Riley Stuart
Riley Stuart is a digital journalist working in the ABC’s Sydney newsroom. He is a regular contributor to Triple J and has previously served as The West Australian’s online sports editor and a reporter for afl.com.au. Riley graduated from University of Western Australia in 2009 with a dual major in Communications Studies and English. Follow Riley on Twitter: @rileystuart1
Sydney braces for hail, damaging winds as storm moves in
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A severe thunderstorm warning is issued for Sydney and a large part of New South Wales, with the metropolitan area expected to be hit by 2-centimetre hailstones and damaging winds.
Topics: weather, storm-event, sydney-2000, penrith-2750, newcastle-2300, wollongong-2500
'Consumers lose' as Federal Court rules against Uber in GST decision
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A legal challenge by Uber that would have seen its drivers exempt from paying GST has failed after a Federal Court ruled they were a "taxi" service.
Topics: tax, government-and-politics, courts-and-trials, sydney-2000
Midnight Oil 'nastier' than ever for 2017 world tour
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Australian rock legends Midnight Oil have never felt "fresher, nastier, sweeter" as they announce their first world tour in two decades, with lead singer Peter Garrett declaring it feels incredible "walking back into the room".
Topics: music, arts-and-entertainment, bands-and-artists, activism-and-lobbying, government-and-politics, sydney-2000
Climate scientists sad, frustrated as extreme weather becomes the new norm
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Bushfires, floods and heatwaves are the new standard in Australia, leading climate scientists say, but they are growing fatigued explaining it to people who cannot accept it or have a vested interest that means they do not want to.
Topics: climate-change, environmental-impact, environmental-policy, weather, australia, nsw, wa, qld, tas
Giant sinkhole opens near PM's home in Sydney
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Four homes are evacuated and a gaping sinkhole opens up near Malcolm Turnbull's home in the affluent Sydney suburb of Point Piper, with one resident describing the scene as "complete chaos".
Topics: disasters-and-accidents, accidents, police, emergency-incidents
Applause, emotions as Catholic Church savaged for sacrificing children
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An expert witness from the United States tells a royal commission hearing the Catholic Church and Pope were more concerned with covering up, rather than confronting, sexual abuse allegations.
Topics: royal-commissions, law-crime-and-justice, child-abuse, sexual-offences, community-and-society, sydney-2000, nsw
Nearly 2,000 Catholic Church figures implicated in child sex abuse report
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More than 20 per cent of the members of some Catholic religious orders — including Marist Brothers and Christian Brothers — were allegedly involved in child sexual abuse, a royal commission hearing in Sydney is told.
Topics: royal-commissions, law-crime-and-justice, child-abuse, sexual-offences, sydney-2000
Mercury passes 41 on hot, humid Sunday in sweaty Sydney
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Sydneysiders swelter through another sizzling summer's day, with Parramatta and Penrith among the hot spots.
Topics: weather, sydney-2000, bourke-2840, wilcannia-2836, penrith-2750, parramatta-2150, campbelltown-2560, moree-2400
Green vs Mundine live streamers to face Foxtel legal action
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As Danny Green and Anthony Mundine traded blows in the ring, the first punches in a legal fight over several free feeds of the bout were already being thrown.
Topics: piracy, law-crime-and-justice, broadcasting, television-broadcasting, information-and-communication, boxing, sport, australia
Dramatic moment police bust suspected meth lab
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Police break down the door and storm a suspected drug lab in Sydney's west, as the fight against Australia's ice epidemic escalates, and cameras are there to capture it all for new a ABC documentary series — Ice Wars.
Topics: drugs-and-substance-abuse, community-and-society, police-sieges, police, law-crime-and-justice, crime, arts-and-entertainment, sydney-2000
Is Airbnb making your rent more expensive? Some Sydneysiders say so
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Airbnb's popularity is exploding in Australia, and Sydney is its boomtown, but real estate agents say our love affair with the online homestay network is driving up rents.
