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Sydney swelters through autumn heatwave, bushfire threat looms

By Renju Jose SYDNEY, March 6 (Reuters) - Parts of Australia's east including Sydney recorded their hottest day in more than two years on Monday with temperatures hitting more than…

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PHOTO STORY: Sculpture by the Sea exhibition in Sydney

Sculpture Shell Resonance by Capto Collaborative is exhibited along the Bondi to Tamarama Coastal walk as part of the Sculpture by the Sea exhibition in Sydney, Australia. Via EPA-EFE/BIANCA DE…

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Sydney records wettest year since 1858 as Australia braces for more floods

SYDNEY, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Sydney recorded its wettest year in 164 years as authorities braced for major floods in Australia's east on Thursday, with more heavy downpours expected to…

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Sydney residents assess flood damage as wild weather eases

SYDNEY, July 7 (Reuters) - Heavy rain that pummelled Sydney over the last five days eased on Thursday as flood-weary residents looked to return to homes to take stock of the damage,…

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Photo Story: Ship stranded off the cliffs in south of Sydney, Australia

The Portland Bay cargo ship sits stranded approximately one kilometre off the cliffs the of Royal National Park, south of Sydney, Australia. A cargo ship is without power and stranded…

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Rising rivers force more Sydney flood evacuations as rain eases

SYDNEY, April 8 (Reuters) - Hundreds more Sydney residents were ordered to leave their homes on Friday, some for the second time in a month, as rivers burst their banks even as…

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Sydney asks thousands to evacuate as heavy rains cause flash floods

SYDNEY, April 7 (Reuters) - Torrential rain pummelled Australia's east coast on Thursday with Sydney receiving nearly a month's rain overnight, turning suburban roads into rivers and triggering evacuations as authorities warn…

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‘Tough 24 hours ahead’ as rains drench Sydney, forcing snap evacuations

SYDNEY, March 8 (Reuters) - Flood warnings stretched across Australia's east coast on Tuesday and tens of thousands of Sydney residents fled their homes as torrential rains again pummelled the country's largest…

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Pubs, parties push Australia’s COVID-19 cases to record levels

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian authorities on Friday rushed to track down hundreds who attended a Taylor Swift album party in Sydney last week that has become a super-spreading event as…

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Photo Story: Poppies on the Sydney Opera House for Remembrance Day

Poppy flowers are projected onto the Sydney Opera House sails during a Remembrance Day 2021 Dawn Service at Campbells Cove in Sydney, Australia, 11 November 2021. Remembrance Day is a…

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Sydney to further ease COVID-19 curbs on Monday as vaccinations pick up

Nov 7 (Reuters) - Australia's largest city of Sydney will further ease social distancing curbs on Monday, a month after emerging from a coronavirus lockdwon that lasted nearly 100 days,…

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Australia’s Sydney to welcome overseas arrivals without quarantine

The Australian city of Sydney will allow the entry of fully vaccinated travellers from overseas from Nov. 1 without the need for quarantine, authorities said on Friday, although the easing of strict…

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Sydney to open for international travellers without quarantine

SYDNEY, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Sydney will open up to fully vaccinated international travellers from Nov. 1 without the need for quarantine, the country's most populous state said on Friday,…

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‘Freedom Day’: Sydney reopens as Australia looks to live with COVID-19

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Sydney's cafes, gyms and restaurants welcomed back fully vaccinated customers on Monday after nearly four months of lockdown, as Australia aims to begin living with the coronavirus and…

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‘Blood, sweat, no beers’: Sydney set to ease COVID-19 curbs

MELBOURNE, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Sydney was set to reopen after months in lockdown, officials said on Sunday, with businesses readying themselves to welcome fully vaccinated residents from Monday. New…

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Sydney to exit COVID-19 lockdown next week after vaccination rate hits 70%

COVID-19 restrictions will be eased further in Sydney from Monday, authorities said, as Australia's largest city looks set to exit a nearly four-month lockdown after hitting its 70% full vaccination…

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Sydney imposes nightly curfew as Australia battles Delta outbreak

Two million residents of Sydney will be under nightly curfew from next week to slow the highly infectious Delta variant of coronavirus that is spreading across New South Wales state,…

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Sydney lockdown fines raised as Australia faces ‘worst’ COVID-19 situation

Australia will increase fines to people breaching lockdown rules in the state of New South Wales as it battles a record jump in local COVID-19 infections and Sydney, the state…

