated PressTwo new NSW COVID cases as masks mandated
NSW has recorded two new locally acquired COVID-19 cases bringing the cluster linked to a shopping centre in the city's eastern suburbs to six.A woman in her 40s and a man in his 50s both visited the Westfield Bondi Junction shopping centre, with the man's case reported yesterday.
NewsAustralian Associated PressNSW premier is dating high-profile lawyer
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian is dating again, this time seeing the lawyer who represented her at a corruption hearing into former boyfriend and government colleague Daryl Maguire.Her new date is high-profile barrister Arthur Moses, SC, with their relationship revealed in an Instagram post on Friday by the premier's younger sister Mary.
NewsAustralian Associated PressChewbacca basher jailed for snow assault
A snowboarder dressed as Star Wars character Chewbacca when he bashed a Thredbo manager on the popular ski fields has been jailed for at least one year and four months.Keith Melvyn Wass struck Kosciusko's Thredbo resort manager Jordan Rogers in August 2017 with his snowboard after being told "we've had complaints kids are getting scared," the NSW District Court was told on Friday.
BusinessAustralian Associated PressSolar company fined over teen's fatal fall
A solar panels installer has been fined $300,000 after a harnessed apprentice fell to his death through a warehouse skylight at a job in the Hunter region.Jaryd Hayter began working as an electrical apprentice for PV Solar Pro Pty Ltd only one week before he fell at the site at Tomago on August 23, 2018The 19-year-old suffered multiple skull fractures indicating severe traumatic head injury and his life support was withdrawn on September 5.
NewsAustralian Associated PressGovt offshores at cost of NSW jobs: study
NSW forgoes "thousands of jobs" by offshoring major transport contracts for trains, trams, ferries and buses, a new report has found.The report, produced by The McKell Institute, analysed six NSW government transport contracts which resulted in offshore construction in places including South Korea, Spain, China, Indonesia and Germany.
NewsYahoo News Australia'We're in trouble': Grim prediction for Sydney's Covid outbreak
Sydney is staring down its latest Covid cluster, but one expert has raised concerns that this time could be more serious.
BusinessAustralian Associated Press'Friyay' in Sydney as govt funds CBD lunch
Workers will be tempted back into Sydney's CBD with the offer of $100 worth of vouchers to be spent at pubs and eateries on Fridays.Treasurer Dominic Perrottet said the $50 million scheme, to be included in Tuesday's budget, will be available to 500,000 people through Service NSW.
NewsAustralian Associated PressTristan Sailor denies sex assault charges
Out-of-contract NRL player Tristan Sailor will stand trial in February after pleading not guilty to sexually assaulting a woman in Sydney's south.The 22-year-old son of former Wallabies and Kangaroos star Wendell Sailor was arraigned in the NSW District Court on Friday.
NewsAustralian Associated PressNSW cop-shooter banned from nursing
A "completely delusional" ice user who shot a police officer and security guard at a Sydney hospital's emergency department wants to resume nursing in future.Michael De Guzman, a registered nurse, is being detained at a forensic hospital after a NSW District Court judge found him not guilty in 2018 of 11 charges by reason of mental impairment.
NewsYahoo News Australia'Fleeting contact': Sydney records another Covid case
Sydney is on alert over a new cluster in the city's east.
NewsYahoo News AustraliaCrime figure shot dead in 'brutal execution-style murder' in Sydney's CBD
Notorious Sydney underworld figure Bilal Hamze has died after 'being shot down in a hail of bullets' in the heart of Sydney's CBD last night.
NewsYahoo News AustraliaSydney Covid exposure sites spread to new city
Canberra authorities have issued a public health alert after a Sydney man who tested positive for Covid-19 visited on Monday.
NewsAustralian Associated PressNSW paramedics plan budget day strike
NSW paramedics will continue their wages spat with the state government by only attending the most urgent, life threatening cases on the day the budget is delivered.The Health Services Union says the action on Tuesday follows an "insulting" pay offer from the state government.
NewsYahoo News AustraliaThe best way to earn Woolworths Everyday Rewards and Coles Flybuys deals
Shoppers have revealed how supermarket rewards programs can save you money if you are smart in the way you use them.
NewsYahoo News AustraliaMan shot and killed in Sydney's CBD
A man has died after being shot in Sydney's CBD overnight.
NewsAustralian Associated PressCrime figure executed in Sydney's CBD
Multiple gunmen have opened fire on underworld figure Bilal Hamze in Sydney's CBD, killing the notorious gangster in what police say is a major escalation of gang violence in the city.The 34-year-old was peppered with bullets as he left a restaurant on Thursday night in Bridge Street, near Circular Quay and died shortly after in St Vincent's Hospital.
NewsAustralian Associated PressFleeting exposure prompts Sydney mask move
Mask use is again compulsory on Sydney's public transport after a man picked up COVID-19 from "fleeting exposure" with an infected shopper.A number of new exposure sites have also been announced across Bondi Junction, as well as Macquarie Park and at Sydney's international airport.
BusinessAustralian Associated PressAust business competitiveness 'slipping'
Australia's business competitiveness has slipped with the country ranking poorly on company agility, entrepreneurship and management credibility.That's according to the IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook 2021 which on Thursday ranked Australia 22nd of 64 nations, four places lower than 2020.
NewsYahoo News AustraliaHow man could have been hit with $10,000 in fines in 11 minutes
The 23-year-old Subaru driver was charged after he was filmed by PolAir exceeding the speed limit 12 times in 11 minutes.
