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Satellite images of Ukraine show how Russian forces are advancing on Kyiv

A military convoy that would stretch from Sydney's CBD past Penrith is pushing towards Kyiv, with warnings a major attack on the capital is imminent.

ABC News · Mar 1, 2022

Australia steps up flood relief efforts as Sydney braces for heavy rains

Military helicopters airlifted stranded people from rooftops of flooded neighbourhoods in eastern Australia and a tenth victim was found on Tuesday following days of torrential rain as the wild weather slowly shifts south toward Sydney.

Reuters · Mar 1, 2022

Roosters coach Robinson signed until 2028

The Sydney Roosters have rewarded Trent Robinson with a five-year contract extension, locking him in as coach until the end of the 2028 NRL season.

AAP · Mar 1, 2022

Death toll rises to 10 as bodies found in Lismore and Glen Esk – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Feb 28, 2022

Sydney news: Sydney set for floods and high winds as weather system moves south

MORNING BRIEFING: People in Sydney are warned to expect flooding and high winds over the coming days as the weather system that has battered northern NSW moves south.

ABC News · Feb 28, 2022

Wollondilly Council calls for halt to rezoning plans for massive Appin housing development

The project at Appin has been described as a solution to Sydney's housing crisis, but locals are worried the government will rush through rezoning without delivering water and transport infrastructure.

ABC News · Feb 28, 2022

Politics, pioneers, performance: 50 years of Australian women's art and feminist ideas

In the first century of the third millennium, art by women is finally being regarded with the seriousness it deserves. Last year the National Gallery of Australia presented Know My Name, a mammoth exhibition in two parts. Anne Marsh covers similar territory in Doing Feminism, her compilation of women’s art…

The Conversation · Feb 28, 2022

Omar Sakr's 'epic, stunningly dirty' debut novel challenges macho heterosexual myths of Arab-Australian culture

Son of Sin, the debut novel from writer and poet Omar Sakr, tells the tale of Jamal Smith, a young Arab-Australian growing up in Western Sydney. Sakr’s two poetry collections, These Wild Houses (2017) and The Lost Arabs (2019), were widely admired, and the latter won the 2020 Prime Minister’s…

The Conversation · Feb 28, 2022

Wanderers-Phoenix ALW clash rescheduled

Wellington Phoenix will get the chance to leapfrog Western Sydney on the ALW ladder when the two teams meet at Commbank Stadium.

AAP · Feb 28, 2022

Photos capture demonstrations held around world to protest against Russian invasion of Ukraine

From Australia to Russia and elsewhere across the globe, demonstrators have gathered en masse to call for an end to the invasion of Ukraine.

ABC News · Feb 28, 2022