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The Guardian - AU · Nov 7, 2024

Branching out: the Sydney street libraries where neighbours swap plants instead of books

Members of the community exchange seeds, cuttings and greenery – and leave with a sense of joy

The Guardian - AU · Nov 7, 2024

Mystery of 'disgusting' balls that shut beaches in Sydney solved

Balls which washed up on several Australian beaches ‘smell worse than anything you've ever smelt’

Evening Standard · Nov 7, 2024

Cooks eyes Hunter match-up as Kings face Phoenix

The NBL's Sydney Kings will face a handful of familiar faces when South East Melbourne Phoenix come to town on Friday.

AAP · Nov 7, 2024

Controversial Australian Olympic breaker retires from competition

Australian breaker Rachael Gunn has told a Sydney radio station that she plans to retire from competition just three months after her unconventional routine at the Paris Olympics led to her being ridiculed and spawned conspiracy theories about how she qualified for the Games

The Independent UK · Nov 7, 2024

Mardi Gras battles tragedy, costs to launch new program

The 2025 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras festival has been launched with a renewed focus on diversity and inclusion.

AAP · Nov 7, 2024

Tar ball theory debunked as Sydney’s mystery beach globules found to be ‘fatbergs’ containing human faeces

Balls that washed ashore and closed string of famous beaches contained scores of different materials ‘consistent with contamination from sewage’

The Guardian - AU · Nov 7, 2024

Fatberg-type waste likely source of mystery beach balls

Hundreds of different materials have been found inside mysterious balls washed up on Sydney beaches as authorities struggle to single out their source.

AAP · Nov 6, 2024

‘We want to bring this to Australia’: contrasting emotions at Sydney watch parties for Trump and Harris

As the new president’s supporters celebrated ‘a great day’, expat Democrats felt ‘ashamed to be American’

The Guardian - AU · Nov 6, 2024

Black balls on Sydney beaches are likely ‘fatbergs’ showing traces of human faeces, methamphetamine and PFAS: new analysis

The mysterious black balls that washed up on Sydney’s beaches in mid-October were likely lumps of “fatberg” containing traces of human faeces, methamphetamine and PFAS, according to a new detailed analysis of their composition.

The Conversation · Nov 6, 2024