Good morning and welcome to the Morning Buzz for Friday, February 10.
The heat will return today as temperatures reach toward 44 degrees in the west and 38 in the city.
Traffic Buzz
- GLENHAVEN: A car has broken down on New Line Rd at Hastings Rd.
- Trains are running close to or on time.
News Buzz
SOUTH WEST TO PAY: Ratepayers in Sydney's south-west will be slugged half a million dollars because of the state government's failure to implement its own laws. Campbelltown City Council residents will next month go to the polls to elect a new councillor, following the death of popular local independent Fred Borg before Christmas.
POWER CONCERNS: NSW faces potential power shortages during the coming heatwave, prompting the electricity market operator to demand additional supply.
HIATUS SET TO FINISH: The mechanical chirp of the e-Tag on the M4 will sound again in the middle of this year after a seven-year hiatus.
EXPENSIVE EDUCATION: Parents will have to fork out up to $1.5 million to send their kids to one of the state's top public schools, new house price data has revealed.
NO MORE SURRENDERS: To reduce the spread of a rare and deadly cat virus, known as feline panleukopenia virus, Liverpool Animal Shelter is not accepting new cat or kitten surrenders.
AIRBNB ISSUE: Airbnb is driving up prices in Sydney’s popular tourist spots and the hike will soon hit Blacktown, according to Owners Corporation Network chair Stephen Goddard.
TRIBUNAL HEARING: Centrelink will front the industrial tribunal this morning, trying to stop its public servants from embarking on a six-day campaign of micro-strikes between February 15 and February 24.
NUTRITION REVIEW: Hospital kiosks and cafeterias would have to slash their junk food offerings under a confidential proposal that would force medical institutions to practise what they preach on nutrition.
NEW CHALLENGE: If remembering new students names wasn’t hard enough already, teachers at Kirrawee High School will be kept on their toes this year with two sets of triplets starting at the school.
DOORS TO OPEN: Independent inspections at youth prisons or immigration detention centres will be permitted after the Turnbull government pledged to ratify a United Nations treaty in a bid to stamp out torture.
Sports Buzz
SHARKS READY: Cronulla Sharks coach Shane Flanagan has named a 20-man squad for Cronulla’s World Club Challenge match against English Super League champions Wigan.
DUFTY SIDELINED: Young star Matt Dufty will miss the start of St George Illawarra’s season after suffering a knee injury at the Auckland Nines. The Dragons named a 23-man squad for their trial with the Wests Tigers at Wollongong on Saturday, with Dufty joining Patrick Herbert (ankle) on the sideline.
GAMES UNDER THREAT: NRL club doctors will cancel matches this weekend if they deem it unsafe for players as temperatures are predicted to reach the mid-40s for the opening round of junior representative competitions and NRL trials.
FUTURE IN TALKS: Cricket NSW will meet with Nic Maddinson today to discuss the out-of-form batsman's immediate future, while Blues teammate Ed Cowan has called on the Test team to better manage discarded players.
