Authorities in Australia on Wednesday announced the arrest of a 33-year-old man accused of vandalizing and attempting to set fire to a Sydney synagogue earlier this month.

Multiple waterside Sydney suburbs have been inundated with mounds of rubbish and plastic waste following severe storms and strong winds that battered the city last week.

Dried plant materials found under the floorboards of the Hyde Park Barracks show inhabitants were eating a range of fresh fruits, nuts, vegetables and even spices.

Tens of thousands of people in Australia's New South Wales state were without power on Saturday after a low pressure system brought damaging winds and heavy rains, sparking flood warnings.

Sydney and other parts of New South Wales were hit by fast moving storm, with thunder, lightning, heavy rains and winds that left some suburbs blacked out. This footage illustrates severe storm with lightning flashes,

Police say they are stepping up investigations after building was graffitied with anti-Jewish slogans and then burnt, causing massive damage but no injuries

The building, adjacent to a synagogue and Jewish school, was set on fire and antisemitic slogans were graffitied in is the second antisemitic incident in four days

Residents in regional NSW have been warned to brace for more wild weather as an intense storm cell sweeps across the state, bringing more strong wind, heavy rain and hail stones.

Newtown synagogue, which was covered in swastikas, was also target of attempted arson, says New South Wales premier, blasting 'escalation' in antisemitism

A childcare centre has been set alight and graffitied with anti-Semitic words at Maroubra in Sydney's south-east overnight.

Barely hours before the Newtown incident, a house in Sydney's east, a hub of the city's Jewish community, has been daubed with antisemitic graffiti, police said on Saturday, adding that they were also investigating offensive comments on a street poster in the suburb of Marrickville.

Tens of thousands of people in Australia's New South Wales state were without power on Saturday after a low pressure system brought damaging winds and