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Emily Kowal is a reporter for The Saturday and Sunday Telegraph. She was previously Social Media Editor at The Australian. Emily was the 2020 Walkley Award finalist for Student Journalist of the Year.

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LENNOX HEAD, NSW, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - MARCH 5 , 2025: The scene on Pacific Parade , Lennox Head as the community braces ahead of the Cat 2 TC Cyclone AlfredÃs arrival this week.Picture: NewsWire / Glenn Campbell

Party’s over: SES teams sent in to warn Byron as Alfred stalks coast

The SES has sent in emergency teams to Byron Bay to warn the town – especially tourists – of Cyclone Alfred’s predicted impact.

NSW

Artists render of the future of St Marys under a newly approved Penrith Council plan - Visualisation of Kungala Street and the Green Spine Living Precinct Picture: Supplied

Suburb’s huge boom to become ‘strategic centre of the west’

A western Sydney suburb will become the “strategic centre of Western Sydney” and its population increase by 700 per cent to coincide with a new metro line.

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**FEE APPLIES MUST CREDIT TNV** 04 MARCH 2025. Emergency services at the scene of an explosion at a home in Hurstville. Two people suffered serious burns during the incident which was determined to be caused by nitrous gas. Picture: TNV

‘Laughing gas’ may have caused explosion at Sydney home

Authorities are investigating whether “laughing gas” caused a southern Sydney explosion that has left a man fighting for life in hospital.

News

What it takes to be an air traffic controller

The high pressure job where Macca’s experience is key

It’s the high pressured job where one mistake could lead to a disaster. And it’s a job where experience working at McDonald’s helps.

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Big wedding blowout: Sydneysiders engaged for longer than ever

The days of sprinting down the aisle are over, with Sydneysiders now waiting two years on average to tie the knot. See why.

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Long haul commuters Rob Dougherty, Nick Martin and Julie Song.

‘Worth the slug’: Why workers travel hours each day to the office

They are the people who put even the earliest of risers to shame – long haul commuters who travel hundreds of kilometres each day to be able to work in Sydney.

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Communities from the city to the bush are “living in fear” after the escalating behaviour of young crims lead to the deathsof two innocent people in just seven days. Locals from Tamworth to Sydney’s west say the youth crime crisis is “at its worst ever”, and are pushing for serious changeto stop the kids responsible.

‘Afraid to go outside at night’: Youth crime worst it’s ever been

Just days after a Kingswood pizza shop owner was stabbed to death by a gang of youths, business owners in neighbouring stores say coming to work has become a daunting task.

Police & Courts

‘Bang like a bomb’: Terrifying moment bus ploughs into house

A neighbour has described the horrifying moment he watched a bus with seven people on board plough into the house next door.

NSW

FEBRUARY 1, 2025: The Abdallah's and the Premier of NSW Chris Minns at the Steps for Forgiveness event, The Botanical Gardens, Sydney.Picture: Damian Shaw

Five years on, Abdallah family remembers kids lost in horror crash

Five years since their family was irreparably broken, Danny and Leila Abdallah continued to advocate for the power of forgiveness. See the pictures.

Education

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos MARCH 11, 2021: Sydney University. The Department of Home Affairs made the warning to an inquiry into national security threats to the university sector.Picture: NCA NewsWire / Damian Shaw

New ombudsman to handle anti-Semitic attacks, racism, sexual violence at universities

University students who are victims of anti-Semitic attacks, sexual violence, racism and other injustices on campus will now be able to submit their complaints to a new National Student Ombudsman.

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