The Latest Breaking News from Sydney

Risk of more flooding around Sydney, with month's worth of rain tipped to fall in coming days

Forecasters are warning there is a chance of more flooding in Sydney as a very dry June comes to a soggy end.

ABC News · Jun 29, 2022

Top AFLW pick to juggle school, travel

New No.1 draft pick Montana Ham will travel between Melbourne and Sydney as she juggles year 12 with her first AFLW season at the Swans.

AAP · Jun 29, 2022

Swans snare Montana Ham as AFLW No.1 pick

Victorian Montana Ham is the AFLW No.1 draft pick with Sydney pouncing on the midfielder with their prized selection after she nominated for the NSW draft pool.

AAP · Jun 29, 2022

Griffith man charged over plot to import 1.2 tonnes of cocaine

A 36 year-old man from the NSW Riverina city of Griffith is due to face court in Sydney today.

ABC News · Jun 28, 2022

Landmark gig worker protection agreement struck between Uber and Transport Workers' Union

The landmark agreement comes after a family was this week awarded $830,000 as compensation after their son was killed while working as a food delivery driver in Sydney.

ABC News · Jun 28, 2022

Man charged over Ahmad shooting murder

Task Force Erebus investigators have charged a man with planning the street execution of Mahmoud 'Brownie' Ahmad in Sydney's southwest earlier this year.

AAP · Jun 28, 2022

Sydney news: Upper House inquiry to investigate the recruitment process of John Barilaro's New York role

MORNING BRIEFING: A parliamentary inquiry into the appointment of former New South Wales Deputy Premier John Barilaro as the state's trade commissioner to the US will begin today.

ABC News · Jun 28, 2022

Blockade Australia intends to take climate action protests nationwide

Blockade Australia, the climate action group behind this week's Sydney CBD protests, has revealed it eventually intends to take its protests nationwide.

The New Daily · Jun 28, 2022

Blockade Australia protesters in court

Several Blockade Australia activists, including one who filmed herself locked to a steering wheel blocking Sydney's harbour tunnel, have been granted bail.

AAP · Jun 28, 2022

'It was the beginning of feminism': how higher education paved the way for the women of Albury-Wodonga

Regional women are too often forgotten in Australia’s political movements. The “big teal steal” focuses on the independent candidates from Melbourne and Sydney, forgetting that independent Cathy McGowan stole the seat of Indi from the Liberals a decade earlier.

The Conversation · Jun 28, 2022