After 19 deaths and more than 70 infections, health officials in NSW have finally declared the coronavirus outbreak at Newmarch House over. It comes as a second BLM protester tested positive to the virus and NSW recorded a new local case.
A suspected case of coronavirus at Rose Bay Public School has been confirmed as COVID-19, but authorities are scratching their heads about the source of infection.
Police this afternoon warned they are prepared to issue fines and arrest protesters if tomorrow’s “unlawful” Black Lives Matter protest goes ahead. They are also launching a bid in the Supreme Court to stop a planned protest, for refugee rights, on Saturday.
Frankie the daredevil kitty almost lost one of her nine lives when she somehow climbed between live power lines to the top of a power pole in Sydney, forcing Ausgrid workers to shut down electricity in order to rescue her.
After facing a barage of criticism from sexual violence prevention organisations, Tracey Spicer’s former NOW Australia has closed for good, citing the “funding landscape” of the pandemic for its demise.
Children are among the Malabar residents who were inadvertently gassed on Monday afternoon after teargas used on inmates at Long Bay Hospital wafted into the surrounding neighbourhood.
The organiser of Sydney’s mass Black Lives Matter demonstration has defied warnings from medical experts that he and all protesters should now self-isolate for 14 days, claiming the thousands in attendance had practised social distancing.
Despite traffic on some major highways dipping by more than half during the COVID lockdown, police issued speeding tickets have spiked to more than $7m. SEE THE SPEEDING HOTSPOTS.
The family of an Aboriginal teen hospitalised after being arrested have called for the officer to be charged as NSW Police Minister David Elliot defended the action and said it was ‘not unprovoked’.
The NSW Government has set a date for the reopening of gyms across the state with fitness fanatics to return to fitness classes, dance studios and community centres this month. HERE ARE THE DETAILS.
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