22K views · 161 reactions | A substantial slice of Sydney is waking up in lockdown with more than one million residents under strict “stay at home” orders. #9News | Nightly at 6.00pm | 9 News | Facebook

Health experts are questioning whether Sydney’s lockdown will extend beyond two weeks, arguing the NSW government waited days too long to take decisive action. #9News | Nightly at 6.00pm | 9 News Sydney

47K views · 566 reactions | Lockdown has been extended across Greater Sydney until the end of September. Premier Gladys Berejiklian today ramped up restrictions, as 644 new local cases were detected in New South Wales. For more: 9Soci.al/ZwdP30rRwXb #9News | Nightly at 6.00pm | 9 News Sydney | Facebook

31K views · 247 reactions | A slippery situation has unfolded at a home in Sydney's south, where Fire and Rescue crews found a two-metre diamond python. The snake was safely removed from the Bundeena property, before it was relocated to the Royal National Park. MORE: https://nine.social/7Cc #9News | WATCH LIVE 6pm | 9 News Sydney | Facebook

28K views · 94 shares | Sydney Zoo's five metre long scrub python 'Big Ronny' has needed four handlers on four different scales to record his weight. www.7News.com.au #SydneyZoo #ScrubPython #7News | 7NEWS Sydney | Facebook

Sydney Forecast: Dropping down to 9 degrees tonight and a top of 19 tomorrow with rain starting on Friday afternoon. That will intensify on Saturday with 20-40mm falling and Sunday looking the worst of the weather with 80mm of rain forecast. 7NEWS at 6pm. More local news: 7news.com.au/news/Sydney #SydneyForecast #7NEWS | 7NEWS Sydney