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Australia · Sydney Morning Herald

Metro opening triggers carnival atmosphere and new chapter for Sydney

30 Oct 15:19

The ribbon cutting ends more than two years of major disruptions and completes the 66-kilometre line which now connects the city’s south-west to the north-west.

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Australia · Sydney Morning Herald

Sam Wood denied bail after court hears of ‘party lifestyle, drug use’

The reality TV star faces domestic violence charges after he allegedly attacked his wife Snezana during a holiday in Noosa on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast.

30 Oct 16:35

Australia · Sydney Morning Herald

Top judge’s inflammatory WhatsApp message about deputy revealed amid bitter fight

NSW Local Court Chief Judge Michael Allen and his deputy Sharon Freund have been at loggerheads for months.

30 Oct 16:29

Australia · Sydney Morning Herald

Man arrested after woman allegedly sexually touched during Bondi run

A woman on an early morning run in Sydney’s eastern suburbs was approached by a man riding a bicycle.

30 Oct 16:16

Australia · Guardian Australia

Former Sydney childcare worker Ashley Paul Griffith hit with 202 more abuse charges

NSW police say charges include child rape and relate to 23 alleged victims aged between one and five at a Sydney childcare centre

30 Oct 16:14

Australia · Guardian Australia

Erin Patterson began the day with hope. Now Australia’s mushroom murderer knows she’s likely to die in jail

Patterson watched on, clad in prison-issued blue, as Victoria’s highest court rejected her appeal against her murder convictions Erin Patterson to die in prison after losing bid to overturn mushroom murder convictions

30 Oct 16:12

Australia · Sydney Morning Herald

Sydney's south-west Metro line opens

The wait for south-west Sydney commuters is over, with today's opening of the Metro rail line.

30 Oct 16:10

Australia · Sydney Morning Herald

Mushroom murderer Erin Patterson to learn her fate

Mushroom murderer Erin Patterson will learn today whether her convictions will stand or if she'll face a retrial.

30 Oct 16:10

Australia · Sydney Morning Herald

‘Why would you delete a whole school?’: Catholic school set to close

Parents in the Southern Highlands have been blindsided by a decision to shut their school, amid wider cuts in the Catholic education sector.

30 Oct 16:10