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Sydney Airport accepts $23.6b takeover bid

Australia's biggest and busiest airport has accepted a $23.6 billion takeover bid from a consortium of infrastructure investors.

Faulty NSW light rail vehicles same model used in ACT

Almost $40 million worth of Sydney's seven-year-old trams have been taken out of service to fix cracking, the same model vehicles used by Canberra's light rail system.

NSW police seize $2.2m in Sydney cocaine raid

A Sydney man has been charged after police discovered more than $2 million worth of cocaine in blocks stamped with the Australian Federal Police logo.

Majority of NSW COVID-19 cases outside Sydney

The majority of COVID-19 cases reported in NSW are now being diagnosed in the regions and smaller cities, rather than in Sydney.

Freedom Day in NSW, but not a free-for-all

NSW have emerged from COVID-19 lockdown after 106 days with 'freedom day' upon them, but residents have been encouraged to show patience.

Second major outbreak at Sydney’s Liverpool hospital

Two dozen people at a southwest Sydney hospital have contracted COVID-19 in a week, in the second major outbreak at the facility outbreak in recent months.

Sydney’s NYE family fireworks cancelled

Sydney's New Years Eve family fireworks show has been cancelled for the second year in a row, despite plans to reopen the city in coming weeks.

Sydney anti-lockdown protests flop, amid more COVID deaths

Planned anti-lockdown protests in Sydney have not eventuated as NSW surpassed 50,000 COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic.

Restrictions in Sydney’s west ‘sadistic’

People in west and southwest Sydney have been traumatised and made to feel like criminals in their own homes.

COVID-positive removalists plead guilty

Three removalists who travelled to central western NSW from Sydney despite testing positive to COVID-19 have pleaded guilty in court. 

Morrison shrugs off Father’s Day trip criticism

Scott Morrison has brushed off criticism of his controversial travel between Canberra and Sydney for Father's Day.

NSW records 1164 new local COVID-19 cases, 3 deaths

NSW has reported 1164 new locally-acquired cases of COVID-19 and three deaths, including a woman in her 50s with underlying health issues.

Sydney brothel workers, customers fined for public health breach

The owner of a Sydney brothel, along with her workers and customers, have been hit with $12,500 in fines for breaching public health orders.

Five COVID-positive Sydney men fined

Five COVID-positive men have each been fined $5000 after NSW Police found them unmasked and mingling outside in Sydney's southwest.

Sydney families struggling under lockdown

A federal funding top-up for Wesley Mission to help families struggling in Sydney's worst-affected COVID-19 hotspots is running out.

Man charged over Sydney lockdown protest

Another man has been charged over the violent anti-lockdown protest in Sydney's CBD last month.

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