One Sydney council has taken the bit between the teeth over a mask issue that threatens to cause ‘enormous’ environmental damage. Residents in Sydney’s west will be slapped with a $450 fine if busted throwing face masks on the ground, as the mandatory wearing of...
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Teenager’s body found at Sydney swimming hole
The body of a teenage boy has been found after he went missing from a Sydney swimming hole. A desperate search was underway for hours for the 15-year-old, who disappeared while swimming with friends at the The Basin at Kentlyn, near Campbelltown, about 2.30pm on...
What to stream this week: Devils, The White Tiger, The Rental and more
Let us help with a selection of new movies and TV shows, plus something from the archives with a similar vibe. There, sorted. SOMETHING WITH ARSE-KICKING SUPERHEROES BATWOMAN S2 The anticipated second season of Batwoman will introduce a new actor to wear the cowl after...
Teen’s body found at swimming hole
A teenager’s body has been found after he jumped from a cliff into a Sydney swimming hole and didn’t surface. The body of a teenage boy has been found after he went missing from a Sydney swimming hole. A desperate search was underway for hours...
‘No impact’: Ashes icon rips into Aussies
The Ashes mind games have seemingly begun. Former England Test captain Michael Vaughan has given a scathing assessment of the Australian cricket team following Tuesday’s miracle at the Gabba. Tim Paine’s men were unable to topple a depleted Indian side on home soil, and unlike...
Coronavirus Australia live: Victoria, NSW and Queensland record no local Covid cases as three new cases linked to Australian Open
In US news, outgoing president Donald Trump has used his final hours before Joe Biden’s inauguration to pardon or commute the sentence of 143 people including allies including former White House aide Steve Bannon. Trump leaves office on Wednesday US time, when Biden is sworn...
ASX surges to 11-month high
The ASX keeps surging, reaching an 11-month high, while last year’s roaring success story Afterpay has hit a fresh record. The Australian sharemarket closed at an 11-month high on Wednesday, with the company that was last year’s roaring success story climbing to a new price...
Penguin Bloom: Naomi Watts and director Glendyn Ivin on bird encounters
Actors don’t usually form such an intimate connection with co-stars on their first meeting, but when those co-stars are trained magpies, all bets are off. That’s how Naomi Watts ended up with a bird pooping in her mouth during production of Penguin Bloom, an Australian...
AFL star Sydney Stack, 20, pleads GUILTY to breaching Covid quarantine to go clubbing
Embattled AFL star Sydney Stack, 20, admits to breaching Covid quarantine to go clubbing – after copping a 10-game suspension for strip club scandal AFL star has pleaded guilty to one count of failing to comply with a direction Sydney Stack was granted bail earlier after...
Up to 20 witnesses in NRL star’s case
Manly star Dylan Walker will face a two-day hearing over the alleged assault of two men outside a Sydney pizza shop. NRL star Dylan Walker will defend himself over allegations he assaulted two men outside a pizza shop on Sydney’s northern beaches at a court...