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Morning mail: NSW train chaos continues, Putin recognises breakaway Ukraine regions, amputee experience

Tuesday: Sydney’s trains to return with limited services amid ongoing industrial action dispute. Plus: machetes and divvy vans at Painters and Dockers’ worst gig

The Guardian - AU

Homage, pilgrimage and protest: why Sydney's Mardi Gras parade should go back to the streets

In 1985, calls for the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade to be cancelled in response to concerns about HIV/AIDS were successfully countered by the organisers. The parade is now recognised as an important way of creating awareness of safe-sex practices, reducing the social stigma of HIV/AIDS and being…

The Conversation

Sydney news: Glenmore Park home destroyed by fire after lightning strike, trains partially back

MORNING BRIEFING: A fire has ripped through a house in Sydney's west after it was struck by lightning during last night's storms.

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Union 'vindicated' in NSW trains dispute

A dispute that shut down Sydney's train network is closer to being resolved after the NSW government dropped its industrial claim against the rail union.

AAP

Commuter chaos in Sydney as trains cancelled due to strikes

Australia’s New South Wales (NSW) government and the rail workers’ union are at loggerheads

The Independent UK

‘Welcome Back World!’: Australia Fully Reopens Borders after Two Years

Australia on Monday fully reopened its international borders to travelers vaccinated against the coronavirus after nearly two years of pandemic-related closings as tourists returned and hundreds of people were reunited with family and friends. More than 50 international flights will reach the country through the day, including 27 touching down…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Reduced train services resume across Sydney this morning

Trains started running from 5am but commuters are being warned to expect delays and find alternative transport options where possible.

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Fiancée of Sydney shark attack victim Simon Nellis shares photo in tribute

The fiancée of a 35-year-old British man killed in a shark attack in Sydney has paid tribute to him by sharing a touching photo of the day he proposed.

Evening Standard

‘Inconsistent information’: family calls for independent inquiry into Sydney teen’s death after police crash

Father demands answers after Indigenous 16-year-old Jai Wright dies following trail bike crash with unmarked police car

The Guardian - AU

Germany to begin rollout of Novavax’s jab; New Zealand to end vaccine mandates after Omicron peak

Latest updates: Germany hopes protein-based vaccine comparable to flu jabs will help sway people sceptical of mRNA vaccines

The Guardian - UK

Army officer tells Ben Roberts-Smith defamation trial VC recipient threatened to 'smash his face in'

A senior army officer tells a Sydney court he was left "in shock" when his subordinate, Ben Roberts-Smith, threatened to "smash his face in" at an unofficial soldiers' bar in Afghanistan.

ABC News

'Lovely boy' sentenced over fatal stabbing

A Sydney labourer has been sentenced to at least 14 years behind bars over the stabbing murder of another man during a "robbery gone horribly wrong".

AAP

‘Today we rejoined the world’: hugs, tears and Vegemite as Australia reopens international borders

Emotional scenes at Sydney airport as families, friends and lovers reunite after 704 days of Covid restrictions

The Guardian - AU

An Indigenous Teenager Has Died After His Bike ‘Collided’ With An Unmarked Police Car In Sydney

The boy's father has described him as "really loving".

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How Sydney's train shutdown unfolded over a weekend of court hearings, and what happens next

The union and the NSW government are blaming each other for today's state-wide passenger train shutdown — this is what you need to know about the conflict.

Al Jazeera

As Australia reopens, crippled tourism sector feels cautious hope

International tourists are allowed to visit Australia from Monday for the first time in nearly two years.

Reuters

'Welcome back world!': Australia fully reopens borders after two years

Australia on Monday fully reopened its international borders to travellers vaccinated against the coronavirus after nearly two years of pandemic-related closings as tourists returned and hundreds of people were reunited with family and friends.

The Independent UK

Chaos in Sydney as visitors come back to Australia after nearly two years

First arrivals from overseas have coincided with a rail strike that is paralysing the city

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The Guardian - AU

‘They did an Alan Joyce on us’: how the Sydney rail dispute escalated

Sydney’s train network will resume with limited services on Tuesday after a Fair Work Commission hearing was adjourned with no resolution

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All Sydney Trains Have Been Suspended Today After Transport For NSW Locks Out Workers

The Sydney train network has been suspended after a breakdown in negotiations at the weekend made it "impossible" to run the network safely.

The Independent UK

Australia ends travel ban for fully vaccinated visitors

The first two flights carrying overseas tourists to Australia for almost two years touched down in Sydney on 21 February. The Independent’s travel correspondent was on board one of them

The Guardian - AU

Perrottet urged to work with union over NSW train dispute – as it happened

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ABC News

NSW train chaos could continue tomorrow, commuters warned to 'avoid rail travel'

NSW's passenger train shutdown could continue into tomorrow, with unions and the state government still at loggerheads and commuters being warned to avoid rail travel.

ABC News

Sydney news: International borders re-open as 20 flights bound for Sydney

MORNING BRIEFING: More than 20 international flights are expected to touch down at Sydney Airport today as Australia's international borders re-open.

AAP

Limited NSW train service to return

After a day without trains NSW commuters will have limited rail services back on Tuesday as the government and a union battle it out in an industrial dispute.

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