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Jacob Saulwick

Jacob Saulwick is City Editor at The Sydney Morning Herald.

Span crack in the skytrain for the North West Rail.

The 'disappointing' failures in Sydney's Skytrain construction

The project director of the $8.3 billion Sydney Metro NorthWest says it is "very disappointing" the contractor building the four-kilometre elevated section of the train line used an inappropriate construction method that resulted in part of that line buckling.

Katrina Dawson and Tori Johnson, victims of the Lindt Cafe siege two years ago.

Remembering Tori and Katrina with flowers

Families and friends of Katrina Dawson and Tori Johnson, as well as other hostages and assembled dignitaries, laid flowers and candles across a communion table in central Sydney on Thursday to mark the two year anniversary of the Lindt café siege.