Good morning and welcome to the Morning Buzz for Thursday, February 23. Be prepared for another warm one today: temperatures are expected to hit 31 in the city and up to 36 degrees in the west.
News Buzz
$1M SPLURGE: No one expected three-bedroom 31 Booreea Street would sell for more than $1 million at the weekend.
CLEANING UP BLACKTOWN: Prince Street has a fresh look thanks to the hard work of a new church in Blacktown. World Mission Society Church of God established a new congregation in Prospect last year, and the church has wasted no time getting involved in the community.
MISSING MAN: Police are appealing for public assistance to locate a man missing from the Bringelly area.
NEW HOMES: Families and single people make up the residents who have moved into 46 units in a new affordable housing development built by St George Community Housing at Sutherland.
BUFFETT RULE: Shadow treasurer Chris Bowen says the Labor Party will not take a "Buffett rule" to crack down on wealthy tax avoiders to the next election, setting up a showdown with elements of his party who believe such a policy would help counter the rise of populist parties like One Nation.
WAGE GROWTH: Private-sector wage growth has slid to a record low of just 1.8 per cent, throwing into doubt budget projections and confounding the Reserve Bank, which would prefer not to have to cut interest rates again and run the risk of reigniting house prices.
Sports Buzz
SHARKS DEVELOPMENT: This is how the leagues club side of the Cronulla Sharks development will look under final plans that have been submitted for approval.
GWS VISIT ST COLUMBA’S: GWS Giants players Tim Taranto and Will Setterfield put Year 7 students at St Columba's Catholic College through their paces on Tuesday afternoon.
SIMONA PROBE: Tim Simona faces allegations that he arranged bets to be placed on opposition players he was marking to score tries against the Wests Tigers.
SHOWJUMPER VISITS GLOSSODIA: World leading female show jumping rider Edwina Tops-Alexander took the opportunity while in Australia last week to pop-in on her old coach George Sanna’s Glossodia property.