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Sydney daily COVID-19 cases hit record high, more troops to enforce lockdown

Hundreds more defence personnel will deploy next week to Sydney to help enforce the city's lockdown after authorities on Friday reported the biggest daily rise in COVID-19 cases from the…

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Lockdown crackdown: Sydney police to step up enforcement after COVID record

Australian authorities on Tuesday vowed to crank up policing of anti-COVID lockdown rules in Sydney, but dismissed suggestions that tougher measures, including a curfew, were needed after the city reported its…

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Australia’s New South Wales state expands COVID-19 lockdown

Australia's most populous state of New South Wales expanded its COVID-19 lockdown to the rural town of Tamworth on Monday due to concerns the virus may have spread from Sydney…

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Australia’s east coast battles rising COVID-19 cases

MELBOURNE, Aug 1 (Reuters) - Australia's east coast states of New South Wales and Queensland faced an escalating battle against the COVID-19 Delta variant on Sunday, with millions under strict…

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Sydney COVID-19 cases ease amid tightening of lockdown rules

Sydney on Friday reported a slight easing in locally acquired cases of COVID-19 amid a further tightening of restrictions in the worst-affected suburbs, with the military summoned to help enforce…

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Australia’s Victoria to ease COVID-19 curbs, Sydney cases rise

Australia's Victoria state said on Tuesday it will lift a strict lockdown after curtailing the spread of COVID-19, while neighbouring New South Wales faces an extension of restrictions after daily new cases…

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Australia’s COVID-19 outbreak worsens in Sydney

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia's most populous state, New South Wales, on Saturday reported a new daily high of COVID-19 infections for a third straight day this year, in a worsening…

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Sydney tightens lockdown as Australia’s COVID-19 cases rise

The Australian city of Sydney on Saturday ordered a shutdown of building sites, banned non-essential retail and threatened fines for employers who make staff come into the office as new…

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Australia races to stem COVID-19 outbreaks in Sydney, Melbourne

Australian officials urged people to obey lockdown measures that cover around 40% of the country's population as an outbreak of the highly contagious COVID-19 Delta variant again picked up pace…

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UPDATED: Melbourne enters lockdown, joining Sydney as virus spreads in Australia

The Australian state of Victoria was ordered into a five-day lockdown on Thursday following a spike in COVID-19 infections, joining Sydney city as the country's two main population hubs battle…

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Sydney’s COVID-19 cases ease but lockdown extension still on cards

Australian authorities reported a slight easing in new COVID-19 cases in Sydney on Tuesday, but left open the possibility of extending a lockdown in the country's largest city to douse an outbreak…

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Sydney sees worst day of 2021 as Delta COVID-19 outbreak spreads

Australia's New South Wales state on Thursday reported its biggest daily rise in locally acquired cases of COVID-19 for the year as officials struggle to stamp out a growing cluster…

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Sydney, Australia’s largest city, in two-week hard COVID-19 lockdown

Sydney and some surrounding areas will enter a hard two-week COVID-19 lockdown on Saturday as authorities struggle to control a fast-spreading outbreak of the highly infectious Delta variant that has…

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Sydney faces ‘scariest period’ in pandemic amid Delta outbreak

Australia's most populous state, New South Wales (NSW), reported a double digit rise in new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 for the third straight day as officials fight to contain…

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Unliveable Sydney homes going for millions in Australia housing boom

Sydney houses with crumbling walls, shredded ceilings, and bathrooms and kitchens stripped of fixtures are getting snapped up for millions as buyers try to grab a slice of Australia's soaring…

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Australia’s New South Wales extends mask mandate for Sydney as virus cluster grows

Australia's most populous state, New South Wales (NSW), on Tuesday reported its biggest rise in new locally acquired COVID-19 cases in nearly a week, prompting authorities to extend a mask…

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Sydney records first local COVID-19 case in more than a month

Australia's most populous city Sydney has recorded its first locally acquired case of COVID-19 in more than a month, stoking concerns of a fresh wave of infections on Wednesday. New…

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Sydney casinos to ban cash after money laundering scandal

Sydney's only two casinos will make their gaming operations cashless in a bid to stamp out money laundering. Regulators said The Star and Crown Sydney, which is yet to be…

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UPDATED: COVID curbs reinstated in Sydney as Australian officials trace mystery case

Australian officials reinstated social distancing measures across greater Sydney on Thursday, as they scrambled to find missing tranmission links in a COVID-19 case connected to an Indian variant of the…