Topics: tourism, travel-and-tourism, housing-industry, housing, business-economics-and-finance, internet-technology, information-and-communication, sydney-2000, tamarama-2026, coogee-2034, bondi-2026, bondi-beach-2026
Labor launches attack on negative gearing as minister plays down housing affordability fears
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Federal Minister Paul Fletcher says Sydneysiders aren't thinking about housing affordability as Labor steps up its attacks on negative gearing and the city's real estate discord.
Topics: housing, government-and-politics, federal---state-issues, sydney-2000
NSW Health Minister Jillian Skinner to retire
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Veteran New South Wales Health Minister Jillian Skinner announces her retirement from politics amid speculation she was going to be dumped from the Government's frontbench.
Topics: government-and-politics, parliament, state-parliament, states-and-territories, health-administration, health-policy, sydney-2000
Sydney live music institution 'The Sando' to shut for good
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One of Sydney's favourite live music venues — The Sando in Newtown — claims the city's "regulatory climate" has made their business unsustainable.
Topics: music, arts-and-entertainment, alcohol, government-and-politics, newtown-2042
Gladys Berejiklian struggles with negative gearing headache
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New Premier Gladys Berejiklian is under fresh pressure on negative gearing in the wake of a global survey ranking Sydney second only to Hong Kong for unaffordable housing.
Topics: housing-industry, housing, government-and-politics, federal---state-issues, parliament, state-parliament, community-and-society, sydney-2000
'Severely unaffordable': Sydney's housing nightmare laid bare in new survey
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Sydney's housing is rated less affordable than global metropolises New York and London in a report that paints a dire picture for the city's middle-income earners.
Topics: housing-industry, housing, government-and-politics, community-and-society, work, sydney-2000, tweed-heads-2485, moss-vale-2577, mittagong-2575, bowral-2576
Where does Gladys Berejiklian stand on NSW's big issues?
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New South Wales' new premier supports same-sex marriage and helped initiate WestConnex and the light rail to Randwick, but what else does she stand for?
Topics: government-and-politics, state-parliament, parliament, states-and-territories, willoughby-2068
Gladys Berejiklian running unopposed to be NSW premier
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Gladys Berejiklian is NSW's premier-in-waiting as senior Government MPs rule out the idea of challenging her for the state's top job.
Topics: political-parties, government-and-politics, local-government, community-and-society, manly-2095, sydney-2000, nsw
The moments that will define Mike Baird's time as NSW Premier
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From tweeting reality TV, the greyhound racing ban, lockout laws and everything in between, these are some of the things departing NSW Premier will be remembered for.
Topics: government-and-politics, state-parliament, parliament, nsw
Clint Eastwood's son in hot water after Sydney cliff jump
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Scott Eastwood, the son of veteran actor Clint, irritates environmental authorities after posting a video of an illegal cliff jump on social media earlier this week.
Topics: national-parks, arts-and-entertainment, actor, sutherland-2232
Sydneysiders seek relief from early-morning heat
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Sydneysiders flock to beaches in the early hours of this morning, trying to escape the heat with temperatures reaching a scorching 31 degrees Celsius at 6:00am.
Topics: swimming, oceans-and-reefs, weather, surf-life-saving, bondi-beach-2026, sydney-2000
One in three uni students not finishing their degree, data reveals
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Federal Education Minister Simon Birmingham urges prospective university students to pick their courses carefully as new data reveals one in three will not have finished their bachelors degree in six years.
Topics: university-and-further-education, education, federal---state-issues, federal-government, australia
Australia Day 'not controversial' says NSW Minister for Multiculturalism
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Indigenous leaders are criticising the NSW Multiculturalism Minister for describing January 26 as a wonderful day for all Australians and "not controversial".
Topics: national-days, australia-day, community-and-society, indigenous-culture, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, indigenous-policy, sydney-2000, australia
The NSW town where it gets so hot the roads melt
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Welcome to Bourke, where 2,000 of Australia's toughest people battle melting roads and exploding thermometers under the scorching summer sun.
Topics: weather, rural, lifestyle-and-leisure, bourke-2840
Father says young daughter was never in danger during 27 days on tiny boat
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A missing New Zealand father and his six-year-old daughter baffle police and evade a child-recovery operation with an incredible journey to Australia on a six-metre catamaran.
Topics: missing-person, family, family-and-children, family-law, ulladulla-2539
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