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1 month ago | 
abc.net.au | Digby Werthmuller
A number of buildings in Sydney's CBD will be demolished to make way for a new plaza opposite Town Hall. The City of Sydney Council this year backed Lord Mayor Clover Moore's push to fast-track demolition work. Cr Moore says the need for a large civic square has never been clearer. Sydney ratepayers have spent more than $36 million maintaining and rejuvenating a suite of ageing commercial buildings earmarked for removal to make way for a massive plaza opposite Town Hall.
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1 month ago | 
abc.net.au | Digby Werthmuller
An elderly man is in hospital after allegedly being assaulted by a teenager outside a polling booth in Sydney's inner west. Emergency services were called to an early voting centre at Ashfield Library on Liverpool Road about 1pm on Wednesday, following reports of an assault outside. Paramedics treated the man, believed to be in his 80s, for neck injuries. The man was taken to the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in a serious condition.
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1 month ago | 
abc.net.au | Jesse Hyland |Digby Werthmuller
Anyone who has visited Sydney's CBD in the past 10 days has been told to monitor for symptoms of the potentially deadly Legionnaires' disease after six people were hospitalised. Legionnaires' disease is a severe form of pneumonia that typically develops once a strain of bacteria named Legionella pneumophila (Legionella) infects the lungs. This bacteria is not spread from person to person but through aerosols.
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2 months ago | 
abc.net.au | Digby Werthmuller
An Australian Border Force (ABF) employee and an alleged crime figure have been charged with bribery and drug offences as part of a crack down on insider corruption. The 50-year-old female ABF employee and a 67-year-old Mount Pritchard man allegedly conspired to smuggle 6.9 kilograms of cocaine into Australia. Authorities said the employee was paid in cash and luxury items to bypass security checks. The pair were arrested in Sydney on Tuesday.
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Feb 21, 2025 | 
abc.net.au | Digby Werthmuller
Jamie, Lachlan and Ewan Maclean plan to complete a 14,000-kilometre journey from Lima to Sydney. The brothers have custom built a $100,000 vessel using carbon fibre technology, similar to that of a Formula 1 car. The trio plan to set off in late March or early April. Three Scottish brothers are embarking on an adventure to become the first trio to row across the Pacific Ocean, nonstop and unsupported.
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Feb 11, 2025 | 
abc.net.au | Digby Werthmuller
A high-ranking NSW Police officer has been given a two-year community correction order and fined $1,500 for crashing an unmarked police car while under the influence of alcohol. The senior officer, who cannot be named due to a court suppression order lasting 40 years, was found guilty of mid-range drink driving in November last year over the incident in Sydney's NorthConnex tunnel in May 2023.
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Jan 19, 2025 | 
abc.net.au | Digby Werthmuller
Firefighting drones and water gliders. AI-powered fire detection. Remote sensors, satellites and live feeds to firefighters. It's the future of firefighting and in the wake of the catastrophic Los Angeles blazes, disaster experts are urging Australian governments to invest heavily in these new technologies. It is a multi-layered approach designed to hit fires early and stop them exploding into deadly mega-blazes that can cause billions of dollars damage.
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Dec 24, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Digby Werthmuller
UNSW Sydney researchers are working on technology that can go so far as to predict which beaches and on what days bluebottles will wash ashore. Experts can now use wind and swell forecasts, as well as knowledge about these creatures and the surrounding oceanography, to create a bluebottle forecast. Scientists hope the future tool will allow for bluebottle warnings to be relayed to the public the day before a beach influx is expected.
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Nov 29, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Digby Werthmuller
The mayor of Liverpool City Council has lost a defamation case against a former councillor over a Facebook post labelling him a "crim" and a "grub", which also accused him of fraud involving a charity. The NSW District Court struck out and dismissed Mayor Ned Mannoun's claim on Friday, ruling that the social media post did not meet the "serious harm" threshold required under recent defamation law reforms.
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Nov 26, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Digby Werthmuller |Jean Kennedy
Parts of Sydney's west are expected to hit almost 40 degrees Celsius today, marking the peak of the heatwave hitting eastern New South Wales this week. Penrith and Richmond are both predicted to hit 39C by about 3pm, according to the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM). However, the BOM has also forecasted high temperatures for other parts of the city. "Around Sydney, just because of the sea breeze, it's not going to get as hot with max temperature near 33C," BOM meteorologist Edward Medlock told ABC News.
