Sydney
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/19743563
- • 88%www.abc.net.au Hunter Valley bus crash driver sentenced to 32 years in jail over deaths of 10 passengers
Brett Andrew Button was behind the wheel of a bus returning from a wedding when it flipped on a roundabout, killing 10 passengers and injuring 25 others.
- www.theguardian.com NSW drug summit to be co-chaired by former state Liberal leader who denounced pill testing
Exclusive: Health minister says John Brogden and former deputy premier Carmel Tebbutt ‘respected across the aisle’
Looks like he's trying to sink this.
In stark contrast to victoria: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/jun/25/victorias-pill-testing-service-to-become-permanent-after-18-month-trial
cantest results: https://cantest.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/CanTEST-Two-Year-Report-2023-24.pdf which have detected new lethal substances and novel analogues of unknown safety
Continuing to carry out lethal policy in the face of evidence is not functionally different to pollies randomly selecting kids and strangling them to death. It is social murder.
Once again nsw is a late mover, earning out place as the least informed and most conservative state in Australia with flying colours.
- www.abc.net.au Police charge man in wake of luxury cars being spray-painted across Sydney
A 49-year-old man has been charged with 23 counts of vandalism, following a police investigation into 87 cases of cars being spray-painted across Sydney's inner suburbs.
ABC reports it as a "rampage". It is hijinks at best.
RIP to a real one.
- www.theguardian.com Sydney records hottest August day since 1995 as Australia swelters through warm end to winter
Sydney passes 30C on Friday while Brisbane expected to reach mid-30s during weekend
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/21832994
> Sydney records hottest August day since 1995 as Australia swelters through warm end to winter > > > Sydney passes 30C on Friday while Brisbane expected to reach mid-30s during weekend > > Archived version: https://archive.ph/g3Fkw > > SpinScore: https://spinscore.io/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fenvironment%2Farticle%2F2024%2Faug%2F30%2Fweather-forecast-sydney-brisbane-melbourne-temperature-winds-heat-bom
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Orcas in Sydney!
www.theguardian.com ‘I’ve never seen anything like it’: orcas spotted in Sydney waters for first time since 2018Whale Watching Sydney photographer says his phone has ‘not stopped going’ since the sighting
I didn't know they'd been here in 2018..….
- www.abc.net.au Luxury cars spray painted with graffiti in inner Sydney as police launch strike force
A new strike force has been created to target a number of cases of luxury cars being painted in Sydney's inner suburbs.
I thought maybe someone was marking cars that had been highlighted on Dashcam Owners Australia, but apparently not....
Thank God resources have been allocated for a strike force! One poor victim got the paint off with WD40, but the trauma will last forever!
- www.abc.net.au Firefighters battle out-of-control grass fire in Sydney's south-west
Fire crews are battling an out-of-control grass fire burning at Camden Valley Way in Edmondson Park. An emergency warning has been issued by the Rural Fire Service.
Recommend engineer's bikinis (shorts).
- • 100%www.abc.net.au NSW Liberals back down on legal threat after council nominations paperwork blunder
The NSW branch of the Liberal party will not pursue legal action over last week's council nominations blunder, which cost close to 140 candidates a spot on the ballot in next month's local government elections.
> In short: > > The NSW Liberals has backed down on legal threats over last week's council nominations blunder. > > Close to 140 candidates will not be on the ballot for next month's local government elections. > > The party admitted fault last week and sacked state director Richard Shields.
> The NSW Liberals’ local government campaign is in complete disarray after the party missed the deadline to nominate candidates in several council areas, including Canterbury-Bankstown, Shoalhaven and Wollongong.
Canonical URL: https://www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw/nsw-libs-in-chaos-as-party-fails-to-nominate-council-candidates-20240814-p5k2f4.html
- • 100%www.abc.net.au Former police officer accused of murdering Sydney couple has charges replaced
It was the first time Beau Lamarre-Condon's case has been in court since police last month laid two fresh charges which now allege the murders were domestic violence-related.
- • 100%www.abc.net.au Scaffolding collapse in Sydney's CBD sees main road closed, van crushed
Police shut down a busy street in Sydney's CBD after parts of scaffolding fell from a construction site.
