Assets worth nearly $16 million have been seized by AFP (Australian Federal Police) from a man who is serving seven years in jail over a mammoth fraud on the Commonwealth. Six properties, three vehicles, luxury items like watches, multiple bank accounts, investment accounts and shareholdings worth $15.8m are now in the government’s hands. Simon Anquetil […]

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South Australia will impose a hard border closure with NSW in response to the spread of COVID-19 cases in Sydney. Premier Steven Marshall says the closure will apply from Friday with only returning SA residents, people permanently relocating to SA and essential travellers exempt from the new rules. Returning residents or people relocating will still […]

The Australian Capital Territory has joined every state in Australia and the Northern Territory in slapping travel restrictions on greater Sydney, as an outbreak in the city continues to grow days out from Christmas. From midnight on Sunday, the ACT will require anyone coming from greater Sydney, the Central Coast, Illawarra-Shoalhaven and Nepean Blue Mountains […]

A bushfire is burning out of control in the western Sydney suburb of Northmead, prompting authorities to issue a “watch and act” notice. The fire near Moxham Park on Whitehaven Road in Northmead is burning towards homes on the street, and firefighters are working to protect property. The Rural Fire Service says additional crews and […]

Former New South Wales (NSW) premier and federal Liberal minister John Fahey has died, aged 75. New Zealand-born Fahey dedicated almost two decades of his life to public service, leading NSW as premier from 1992 to 1995. He was elected as state member for Camden in 1984, but after his term as premier, made the […]

New South Wales (NSW) Premier Gladys Berejiklian is due to make an announcement following new COVID-19 public health alerts in western Sydney. The new public health alerts have been issued for a western Sydney venue and additional public transport routes following confirmed cases of COVID-19. Anyone who attended Centrelink in Auburn on Jan. 14 in […]

The Northern Territory has declared seven more Sydney postcodes to be coronavirus hotspots in the wake of emerging cases across the harbour city. The ruling applies from Thursday and involves the suburbs of Croydon, Croydon Park, Lilli Pilli, Strathfield, Strathfield North, Strathfield South and Sutherland. Anyone from them or Sydney’s northern beaches arriving in the […]

The South Australian government will close its border to greater Sydney after a coronavirus cluster in the New South Wales capital jumped to 70 cases. Premier Steven Marshall says the border will close to Sydney from midnight on Sunday and checkpoints will be set up to test people for COVID-19 at the NSW road border […]

The words “Trump 2020” were written in the skyline of Sydney, Australia on Saturday as supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump prepared to attend “Stop the Steal” rallies and marches across America. Although the skywriting message came 11 days after the U.S. election, the results have yet to be finalized as several states are pending […]

Outsiders viewed the executions as unimaginable but John Edwards had meticulously prepared his children’s murders. Police now question whether the Sydney pensioner had outside help. Jennifer, 13, and Jack, 15, had never told their estranged father of their new home before he followed his daughter on her way home from school and shot them both […]

Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese has said he is lucky to be alive after a head-on car accident left him in hospital on Jan. 8 with internal and external injuries. The accident, which occurred as Albanese was headed home from his electoral office, destroyed the opposition leaders’ car and left him trapped in the wreckage until […]

Plans to host front line COVID-19 workers on the foreshore for Sydney’s 7-minute New Year’s Eve fireworks have been cancelled over safety fears. The government had allocated a “green zone” around the harbour foreshore including the Opera House just for the nurses, doctors, and others invited to attend from across the state. “Unfortunately, we’re going […]

The New South Wales government has tightened restrictions after the COVID-19 cluster linked to Sydney ballooned to 70 cases. The state reported another 30 cases in the 24 hours to 9 a.m. on Sunday with 28 linked to the cluster on Sydney’s northern beaches. That takes the total number of known coronavirus cases in NSW […]

The disruption to global supply chains caused by COVID-19 lockdowns has had an unexpected impact on Australian clothing makers—business is good. Accreditation body Ethical Clothing Australia has surveyed 34 of its member businesses and found 60 percent of them had seen an increase in new customers and half were selling more online. “We’re seeing more […]

Bribes? Not so, says Australia’s lord of the Olympic rings. John Coates prefers the term “around the edges”. Coates masterminded Sydney’s successful bid to host the 2000 Olympics. His plan was extraordinary in its intricacy and execution. Near-extinct Mongolian horses. Prisoners of war. Prime ministers. Green traffic lights. Kerry Packer’s helicopters. Home-made plonk. Sir Donald […]

Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese said he will be released from the hospital on Saturday afternoon after a serious car crash yesterday in the Sydney suburb of Marrickville. “Will be discharged from Royal Prince Alfred Hospital this afternoon and continue treatment as an outpatient- thank you for all the good wishes and a huge thanks to […]

Australians have enjoyed relatively mild weather across the nation on Christmas Day, the first celebrated under the shadow of COVID-19. Most major capital cities were overcast with peak temperatures in the high teens to mid-20s, barring Perth which is in for a scorching 37C. Family gatherings were restricted in Sydney, where the pandemic’s impact is […]

A woman who works at a Sydney quarantine hotel has been diagnosed with COVID-19. NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard said he was notified of the new case early on December 3. “She worked at the Novotel and the Ibis at Darling Harbour. One of those is a police quarantine hotel,” he told Seven’s Sunrise program. […]

Ahead of World Mental Health Day, specialists at an Australian clinic are encouraging people to engage in a collective art therapy project creating a Bodhi Tree for mental wellbeing treatment. COVID-19 outbreaks and restrictions have left many people worrying about their mental health, noted Allied Health Manager and Clinical Psychologist, Deborah Shand. Shand from the […]

AUSTRALIA—New South Wales (NSW) Police say a man shot and killed in a “brazen attack” outside his southwestern Sydney home had links to the Comanchero outlaw motorcycle gang. His wife and child were inside during the attack. The 39-year-old, named in media reports as Fares Abounader, suffered multiple gunshot wounds outside his Wall Avenue home […]