The Latest Breaking News from Sydney

Injury-hit Swans will 'make do' with list: Longmire

Plagued by injuries, Sydney will continue to battle with the list they have got as more names join the casualty list ahead of Carlton's visit to the SCG.

AAP · May 24, 2023

NSW man charged with animal cruelty for allegedly trying to cook 'bin chicken'

A man who allegedly captured an ibis in a Sydney park and hung it up to dry in his shower before attempting to cook it has been released from custody.

ABC News · May 24, 2023

Blowing the whistle on poor parent, player behaviour in grassroots junior soccer

Two experienced referees want to see better player and parent behaviour at local soccer games in the wake of a serious assault on a match official in Sydney last month.

ABC News · May 24, 2023

Train commuters fail to return with NSW monthly figures still around half of pre-COVID levels

The number of people catching intercity trains from Wollongong, the Central Coast, and Blue Mountains to Sydney is on the decline, failing to bounce back after COVID.

ABC News · May 24, 2023

Australia, India to seek closer economic ties, critical minerals cooperation

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese met Narendra Modi, his Indian counterpart, in Sydney on Wednesday to discuss regional security and economic ties and signed a migration deal to boost Indian student and business travel to Australia.

Reuters · May 24, 2023

Narendra Modi’s rock-star welcome to Sydney is part concert, part political rally and all about soft power

More than 20,000 people throng stadium for event that plays to confidence of India’s diaspora

The Guardian - AU · May 23, 2023

Biden's cancelled Australia-PNG trip was a missed opportunity – but a US debt crisis would hurt a lot more

The Quad leaders’ meeting was meant to take place in Sydney today, with the Sydney Opera House as the picturesque setting. Instead, US President Joe Biden has rushed back to Washington from the G7 summit in Japan to deal with the looming debt ceiling crisis in Congress.

The Conversation · May 23, 2023

Federal police seize $270 million of ice from Mexico despite elaborate concealment

Three hundred kilograms of methamphetamine was drilled out of a cargo shipment in Sydney in what police say was the work of a well-funded syndicate.

ABC News · May 23, 2023

It is high time Sydney had a high line to match Paris and New York City

The vision of all those who have defended Sydney Harbour’s foreshores is reflected in the push to create a world-class attraction

The Guardian - AU · May 23, 2023

Angus Taylor and the doctored document mystery: ‘It took us about 30 seconds to realise it was a fake’

When the minister tried to ‘pour a bucket of dirt’ over Sydney lord mayor Clover Moore, he ended up with mud all over himself. Investigative reporter Anne Davies spills all

The Guardian - AU · May 23, 2023