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Sydney told to watch its famous New Year’s Eve fireworks from home

MELBOURNE (Reuters) -Sydney, one of the world's first major cities to welcome each New Year with a public countdown featuring a fireworks display over its well-known Opera House, has banned…

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Rain, COVID-19 keep beachgoers away from Sydney’s Bondi Beach

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Poor weather and the COVID-19 pandemic kept beachgoers away on Friday from Sydney's iconic Bondi Beach, a traditional Christmas destination for thousands of people each year. With…

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Sydney isolated from rest of Australia as COVID outbreak grows

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Sydney was isolated from the rest of Australia on Sunday after all of the country's states and territories imposed travel restrictions on its residents as a coronavirus cluster…

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Christmas travel chaos, Australia imposes border curbs as Sydney virus cluster grows

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australian states and territories on Friday begun imposing border restrictions after 28 COVID-19 cases were detected from a cluster on Sydney's northern beaches, with fears the number of…

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Teenager killed in shark attack at NSW Australia

A 15-year-old boy has died after being attacked by a shark on the NSW mid north coast despite fellow surfers “bravely” trying to fend it off. News.Com.Au reports witnesses telling police…

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Sydney residents on high alert amid second-wave fears

Sydney is on high alert as large scale COVID-19 testing regimes place residents on standby for a potential second wave. A slew of Sydneysiders lined up in their cars in…

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Sydney hit by violent storm

Photos of the aftermath of a storm that hit North Bondi, Sydney, Australia, 19 February 2020. A man is dead, thousands of people are without power and transport services…

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Photo Story: Mounds of seaweed washed ashore in Sydney

A woman walks through a large pile of seaweed washed ashore on Coogee Beach in Sydney, Australia. The sea wrack, as it is called when large quantities are washed ashore,…

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Sydney fireworks to go ahead despite massive protest petition

A petition to cancel Sydney's famous New Year's Eve fireworks and use the money to fight bushfires ringing the city has topped 260,000 signatures, but officials say the show will…

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Photo Story: The Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race

InfoTrack leads the fleet at the start of the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race in Sydney, Australia, on Thursday 26th December 2019. Photo: EPA-EFE/MICK TSIKAS

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Soaring temperatures and strong winds force evacuation of residents in East Australia

Residents in parts of eastern Australia evacuated their homes on Tuesday as soaring temperatures and strong winds threatened to fan bushfires in a giant blaze north of Sydney, the country's…

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Photo Story: Lights of Christmas in Sydney

St Mary's Cathedral is illuminated with projections as part of Lights of Christmas in Sydney, Australia on Monday 09 December 2019. Photos: EPA-EFE/STEVEN SAPHORE Click on photos to…

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Australia bushfires north of Sydney ‘too big to put out’

A "mega blaze" raging across a 60km front north-west of Sydney cannot currently be put out, Australian fire officials have warned. The fire across almost 300,000 hectares is just an…

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Sydney engulfed in thick smoke

Firefighters were on Thursday battling several blazes ringing Sydney, leaving Australia’s most populous city blanketed by smoke that is expected to linger for days. Bushfires have killed at least four…

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Photo Story: Sydney hit by severe storm

Workers from Australia's Tree Care Service survey fallen trees blocking a street in the suburb of Gordon in Sydney, Australia, 27 November 2019. A severe fast-moving thunderstorm has passed over…

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Sydney under blanket of smoke as bushfires continue to burn across Australia

Sydney residents woke to find their city under a blanket of smoke on Thursday and it is expected to remain at least until Friday. The smoke is due to around…

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Bushfire smoke blankets Sydney and makes air hazardous

Powerful winds fanned the smoke from fires that have been burning across New South Wales and Queensland states for several days, and pushed smoke south to form a thick haze…

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Qantas completes “double sunrise” test flight from London to Sydney

Qantas Airways Ltd completed a 19-hour 19 minute non-stop test flight from London to Sydney on Friday as it nears a decision on whether to order planes for what would…

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US designer Tommy Hilfiger in Sydney

US designer Tommy Hilfiger poses for a portrait at the Park Hyatt in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 14 November 2019. The iconic US designer is in Sydney as part…

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Qantas to operate another non-stop London to Sydney research flight

Australia’s national carrier is preparing for its second ultra-long haul research flight, as part of scientific studies into minimising jetlag for passengers and improving crew wellbeing. The first research…

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