Good morning and welcome to the Morning Buzz for Monday, December 5.
It is set to be a partly cloudy day with tops of 30 degrees across the Sydney region.
Traffic Buzz
ORCHARD HILLS: There has been a two-car accident on The Northern Road at Chain of Ponds Road. Emergency services are attending the scene.
News Buzz
AIRPORT FIRE: Two buses were completely destroyed by fire in the Blue Emu long-term car park at Sydney Airport on Sunday afternoon.
SPLIT DECISION: Public attitudes towards extending opening hours for bottle shops in NSW are split along generational lines, with the majority of young people supportive but over half of the wider community opposed.
CONSTRUCTION DELAY: Sydneysiders face further delays to the completion of the $2.1 billion light rail line along George Street in the central city, and other stretches of the route in the eastern suburbs, amid backroom squabbles between the state government and contractors.
PEDESTRIAN DEATH: A teenager died after being hit by a B-double truck on a motorway in western Sydney in the early hours of Sunday morning.
DANGEROUS DRIVING: A p-plater has been charged after he was allegedly caught street racing with two young children who were unrestrained in the back seat of the car along the Great Western Highway.
STUDENTS WAIT: As the class of 2016 nervously wait for their VCE results to be released next Monday, Fairfax Media caught up with last year's year 12 students to see how their lives were panning out. They have all come to the same realisation – their ATAR didn't matter that much.
SPECTACULAR PERFORMANCE: High school students from around the state have returned on a high after the final performance of the biggest and one of the best Schools Spectacular events ever.
RETAIL ABUSE: The Shop Distributive and Allied Employees' Association, which represents retail and fast food workers, will on Monday release the results of a national survey of 6000 of its members which has found almost half – 44.4 per cent – have been physically or verbally abused by a customer.
CARBON CONSIDERATION: The Coalition will consider a form of carbon pricing for power companies as part of a long-awaited review of Australia's climate policies, Environment and Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg has confirmed.
ENTITLEMENTS MISS: Close to a third of Australian workers are missing out on $3.6 billion a year in superannuation entitlements and many do not even realise they are being short-changed, a new report reveals.
NDIS CONCERNS: When their children joined the National Disability Insurance Scheme this year, Cheryl Paradella and her husband, who has post-traumatic stress syndrome, believed respite support would continue.
Sports Buzz
SIZZLING SMITH: Is there anything Steve Smith can't do? Not content with making an exhilarating 164, the highest score seen in a one-day international at the SCG, a wonder catch of jaw-dropping proportions elevated the Australian captain's evening to new heights on Sunday.
WANDERERS WIN: The Western Sydney Wanderers overcame an early deficit to secure a 4-1 thumping win against Central Coast Mariners on the weekend.
CHAMPIONSHIP VICTORY: Harold Varner III knows how to make friends and influence people. After charming the Royal Pines galleries all week, the newly crowned Australian PGA Championship winner filled the Joe Kirkwood Cup with champagne and demanded assembled journalists come and take a sip.