Sydney Opera House celebrates 50th birthday with light show and free tours
Sydney, AustraliaReuters Sydney Opera House celebrated its 50th birthday on Friday, with a laser show planned to illuminate the iconic building. Officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II on 20 October 1973, the Opera House is widely regarded as one of the greatest architectural designs of the 20th century, with 10.9 million people visiting every year. […]
Australia mourns 10 wedding guests killed in bus accident
Sydney, AustraliaReuters Australia on Tuesday mourned the 10 people who were killed when a chartered bus carrying wedding guests rolled over at a roundabout, the country’s worst bus accident in three decades. Residents placed flowers near the crash site and gathered for a candlelight vigil at a church in the rural Hunter region in New […]
Thousands honour former Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke at state memorial
Sydney, AustraliaReuters Thousands of people gathered at Australia’s Sydney Opera House on Friday as a state memorial honoured former Prime Minister Bob Hawke, a transformative and charismatic left-wing lawmaker, who died last month aged 89. Hawke, who served as Australian prime minister from 1983 to 1991, enjoyed extraordinary popularity throughout and after leaving office largely […]
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Memorial service for people lost to suicide to be held in Sydney this week
A special memorial service for family and friends to remember people lost to suicide will be held at the Sydney Opera House this Thursday. The service, which is run by suicide prevention training service Wesley LifeForce, is now in its 20th year and has attracted up to 500 people. Rev Keith Garner, CEO of Wesley […]