Here's what you need to know this morning.
Sydney to Melbourne derailment
Transport NSW has urged travellers to check for updates for train services to Victoria, following the Sydney to Melbourne XPT derailment yesterday that killed two people.
It is understood trains will take passengers to Albury, with coach replacement services running to Melbourne.
Travellers booked on the service will be sent updates by text message.
The Sydney to Melbourne XPT train service is run by NSW.
The train derailed outside of Melbourne at Wallan at 8:00pm Thursday, with about 160 passengers on board.
The impact killed the train's driver and another railway worker.
Residents oppose Western Harbour Tunnel
Sydney residents are being urged to get satellite images of their homes, to monitor any potential damage caused by construction of the Western Harbour Tunnel.
More than 500 people attended the meeting at Balmain Town Hall in Sydney's inner west last night, concerned about the environmental impact of the proposed project, which will link Rozelle to Cammeray, north of the CBD.
Janet Veldhoen who has lived in Balmain for 30 years, said she was particularly concerned about possible health implications for local children.
"There's something evil I think about building unfiltered smokestacks next to primary schools and this seems to be a feature of WestConnex and a feature that they're going to follow on with, with the Western Harbour Tunnel," she said.
Step closer to Australia's next saint
More than 1,000 people gathered in Sydney's St Mary's Cathedral last night for a ceremony to start the process of recognising Australia's second saint, Eileen O'Connor.
Born in 1892, O'Connor — who stood just 1.15m tall due to a childhood injury — went on to co-found Our Lady's Nurses for the Poor.
The Archbishop of Sydney, Anthony Fisher, told the congregation O'Connor had been known affectionately as "the little mother" and "her beautiful spirit inspired many to seek her prayers and counsel".
"The time is now ripe for a more thorough investigation of her cause, to pray that there may be many miracles to credit to that cause and to hope the church may eventually raise her to the altars," he said.
British 'news reporter' takes aim
The Sydney Opera House and harbour provide the backdrop to the latest expletive-laden spray from British TV 'news reporter' Jonathan Pie, otherwise known as actor and comedian Tom Walker.
In a social-media clip filmed against a backdrop of the Opera House last week, Pie launched into bushfires and climate change, calling Prime Minister Scott Morrison, "Australia's climate change denier-in-chief" who "continues to enable and subsidise omnicide".
He told ABC News that Australia is a great microcosm for what's happening globally with climate change.
Walker is in Australia this month with his "Fake News" tour, hitting the major cities over the next week.
