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Viral Sydney TikToker Yisra El Moubayed Charged With Affray For Alleged Bankstown Salon Brawl

Viral Western Sydney TikToker Yisra El Moubayed has fronted court over an alleged physical altercation at a Bankstown hairdresser.

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MAFS’ Tyson Slammed For Sending ‘Revolting’ DMs To Sydney Drag Queen Carla From Bankstown

MAFS intruder Tyson Gordon has been slammed on social media after he appeared to send offensive messages to Carla from Bankstown.

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Islamic prayer hall permanently closes after controversial cleric comes under scrutiny following Bondi terror attack

Al Madina Dawah centre in Bankstown announces move on Wednesday after local council issues ‘cease use’ directive on Wisam Haddad

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Sydney council seeks to shut down Islamic centre linked to controversial preacher Wisam Haddad

City of Canterbury Bankstown issues a ‘cease use’, alleging building housing Al Madina centre was never approved to be a prayer hall

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Sydney man charged with threatening to kill communications minister Anika Wells and her family

Bankstown man, 31, allegedly sent two emails to the communication minister’s office in late November making direct threats

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Palestinian woman, 61, who fled Gaza detained by authorities after pre-dawn raid in Sydney

Maha Almassri told she had failed a visa character check and taken to Bankstown police station, then Villawood detention centre, cousin says

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Federal court orders Sydney Muslim cleric to remove ‘racist and antisemitic’ lectures from social media

Wissam Haddad was sued by two members of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry over lectures in 2023 recorded in Bankstown

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‘Level of violence unheard of’: police suspect body in burnt-out car in Sydney was allegedly kidnapped woman

Woman’s two sons in hospital with one in induced coma, as police say they ‘strongly believe’ kidnapping was targeted

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Police Are Investigating An Alleged Hate Crime Against Carla From Bankstown

"I didn’t share this story to get sympathy, I shared it because I wanted to stand up for myself and my amazing LGBTQI+ community."

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Yet Another Sydney Train Line Is Closing For Months & I’m Gonna Scream

It’s been a rough year for Sydney commuters, hey?

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Second Bankstown nurse charged over viral video allegedly threatening Israeli patients

Ahmed Rashid Nadir charged over two offences and granted bail to appear at Downing Centre local court on 19 March

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Police raid home of Sydney nurse taken to hospital after allegedly threatening Israeli patients on video

Israeli influencer Max Veifer posts video on Instagram stating: ‘The police are asking me for the unedited version. I have nothing to hide. Here it is’

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‘A bus is more annoying than a train’: Sydney commuters on the Bankstown line adjust amid wait for metro

The NSW government has promised free buses as far as Sydenham, but the shutdown of the T3 Bankstown line still means major change for local residents

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Passengers brace for blowouts in their commute as south-west Sydney’s train line closes

Thousands of public transport users are having to rethink their schedules, commutes and lives as the Bankstown to Sydenham metro conversion begins

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Pain before gain as commuters brace for railway closure

Final trains are travelling a line that carried commuters for almost 130 years before its conversion as part of the nation's biggest public transport project.

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Sydney train delays and shutdown of T3 line possible if NSW fails to reach agreement with transport union

RTBU says it will call off this week’s industrial action if government agrees to offer 50c fares to public transport users

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NSW rail union to strike against Metro upgrades

Sydney's embattled train network is once again facing disruptions as the rail union hits back at the Sydenham to Bankstown Metro conversion.

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Police took 19 hours to attend Sydney home of elderly man who died shortly after their arrival

Neighbour worried about 85-year-old asked NSW police to check on him at 5.45pm but officers didn’t enter Bankstown home until midday next day

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Poetry forged in war: Palestinian exile and social media sensation Plestia Alaqad leaves Sydney audience in tears

The 22-year-old, who went viral for her chronicling of the war, tells Bankstown Poetry Slam about life under bombardment in Gaza

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Four People Have Been Rushed To Hospital After A Car With P-Plates Crashed Into A Cafe

Four people have been rushed to hospital in stable condition after a car with P-plates crashed into a cafe in Bankstown.

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Sydney train commuters face year of replacement buses during construction of Bankstown metro

Labor commits to final stage of Metro City and Southwest driverless train project as separate report flags eastern line possibly to Randwick and Maroubra

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NSW Labor unveils election plan for Metro lines, but stops short of committing to Coalition's pledge

New South Wales Labor says it will prioritise Metro links in north-west and south-west Sydney if elected, but won't guarantee other projects announced by the Coalition.

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Brawl erupts in shopping centre with mum heard shouting 'don't touch my son'

A witness to the brawl at the Bankstown shopping centre in Sydney, Australia, said she heard one of the older fighters wailing "don't touch my son" as teens and parents clashed

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Flash flooding traps Sydney drivers in their cars after torrential rain hits city

SES called into action 19 times to free people from their vehicles and trains between Bankstown and the centre cancelled

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Former NSW Labor MP joins One Nation despite previously labelling Mark Latham a ‘buffoon’

Tania Mihailuk, who quit ALP in 2022, now says she’s worried state would go ‘woke and broke’ under a Labor government

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