The Latest Breaking News from Blacktown

Man dead and two under arrest after daylight shooting on suburban Sydney street

Police say a man in his early 20s was found in Blacktown with gunshot wounds to his neck, chest and leg

The Guardian - AU · Nov 28, 2025

Sydney’s west on frontline for most extreme heat and biggest health risks – but inner city faces water threat

Western suburbs, where temperatures are often 5C warmer, need shaded bus stops, more green space and better environmental standards in rented homes, locals say

The Guardian - AU · Sep 16, 2025

Mulch at centre of NSW asbestos crisis also contained ‘construction and demolition waste’

Exclusive: Environment Protection Authority says building debris discovered in a sample of recycled mulch, ‘which is not permitted’

The Guardian - AU · Feb 20, 2024

Newborn baby dumped outside house in Sydney's west as police search for mother

The days-old baby girl was found outside a home on Girra Road in Blacktown on Friday afternoon.

ABC News · Apr 21, 2023

Western Sydney council's developer deal paves way for Charlie Teo-backed hospital

Blacktown Council agrees to sell a large part of its CBD to developers, with plans for the site including a private hospital and research centre backed by controversial neurosurgeon Charlie Teo.

ABC News · Mar 20, 2023

NSW Liberal candidate shared online post criticising Christians who send children to public schools

Exclusive: Another post calling homosexuality a sin was also shared by Blacktown contender Allan Green

The Guardian - AU · Mar 16, 2023

How a bad bashing helped me find safer pastures than Sydney's wild west

How about a wavepool to cool gang violence

Newcastle Herald · Dec 4, 2022

‘Like a thoroughbred race horse’: inside the high-speed, high-stakes world of pigeon racing

Champion birds can command massive prices, but those who spend their lives training them do it for the love – not money

The Guardian - AU · Oct 28, 2022

After waiting a lifetime, the time has come for Parramatta to create new memories for Eels' faithful

As Parramatta prepare the final stages of their premiership assault on Penrith, the club's glories and agonies collide in what shapes as either the club's finest hour in decades or yet another false dawn for the blue and gold masses.

ABC News · Sep 29, 2022

Investigation launched after woman died the day after leaving Blacktown Hospital

Asif Ali moved his family to Australia so that his daughter Dua, who lived with disability, would receive better treatment and have more opportunities than in Pakistan. He said that was always the case, until a trip to Blacktown Hospital in January.

ABC News · Aug 23, 2022