Good morning and welcome to the Morning Buzz for Friday, October 28. Showers are expected today with a top temperature of around 20 degrees.
Traffic Buzz
VALLEY HEIGHTS: Two cars have collided on the Great Western Highway at Peninsula Rd.
Metro trains are reportedly running close to or on time.
News Buzz
AFFORDABLE HOUSING PLAN: Affordable housing will be mandated in new housing developments on rezoned land across Sydney, in a major change to the city's planning laws poised to be introduced by the state government.
DREAMWORLD ACCIDENT: Just after 1.40pm on Tuesday, Natalie O'Brien and her family made a fateful decision.
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PACKAGE: The Turnbull government will release further details of a $100 million domestic violence package in Brisbane on Friday.
ETHANOL RULES SLAMMED: Angry fuel retailers are accusing the NSW government of doing the bidding of a political donor and putting motorists at risk of higher fuel prices over plans to boost the sale of E10 petrol.
LIFE EXPECTANCY: Life expectancy has hit a new high, with typical newborn girls now expected to live to 84.5 and boys to 80.4, up from 83.3 and 78.5 a decade ago.
DRAMATIC CHANGE: Sitting in the car park of Penrith’s World Gym trying to work up the courage to go inside, 110kg Glenda McElduff never realised that one person inside would change her life. She has now shed a massive 50kg and just competed at her very first national bodybuilding championships.
WIN FOR SHOPPERS: In win for local shoppers, a slew of top fashion brands are coming to Macarthur Square.
PARK SECURED: It has taken years and countless hours of rallying by members of the Riverstone community to finally secure funding for a local skate park.
ALERT ISSUED: Seven South Coast residents have received preventative treatment for a rabies-like virus following high-risk exposures to bats this year.
GREYHOUND SHOCK: In the past year over 3000 greyhounds registered in Victoria were killed, according to an industry report tabled in parliament
Sports Buzz
EEL RETAINED: The Parramatta Eels have announced the re-signing of bright young talent Bevan French until the end of the 2019 season.
HAWKS CELEBRATE: Champagne celebrations are in order for Hazelbrook “Hawks” Football Club now that work has finished on their new facilities at Lawson Oval on Ferris Lane.
