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Daily Mail
14 hours ago
- Daily Mail
BREAKING NEWS Horror as man is stabbed at a bus stop on George Street, Sydney
A man has been stabbed at a busy bus stop in Sydney 's CBD. Emergency services rushed to the bus stop just after 5.30am on Friday and found the man suffering a stab wound to his torso. Police officers gave the man first aid before paramedics arrived. He was then rushed to St Vincent's Hospital for further treatment. Officers were seen canvassing the transport hub for clues and cordoned off a section of the street with police tape. More to come.
Daily Mail
3 days ago
- Climate
- Daily Mail
BREAKING NEWS Chaos as burst water main shuts down Sydney's busiest court and plunges thousands into darkness
A burst water pipe has wreaked havoc across Sydney 's CBD as court rooms were evacuated after thousands were plunged into darkness. Attendees of Downing Centre local court were pictured standing on the pavement outside on Tuesday morning after the water main burst on Liverpool Street. Journalists, lawyers and their clients were evacuated about 9.45am after court rooms suddenly went dark just minutes into proceedings. Ausgrid said almost 1,200 sites were impacted by the unplanned outages. Buildings on Elizabeth Street, Pitt Street, Goulburn Street, Park Street and Market Street are affected with repairs currently underway. Power is expected to return between 12pm and 12.30 on Tuesday, Ausgrid said. A spokesperson for the NSW Department of Communities and Justice told Daily Mail Australia the extent of the disruptions are not yet clear. 'The burst water main was on Castlereagh Street. It caused a power outage in the Downing Centre and some neighbouring buildings,' they said. 'Downing Centre was evacuated as a precaution.
Daily Mail
11-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Why Aussies have erupted at a pair of glamorous real estate agents filmed gloating about renting out a home
Two Sydney real estate agents have come under fire on social media after a video they filmed that was meant to clap back at critics spectacularly backfired. In the now-viral clip, the duo from CMP Real Estate celebrated the lease of a property in Leppington, located 53km southeast from Sydney's CBD, for $1450 per week. Natasha Pincevic, a property manager at CMP, appears in the video alongside property associate Jazmin Refik. An earlier video, now with over 180,000 views on social media, featured the agents asking, 'Would you pay $1450 per week for this?' Commenters claimed the prices was too high with one saying,'it doesn't even have a pool' and another adding it was '1450 in the middle of nowhere, lol'. In the new video - captioned 'keep doubting us' followed by a shushing emoji - Pincevic asks how Refik managed to lease it for such a price. 'The one with no pool, is in the middle of nowhere,' Pincevic quips. Refik adds, 'And a job site next door,' referring to nearby construction. The two high-five before Pincevic references the classic children's show Bananas in Pyjamas, saying, 'Well done B2,' to which Refik replies, 'See you in the next one B1.' The home is a six-bedroom, five-bathroom property, with three ensuites, situated on a 450-square-metre block. Since being posted on Tuesday, the new video has drawn a flood negative comments. 'You basically just told everyone, we're here to rip everyone off,' one user commented. 'I think you're meant to say this off camera guys,' another added. 'Are we proud of these ridiculous prices? Have some mercy people, seriously,' wrote another critic. Others mocked the video's caption: 'Keep doubting us'? No one doubts that you can lease a property in a housing crisis.' However, some viewers came to the agents' defense, pointing to market realities. 'Not the agents' fault. It's the market price, supply and demand decides the price,' one person wrote. 'Dual income family, $1450 is affordable,' another added. CMP Real Estate told Daily Mail Australia that their video was meant as a tongue-in-cheek response to online critics who mocked their advertisement for a rental property. They said the follow up clip had been taken out of context. . CMP founder Christina Pincevic, who has been in real estate for over 11 years, defended the rental price, saying it reflects current market conditions. 'We've leased homes of similar size for over $2000 before,' she stated. Pincevic also cited infrastructure developments, such as the Western Sydney Airport and the Metro line, as factors behind rising property values in the area. The video comes just days after it was revealed that the average home price in Australia has officially surpassed the $1 million mark, reaching $1,002,500.
News.com.au
24-05-2025
- Entertainment
- News.com.au
Vivid flips the switch on Sydney in first-night spectacular
The Sydney CBD lit up for the first night of the annual Vivid festival on Friday night. More than three million people are expected to hit the streets over the 23-day event, taking in over 40 installations and projections spread across the Harbour City. This year's theme is Dream – a vision of light, harmony and a future in balance. 'In 2025, Vivid Sydney invites you to dream big,' the official website reads. 'To go to the outer reaches of your mind, to think differently, without boundaries or preconceptions and to immerse yourself in new experiences and ideas. 'We want you to dream with the lights on, to daydream, to dream without boundaries, to soar.' Celebrations kicked off on Friday evening by First Light, a special welcome ceremony featuring Indigenous Australian dancers from NAISDA. Dancers in traditional wear, illuminated by bursts of fire and colourful lighting, brought Campbells Cove at The Rocks to life, followed by a free concert celebrating First Nations pride. Hosted by rapper Ziggy Ramo, visitors were invited to celebrate the next generation of Indigenous artists such as DJ Rona, Kaiit and Jeremy Whiskey in a one-night-only music extravaganza. One of Vivid's most highly-anticipated centrepieces is the lighting of the Opera House Sails. This year, it will display the works of David McDiarmid in Lighting of the Sails: Kiss of Light on the 30th anniversary of the artists death. The projections will act as a 'rallying cry for equality, inclusion and freedom', the festival organisers said, through a colourful and quirky lens – including slides of moving tiled shapes, rainbows and a green eyeball. Circular Quay is not the only spot to get in on the action. The festival will be split into five zones, including The Rocks, Barangaroo, Darling Harbour, The Goods Line and inner city and, for the first time since 2018, Martin Place. Things look a little different this year with Vivid deciding to scrap its drone show and make its famous light walk free. Destination NSW confirmed the decision to scrap the drone show, which has been part of the festival since 2021, in March citing safety concerns. It was thought the spectacle would bring in too many people and create dangerous conditions after crows were stuck in a bottleneck while trying to leave the western side of Circular Quay last year. Meanwhile, the light walk – which previously set festival-goers back $30 – will now be free as this year's festival aims to be as 'budget-friendly' as possible. 'We are all feeling the pinch in terms of the economy and cost-of-living crisis,' Festival director Gill Minervini said. 'I really wanted Vivid to respond to that. My job as director is to renovate and refresh the festival every year. 'We want audiences to come back time after time, and not think, 'Oh, it's the same old Vivid'. We want to keep everyone guessing.'
News.com.au
23-05-2025
- Automotive
- News.com.au
Six car bays in Sydney's CBD have sold for millions of dollars
If you thought the cost of real estate in Australia could not get anymore unaffordable, a handful of car bays in Sydney's CBD have just sold for millions of dollars. Located within one of Sydney's most enviable addresses, six car bays at 2 Phillip St went under the hammer for an eye-watering $3.65m. The 85sq m concrete slab is located on the ground floor of The Quay, a 29-storey residential building just 150m from Circular Quay and within walking distance to the Opera House and new Quay Quarter. The prime parking bays costing a soul destroying $600,000 each for 14sq m of space were sold by Collier executives James Cowan and Cameron Colquhoun. The sale price was almost double a previous record for a car spot which sold for $304,700 in Bondi last year. In 2013, the City of Sydney restricted carparking in the city to encourage people to use public transport and reduce congestion. The restrictions led to limited parking and high costs in the city with off street parking costing drivers about $40 an hour.
