SHOCKING: Bankstown | Mind Blowing Facts

Metro mania: fans flock to train line's grand reopening

Train lovers have been barely able to contain their excitement when the next limb of a city-shaping metro system opened early in the morning.

AAP · 41m ago

Metro-themed shirts, ‘We love public transport’ signs and a kiss at Bankstown: Sydney’s newest train line opens

The crowd was a sea of Sydney metro-themed T-shirts, badges, caps, earrings and sequined jackets. Enthusiasts held signs declaring ‘We love public transport’

The Guardian - AU · 6h ago

‘I’ve had enough of pink buses’: the long wait for Sydney’s newest metro line is nearly over

Two years after a major train line in Sydney was closed to make way for rapid, driverless rail, local residents are poised for change not just to their commute but their communities

The Guardian - AU · Oct 18

Islamic prayer hall permanently closes after controversial cleric comes under scrutiny following Bondi terror attack

Al Madina Dawah centre in Bankstown announces move on Wednesday after local council issues ‘cease use’ directive on Wisam Haddad

The Guardian - AU · Jan 14

Sydney council seeks to shut down Islamic centre linked to controversial preacher Wisam Haddad

City of Canterbury Bankstown issues a ‘cease use’, alleging building housing Al Madina centre was never approved to be a prayer hall

The Guardian - AU · Dec 23, 2025

Sydney man charged with threatening to kill communications minister Anika Wells and her family

Bankstown man, 31, allegedly sent two emails to the communication minister’s office in late November making direct threats

The Guardian - AU · Dec 13, 2025

Palestinian woman, 61, who fled Gaza detained by authorities after pre-dawn raid in Sydney

Maha Almassri told she had failed a visa character check and taken to Bankstown police station, then Villawood detention centre, cousin says

The Guardian - AU · Jul 10, 2025

Federal court orders Sydney Muslim cleric to remove ‘racist and antisemitic’ lectures from social media

Wissam Haddad was sued by two members of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry over lectures in 2023 recorded in Bankstown

The Guardian - AU · Jul 1, 2025

‘Level of violence unheard of’: police suspect body in burnt-out car in Sydney was allegedly kidnapped woman

Woman’s two sons in hospital with one in induced coma, as police say they ‘strongly believe’ kidnapping was targeted

The Guardian - AU · Apr 18, 2025

Police Are Investigating An Alleged Hate Crime Against Carla From Bankstown

"I didn’t share this story to get sympathy, I shared it because I wanted to stand up for myself and my amazing LGBTQI+ community."

Pedestrian.tv · Apr 15, 2025