A western Sydney man is accused of stranding his wife in Pakistan with no way of getting back to Australia. The 29-year-old has been charged with one count of exit trafficking by using deception and was due to appear in Burwood Local Court on Wednesday. An investigation was launched in November when the woman reported … Read more
The master plan for a brand new city in Western Sydney has now been given the green light by the NSW government. Bradfield City Centre will provide 10,000 new homes and support 20,000 new jobs near the new Western Sydney Airport. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Master plan for the new city of Bradfield revealed. Know … Read more
A burst water main on has flooded multiple homes in Western Sydney on Sunday. Four Penrith residents have been evacuated from waist-high floodwaters by specialist rescue teams at the affected houses on Allard St in Penrith, near where the pipe burst on The Northern Rd. Fire Rescue New South Wales were called just before 10.20am, … Read more
Australian Test opener Usman Khawaja has accused Peter Dutton of “fueling Islamophobia” over comments the opposition leader made about potential Muslim candidates in Western Sydney electorates. Following WA senator Fatima Payman’s defection from Labor on Thursday, Dutton suggested that if the government is returned to power at the next election it would be as a … Read more
Damodar Shrestha, a 79-year-old grandfather who was visiting his family in Australia, has been identified as the victim of an alleged hit-and-run crash at Melonba, in Western Sydney, about 11.45pm on Sunday. There are no indications the driver slowed down or stopped, according to NSW Police, who say they are still searching for the “callous” … Read more
An outbreak of new homes riddled with defects has emerged across Western Sydney and whistleblowers say the problem is far bigger than first feared. Residents have been silenced as their homes slowly sink and crack. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Residents silenced over sinking suburbs. Know the news with the 7NEWS app: Download today Homes on … Read more
A search and rescue operation was launched at a collapsed townhouse complex in Whalan, in Sydney’s west, on Saturday afternoon. An explosion on Waikanda Cres just before 1pm prompted the immediate evacuation of a number of people, with one person still unaccounted for. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Major explosion at Sydney townhouse complex sparks emergency … Read more
An 18-year-old boy was hospitalised after he lost control of his car in Sydney’s southwest, and plunged into a creek bed early Saturday morning. His grey Subaru wagon was found turned on its side in a deep embankment beside the bridge on Bernera Rd at Edmondson Park about 2am. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Teen crashes … Read more
The young driver killed in a horrific single-vehicle crash in Western Sydney on Thursday night has been identified as 18-year-old Selina Bennetts Ly. She was driving with four passengers on Horsley Dr at Wetherill Park when she lost control of the car and crashed into a tree, about 11.15pm. The crash occurred just 15 minutes … Read more
“A battle”, “overwhelming” and “disheartening”. That’s how young couple Nick Farmer and Carly Miller have described their journey to clinching a slice of land to call their own. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Prospective homebuyers snap up plots of Sydney’s newest suburb. But having purchased a plot of Sydney’s newest suburb — Orchard Hills North — … Read more
