Here's what you need to know this morning.
Brighton Le-Sands moves to lock out hoons from road
Bayside council in Sydney’s south has moved to completely keep cars out of one street to curb hooning.
Bay Street in Brighton Le-Sands will now be closed to car enthusiasts who have used the street to "show off" their cars.
The strip will be part of a partial closure during the summer after residents petitioned the council.
Bayside councillor Heidi Lee Douglas told ABC Radio Sydney hooning was a problem throughout Brighton, but was particularly bad on Bay Street.
"It keeps people awake at all hours," she said.
"It causes a lot of anxiety for local residents."
Lined by restaurants, cafes, and shops, Bay Street will close between Botany Bay and Moate Avenue for six Friday and Saturday nights over summer under the trial.
The council is hoping the trial will be a step toward creating a people-friendly area similar to the Manly Corso and Lane Cove mall.
BOM warns of flooding
The NSW Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) is predicting severe rain for parts of the state today and warning it will lead to widespread flooding.
Rain and thunderstorms are expected to continue into the day in the central west of NSW, with moderate to heavy rainfalls in river catchments here, in Victoria, and in south-west Queensland.
“Widespread daily rainfall totals of 20-40mm are expected … across southern Queensland, inland NSW, and Northern Victoria. Storm activity could see an increase of rainfall to 40-60mm under storms with isolated totals in excess of 100mm possible," the BOM said.
“The coming rain is likely to lead to river level rises across many already flooded rivers in NSW, Victoria, and southern Queensland, with widespread moderate to major flooding likely across inland NSW.”
A cold front in South Australia will bring rain later in the week, which BOM says will push to NSW with isolated storms.
Reward for missing girl
A $500,000 reward is being offered for information on the suspicious disappearance of a 15-year-old girl at a Penrith supermarket 50 years ago.
Lynette Melbin was last seen at the High St shop where her mother worked on Monday, June 5, 1972.
Police have been told Lynette arranged with her mother to be collected from her boyfriend's house later that day, but did not arrive.
Police Minister Paul Toole said it was critical that anyone with information came forward to provide closure for Lynette's family.
"When a person goes missing, it has a long-lasting ripple effect on their family and friends, on their community, and on police who are doing their best to get some answers," Mr Toole said.
Push to repair roads with relief fund
A Nationals MP is calling on the new federal government to set up an emergency relief fund to help pay for repairs to roads affected by flooding and ongoing rain.
Member for Riverina Michael McCormack said he had made representations to Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development Catherine King about the situation in rural NSW.
Mr McCormack said the upcoming federal budget was the perfect opportunity to announce a fund which councils could apply to.
"There's a lot of rain coming our way and that's only going to make the shoulders of the roads and the potholes even worse," he said.
Lismore ice cream institution given second life
Ice cream factory Norco will live again thanks to a $35 million anchor business grant.
The Northern Rivers business was inundated during the February and March floods and it said suffered losses of $142 million.
In a statement, Norco said its decision to rebuild would have a positive effect on many small and medium businesses that relied on the co-op to help drive economic activity.
"We know how important this factory and its operations are to this region and we've always been committed to do everything we can, within our means, to see a future for the facility," Norco chief executive Michael Hampson said.
It received $8 million in government funding to continue paying employee wages for several months after the disasters.
That funding ran out last month and more than 150 employees were stood down.
Protests 'just the start'
An Iranian woman who moved to regional NSW 12 years ago says human rights protests in her home country are just the start of a movement advocating for change.
Mahsa Amini, 22, was detained by morality police for not wearing a hijab in September and died in custody three days later, sparking weeks of rallies in Iran and across the globe.
Wagga Wagga based Charles Sturt University Professor Shokoofeh Shamsi said the world had had enough of the injustices.
"It was just a spark of accumulated trauma in our people. Not only our women, but our men, any gender orientation, anyone in Iran and I think no-one can take it anymore," she said.
New move in breast cancer surgery
Griffith Base Hospital in the NSW Riverina has become the first public care provider in the state to pioneer a new technology in breast cancer surgery.
Head surgeon Kate FitzGerald worked with NSW Health for three years to get approval to use tiny metallic seeds, which are implanted into the breast as a marker.
Dr FitzGerald said the seeds replaced flexible wires which could move, and they allowed for a more accurate and cosmetically elegant surgery.
She has completed six surgeries using the seeds so far, and says patients are pleased with the results.
