Here's what you need to know this morning.
COVID-19 detected in Bourke
NSW Health has issued a warning after trace amounts of COVID-19 were found in the sewage treatment system in western NSW.
The program found the virus at the Bourke sewage plant on Tuesday, which serves about 2,000 people.
For residents of the area, NSW Health is asking for continued vigilance, to get tested if any cold-like symptoms appear and self-isolate.
The area does not currently have the capacity for high-volume testing, which is now being arranged.
Reward offered for leads into Barter disappearance
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)The NSW government and NSW Police will announce a $250,000 reward for information into the suspicious disappearance of Marion Barter in 1997.
The suspected death of the mother of two has captured the attention of millions of Australians through the popular podcast The Lady Vanishes and now after 24 years, the NSW Coroner's Court is investigating the case.
Ms Barter was a teacher at the prestigious Southport School in Queensland and was once married to 'Captain Socceroo' Johnny Warren.
An inquest into her disappearance heard earlier this month that the investigation into Ms Barter's disappearance was flawed and important opportunities were missed during a 10-year gap where "very little happened".
Exposure sites added
Health is urging anyone living or working in or around Double Bay to be especially vigilant for any cold-like symptoms after a hairdresser who worked at the Joh Bailey salon tested positive to COVID-19 without any known link.
Anyone who attended the salon between Tuesday, June 15 and Wednesday, June 23 must immediately get tested and isolate for 14 days regardless of the result.
Other locations include the Royal Hotel on Sunday evening, Fitness First at Bondi Junction Westfield on Monday morning and the Lyfe Cafe in Bondi last Wednesday.
Virus delays Roberts-Smith trial
The COVID situation in Sydney is threatening to disrupt proceedings in the high-stakes defamation trial of war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith.
Mr Roberts-Smith has now been in the witness box of the Federal Court under cross examination, for a full week.
He's suing The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, and The Canberra Times for defamation after they reported serious allegations, including unlawful killings in Afghanistan, which he denies.
Yesterday, the barrister for the papers' publisher told the court there had been a great deal of disruption to their likely witnesses in recent days, including concern about having to quarantine if they travelled to NSW.
Nicholas Owens told the judge they were working to establish how to proceed when they do begin to call witnesses.
AMA warns Sydney close to a lockdown
ABC News: Liv Casben
)The Australian Medical Association has warned that Sydney is edging closer to a lockdown as a COVID-19 outbreak in the city continues to grow.
Health alerts have been issued for several new exposure sites in the city's inner-west, eastern, north shore, western and south-western suburbs.
Eleven new cases were recorded in NSW yesterday.
NSW President of the Australian Medical Association, Dr Danielle McMullen, said a lockdown in Sydney was now a real possibility.
"It's a really close call this time," Dr McMullen said.
"We've got to remember if we lock down, three days isn't going to do it. So if we start talking about a lockdown, it's for some time."
Luna Park opening delayed
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)The reopening of Luna Park, which has been closed for six months, has been delayed along with other major events due to take place this weekend in Sydney.
The Sydney half marathon on Sunday has been scrapped, while the Bondi Festival has been postponed.
Luna Park's director, Warwick Doughty said the theme park was scheduled to re-open this weekend in time for school holidays.
Police investigation into limo driver
NSW police say their investigation into a limousine driver at the centre of Sydney’s latest COVID-19 outbreak has been broadened to include a range of traffic and workplace health and safety offences.
The driver, a man in his 60s, works as a driver for international flight crew to and from Sydney Airport and it is thought he transported a crew of three from a FedEx freight plane before he became infectious.
The outbreak in Sydney is now at 49 people, with 36 of those directly linked to the Bondi cluster.
Apartment towers monitored
ABC News: Josh Bavas
)A report into one of Sydney's biggest apartment developments has recommended the residential towers be monitored for the rest of their existence, after an investigation was launched into a number of defects.
The Skyview apartments at Castle Hill by developer Toplace were inspected by officials from Fair Trading in April, who reported "extensive signs of cracking" in a basement shared by four towers.
A report recently ordered by the NSW Building Commissioner has now recommended remediation work conducted on the basement should be monitored for at least the next decade, if not the life of the building.
The company says all work carried out on the new complex was done within the National Construction Code.
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