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Waterloo - 2017

live moment:Blood found at two sites as police search for former TV host and partner

Police believe former Network 10 host Jesse Baird can help over the disappearance of his 29-year-old partner, whose possessions were found in a Sydney skip-bin.
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Two men smiling

'Face of homelessness' changing as more families, working poor, over 55s struggle to afford the basics

In inner Sydney, many people who have never accessed food relief before are reaching out for help. Vinnies volunteers say there's been a huge increase in parents asking for food to put in their kids' school lunch boxes.
A young man standing by a fold-out table speaks to an elderly man

Sydney residents say they feel sold out by redevelopment plan

Residents of Sydney's largest public housing estate say they feel betrayed, despite a pledge for more social and affordable housing in a new development.
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Duration: 1 minute 46 seconds

Controversial redevelopment to unlock hundreds of social and affordable homes near Sydney CBD

The redevelopment plans in Sydney's Waterloo Estate will now see nearly 500 extra social and affordable homes to address a "huge backlog".
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Photo illustration of tree-lined Waterloo South street ahead of a state government development, housing tower in the background

'I'm going to dance till the very end': At 78, Wendy has returned to ballet

They're known as the Silver Swans and their numbers are growing across Australia as dancers enjoy physical and mental health benefits.
A woman with grey hair pulled back has one hand on the bar and one hand extended in a ballet pose

Residents of Australia's largest social housing estate brace for relocation

Olivia Bright has lived in the same social housing estate for more than 30 years. Now it's set to be sold to a developer, and she's unsure when she'll have to move.
A smiling woman wearing a black top.

Margaret's pension barely covers her bills. She's turned to a food charity for help

79-year-old Margaret McFarland used to make ends meet by splitting the bills with her husband. He died 18 months ago and since then everything has become more expensive.
A woman sitting down on a yellow chair in the hallway of an indoor shopping centre outside an open door

Rising cost of living driving pensioners to OzHarvest's Sydney market

OzHarvest run a market in Waterloo's public housing estate where they distribute food rescued from supermarkets to people in need for free.
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Duration: 1 minute 22 seconds

Man accused of murdering 13yo in Sydney house fire refused bail

A court hears Gregory John Walker, who is accused of murder over a house fire in Sydney 24 years ago, allegedly made threats to witnesses and attempted to establish an alibi. WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that the following story contains images of a person who has died.
Man in black hood and jacket wearing face mask escorted by police.

Man charged with cold case murder of 13yo boy in Sydney house fire

Gregory John Walker was extradited from Queensland to face charges over the fatal fire in inner Sydney that police allege was the result of a dispute between neighbours. WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that the following story contains images of a person who has died.
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A man in handcuffs and wearing a hood and a face mask surrounded by police officers.

Man arrested over alleged murder of Sydney teen in deliberately lit house fire in 1998

Arthur Haines died 11 days after escaping a burning home in Sydney almost 25 years ago. Police yesterday arrested a man in Queensland over the deliberately lit house.
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Arthur Haines died in an arson attack in 1998.

Two teen boys charged after allegedly attacking gay men in Sydney

Two teenage boys are charged over a series of alleged assaults in central Sydney, in which gay men were punched, kicked and egged.
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Egg shell and egg residue on the wall of a bus shelter

'I'm ready to move on': Reynolds content with Broncos move but first a premiership to win

South Sydney Rabbitohs captain Adam Reynolds says he's ready to join the Brisbane Broncos in 2022 but hopes he'll have two premierships under his belt by then.
Head shot of a rugby league player in his team uniform during a match

Inside inner-city Sydney's latest COVID-19 battleground

The inner-city Sydney suburbs of Glebe, Redfern and Waterloo have been flagged as new areas of concern — and all have high populations of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander residents.
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A jogger passing someone standing and talking to a bike-rider near the welcoming sign to Redfern's famous The Block

With only a handful of fruit, Shahbaaz moved into his car to isolate from COVID-19

On Monday every single one of Shahbaaz Mohammed's housemates tested positive to COVID-19, except for him. Within minutes of finding out, he grabbed some fruit one change of clothes and ran to his car — but he had nowhere to go.
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man in car

The biggest song in the world right now comes from Perth, but you wouldn't know it

From a Grammy Award with Kanye West to hit songs with Justin Bieber, Perth musicians Michael 'Finatik' Mule and Isaac 'Zac' De Boni are some of the most in-demand producers in the world, but you wouldn’t know it.
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Justin Bieber and The Kid LAROI composite with Australian flag superimposed on background.

Two new COVID-19 cases at Summit Care Baulkham Hills

NSW today recorded 35 new locally acquired cases with 24 of those in isolation for their infectious period. Seven were in the community while infectious. Ashleigh Raper reports.
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Duration: 2 minutes 31 seconds

live:NSW Now: Garbage truck driver charged after female pedestrian struck and killed in Sydney

MORNING BRIEFING: The 32-year-old driver is charged with dangerous driving, disobeying a no-right-hand-turn sign and failing to give way to a pedestrian, after the woman was killed in Chester Hill yesterday.
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emergency services around a garbage truck which has partially been covered my a blanket

Dwindling donations force food charity into unprecedented action

OzHarvest says it is helping to feed more Australians than ever, but a drop in donations has seen it buy food for the first time in its 16-year history.
An OzHarvest worker stands with a customer at the Waterloo market, 2020.

Why these Sydney tower residents fear they'll be next to contract coronavirus

Masalo Laumua claims she's barely seen cleaners over the last six months in her public housing tower in inner Sydney, and fears her building will be the next place coronavirus spreads amid a growing cluster of cases in the city.
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Sydney cafe owner fights back tears describing impending closure

A Sydney cafe owner fights back tears as she explains her cafe can only survive a matter of weeks as the nation is shutdown.
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Duration: 50 seconds

With Sydney set to grow by 1.5 million, minister starts reshaping the 'boomburgs'

Australia's biggest city is set to swell by 30 per cent in little more than 15 years. A large percentage of the population will pour into the south-west growth corridor, posing huge logistical and political challenges.
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A drone shot of a housing development in a semi-rural area.

Waterloo to get 17 high-rise towers in social housing overhaul

Waterloo would become a hub for high-rise living in Sydney under a State Government blueprint to build 17 new towers in the inner-city suburb around a new metro station.
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An artist's impression of a tower development.

Coroner urges police to offer reward in search for missing standover man

A NSW deputy state coroner has found former standover man Marlon McDonald is dead, but rejected claims he was chopped up by an Asian crime gang member or killed by bikies.
Marlon McDonald and his mother Loretta, who is desperate to find his body.

Father dies after falling 13 floors during attempted arrest

Police launch a critical incident investigation into the death of a 31-year-old Indigenous man who fell from a 13th floor balcony while officers attempted to take him into custody in Sydney's inner-south.
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Crime scene at Waterloo