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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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Labor 'too woke' for turncoat NSW MP

Former member of the NSW Labor Party and incumbent Bankstown MP, Tania Mihailuk will join One Nation ahead of the March state election.

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Probe clears Bankstown mayor of corruption

An independent inquiry has cleared a Sydney mayor of impropriety after former NSW Labor frontbencher Tania Mihailuk aired concerns about corruption.

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Investigation clears NSW Labor candidate Khal Asfour of corruption, links to Eddie Obeid

Canterbury-Bankstown mayor Khal Asfour says he has been "vindicated" after a review finds no evidence of the corruption alleged by former Labor MP Tania Mihailuk.

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Inquiry to probe Bankstown Council

An inquiry will look into integrity issues at Canterbury-Bankstown Council after ex-Labor frontbencher Tania Mihailuk aired concerns about its mayor.

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NSW Labor MP Tania Mihailuk resigns from party, says Labor not ready to govern

Ms Mihailuk says the party's endorsement of Canterbury-Bankstown Mayor Khal Asfour gives her no option but to resign from the party.

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NSW Labor's Tanya Mihailuk criticises potential candidate, Canterbury-Bankstown mayor Khal Asfour

MP Tania Mihailuk uses parliamentary privilege to attack the character of a potential future candidate — linking them to corrupt former minister Eddie Obeid.

The Guardian - AU

NSW Labor MP Tania Mihailuk launches extraordinary attack on her own party in parliament

In late-night speech, Tania Mihailuk links Bankstown mayor and Labor candidate Khal Asfour to corrupt former minister Eddie Obeid

The Conversation

Costs of Sydney's driverless train conversion outweigh the benefits

The NSW government’s industrial dispute with rail unions over the new intercity trains is tipped to add hundreds of millions of dollars to costs on Australia’s largest infrastructure project that has already blown out by billions.

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‘It’s just love in there, it’s nuts’: freedom and verse at the Bankstown poetry slam

Australia’s biggest event of its kind returned in a raucous testament to how people can come together

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Five Great Reads: Witness K, workplace jerks and lunar new year in Bankstown

Guardian Australia’s summertime round-up of grade-A writing as selected by lifestyle editor Alyx Gorman

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