> - In short: Scaffolding has fallen from a construction site onto a Sydney CBD street. > - A van was hit by the materials but a man inside the vehicle was not injured. > - What's next? Police are investigating the cause of the incident.
- • 100%www.abc.net.au Sydney mayor survives attempt to oust her over Gaza protest
Randwick Mayor Philipa Veitch says a failed vote of no confidence levelled at her last night was a divisive attempt to influence the upcoming local government election.
- • 100%www.theguardian.com Two people found dead on yacht in Sydney Harbour amid concerns fumes detected aboard
Bodies of a man and woman aged in their 50s or 60s found on 47ft yacht moored at Cammeray on Sydney’s north shore
Unfortunately the guides I could find for Dixon Street (Chinatown) were ten years old and the places no longer exist, but I've heard there's a place somewhere upstairs in Dixon House Food Court with huge plates for average prices.
Outside of this and memories of the Town Hall classic 'Big Bite', I wouldn't know where to start.
I'm doing a big lap of Australia.
We spent some time in and around Sydney recently and we were shocked, and appalled at the state of the roads.
After a few days in, we started counting potholes that were big enough to HAVE to avoid, and at over 40 on one road, gave up counting.
I honestly have never seen worse roads in my life.
Km after km of bumpy, holey, accidents waiting to happen.
The worst roads in the country. Totally shameful in a country like Australia.
So the question is, how did it come to this?
I know the last state leader, Gladys, was done for corruption.
I've followed friendly Geordies and the mafia like corruption of Barilaro is blatantly obvious.
Is it "leaders" being corrupt, or something other issue.
I'm not from NSW, so am interested to know.
Brisbane for example, was woefully lacking in infrastructure, so they had to play catch up on their roads, and over 20 or so years have caught up. The roads were never a death trap like Sydney's though.
Any thoughts?
- www.abc.net.au 'The railway is safe': Minister assures commuters after Sydney Metro line opening delayed
The Chatswood to Sydenham line had a target opening day of Sunday August 4, but is yet to receive the necessary approvals from the national rail safety regulator.
> The Sydney Metro line between Chatswood and Sydenham will not open on Sunday.
> It has been delayed to an unknown date due to rail safety regulator approvals.
- www.theguardian.com Sydney commuters face travel woes all week as light rail workers strike for better pay
All inner-Sydney light rail lines are due to grind to a halt during peak hours from 8am to 10am and 4pm to 6pm from Monday to Friday
- www.abc.net.au Father who died trying to rescue twin toddlers hailed as 'incredibly brave and heroic'
Emergency services were called to Carlton Railway Station on Sunday following reports a pram carrying two children had rolled onto the tracks from the platform.
Twins in a pram rolled onto the track at Carlton.
Terrible.
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4th of August according to the SMH article.
- www.abc.net.au 'It's the landlord's property': Warning planned rental protections go too far
Landlords in New South Wales say a looming policy change by the state government to ban a practice known as "no-grounds evictions" will erode the rights of property owners and reduce the amount of rental stock on the market.
- • 92%www.abc.net.au Woman dies in alleged DV murder in northern NSW as police investigate why response took almost an hour
NSW Police received a concern for welfare call to a home on Johnston Street, Casino shortly after 1:30am on Saturday, but the call wasn't acknowledged by a radio operator until much later.
- • 100%www.abc.net.au Latest instalment for Sydney Metro to open in August, cutting commute time for thousands of travellers
The government reveals a vague timeline for the opening of the Sydney Metro City project, which will give commuters north-west of Sydney a direct train line to the CBD.
Missed this news yesterday. I guess “August” narrows it down from “mid-2024” although that’s basically end of mid year. I’m expecting late August.
- www.smh.com.au City of Sydney backs boycott of Israel, in bid to add pressure for ceasefire
The state’s wealthiest council will now review any investments and contracts with companies that might be involved in “human rights abuses in Palestine”.
The City of Sydney council will consider scrapping its contracts with companies linked to Israel, including a printing agreement with Hewlett Packard, after Lord Mayor Clover Moore supported a renewed push from the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement.
Moore and her independent team backed a Greens motion on Monday night calling for the state’s wealthiest council to audit divestments that had or could be made to ensure it did not invest in or profit from human rights violations, “including the illegal occupation of the settlements in Palestinian territories, and the supply of weapons”.
