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Australian police say that the stabbing attack at an Assyrian church in Sydney was an Islamic terrorist act.
2024-04-16

Four people are injured, including bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel, in a mass stabbing at a church in Sydney, Australia. The perpetrator is arrested. A mob clashes with police outside the church while trying to attack the detained suspect.
2024-04-15

The Northern Beaches Council local government area of Sydney goes into a partial lockdown until Wednesday.
2020-12-19

Queensland closes its border with Greater Sydney at 1 a.m. (AEST) after its premier Annastacia Palaszczuk declared all of Sydney a COVID-19 hotspot on July 29.
2020-08-1

New records for the highest recorded temperature are set in Greater Sydney (48.9 C at Penrith) and Canberra (44 C.
2020-01-4

The storm in Australia's New South Wales is declared a "catastrophe" with four deaths, heavy flooding and disruption of transport to the state's largest cities Sydney and Newcastle.
2015-04-22

A coronial inquest into the siege at the Lindt Cafe in the center of Sydney begins. The inquest hears that one hostage was killed by gunman Man Haron Monis while another was killed by fragments of a bullet or bullets fired by New South Wales Police Force officers.
2015-01-29

The hostage situation ends with gunman Man Haron Monis and two hostages dead and four others injured.
2014-12-16

At least 18 are held hostage in a chocolate shop in Sydney, Australia. Police stormed the café the following day.
2014-12-14

Alain "Spiderman" Robert climbs another building barehanded, this time in Sydney; he is later arrested.
2010-08-30