Good morning and welcome to the Morning Buzz for Tuesday, January 24. Temperatures are expected to reach 40 degrees in Sydney’s west once again,with highs of 38 the lowest expected across the Sydney Basin. Thunderstorms are expected to hit in the afternoon or evening.
News Buzz
SYDNEY HOUSING ‘WORST’: Australia is a world leader in "severely unaffordable" housing, a study of global housing markets has found, with Sydney the second most unaffordable major housing market in the world, coming behind only Hong Kong.
MAN SHOT DURING BLISS N ESO FILM CLIP SHOOT: The casting note called for tough men with a gangster look, a drug dealer with an exotic dancer for a girlfriend and a tired, overworked businessman.
TRUMP DITCHES TPP: President Donald Trump began recasting America's role in the global economy on Monday, cancelling an agreement for a sweeping trade deal with Asia as one of his first official White House actions.
HOTTEST JANUARY: Sydney is heading for its hottest ever January for overnight temperatures with little sign the unusual warmth across eastern Australia is about to lose its grip.
NEW TREASURER: Member for Hawkesbury Dominic Perrottet has officially been voted in as the deputy leader of the NSW Liberal Party and will become Treasurer.
THE BIG ISSUE: Incoming NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has vowed to address the housing affordability crisis, declaring it "the biggest issue people have across the state". | Council amalgamations up for barter
MARCHING ON: Anzac Day marches in the Blue Mountains will go ahead this year, but there’s no guarantee of further funding from the state government.
FONDLY REMEMBERED: The family of Bourke Street mall victim Jess Mudie, from Wattle Grove, say she will be remembered as a "bright bubble of joy". Ms Mudie is among five people who died after a speeding car charged through pedestrians just after lunchtime on Friday in the Melbourne CBD.
PEDESTRIAN HIT: A woman, believed to be in her 50s, was taken to St George Hospital in a critical condition after being hit by a truck in Bexley yesterday.
SECOND DEATH: A second person has died following a fatal two-vehicle crash in Cabramatta last week.
Sports Buzz
IN THE HUNT: St George Illawarra have reportedly signed Brisbane halfback Ben Hunt to a rich, six-year contract starting next season.
DREAM COME TRUE: Sydney United 58 will leave on Saturday for a week-long camp that includes a friendly against one of the world’s wealthiest football teams, Shanghai Greenland Shenhua FC, on January 31.
BOUNDING AHEAD: The Australian under-18s baseball team demolished its competition at Blacktown International Sportspark to win the Oceania Championships and qualify for the under-18s World Cup in September.
AUS OPEN: The junior Italian tennis player who was controversially disqualified from the Australian Open for hitting a ball boy has spoken out over her dismissal from the tournament, insisting she did nothing wrong.