Rail union drops major industrial bans in last minute backdown
In an astonishing eleventh hour backdown, the rail union has dropped eight of its major industrial bans which threatened to cripple Sydney’s New Year’s Eve celebrations next week.
In an astonishing eleventh hour backdown, the rail union has dropped eight of its major industrial bans which threatened to cripple Sydney’s New Year’s Eve celebrations next week.
The government has hit out at the rail union’s ‘childish games’ saying Sydney’s New Year’s Eve fireworks may still be cancelled if the union doesn’t agree to drop strike action as the union claims it has a ‘trust deficit’ with Premier Minns.
Commuters were hit with cancellations on Friday with Transport for NSW warning of further delays and disruption after the Federal Court approved train strikes over Christmas and New Year.
A Western Sydney man has been charged with threatening violence based on religion after he allegedly posted an offensive, anti-Semitic comment online.
A weaker housing market over the past six months and a Sydney Water tax error are among budget blows which have ballooned NSW’s budget deficit to $5 billion this financial year.
NSW Premier Chris Minns backed a national review into the trauma of first responders, which has been demanded by the hero police officer of the Lind Cafe siege on the 10th anniversary of the horror that unfolded.
Three men have been charged by police after the discovery of a clandestine lab and $20m worth of meth in Sydney’s north west earlier this year. Almost $100,000 worth of cash was also seized by police during the search.
Shocking footage has captured an “iconic” pub, formerly owned by one of Sydney’s most prominent lawyers, engulfed in flames, leaving the venue completely destroyed.
First responders pulled a teenage boy from the wreckage of a car after he allegedly stole the vehicle, leading police on a wild pursuit in Sydney’s west.
A man accused of arranging the cars and loading the gun used in a fatal Sydney shooting and was allegedly an “important cog in the wheel” has appeared in court.
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