Crowds continue to build at Sydney’s Royal Botantic Garden for people to get a whiff of Putricia the corpse flower.
But what exactly does Putricia smell like?
ABC Radio Sydney presenter Dom Knight caught up with on-lookers to hear about their experience.
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Thousands of people have queued and hundreds of thousands more have tuned in online to experience the blooming of Sydney Botanic Garden's corpse flow Putricia.
Putricia will be stinky smell for about 24 hours while she withers away.
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A corpse flower dubbed Putricia has finally begun to bloom at Royal Botanic Garden in Sydney.
The plant, also known as Amorphophallus titanum, has the biggest, smelliest flower spike in the world.
Putricia will emit its stinky smell for 24 hours, with the gardens planning to remain open until midnight.
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A section of a 10-storey building under demolition has collapsed in Sydney's inner west.
Fire and Rescue NSW said the building at Railway Parade in Burwood became structurally unstable during the demolition, resulting in a partial collapse and scaffolding falling onto the excavator.
Nobody has been trapped or injured by the collapse.
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Here's what Sydneysiders had to say about the new Putney Beach on the Parramatta River.
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The 'awful decisions' psychiatrists are faced with in EDs | 7.30
About two-thirds of NSW public hospital psychiatrists are set to resign on Tuesday due to pay and working conditions. Dr Pramudie Gunaratne is the chair of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists and she says a critical workforce shortage is at the heart of the crisis.
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Taylor Swift, the NBA, Mozart… the choices are endless!
If you had a golden ticket to any event in HISTORY what would it be?
ABC Radio Sydney Breakfast Presenter Craig Reucassel hit the streets to find out what events are in hot demand.
Do you want the chance to win tickets to some of Sydney's biggest events and experiences?
ABC Radio Sydney’s golden ticket competition has you covered!
Listen to ABC Radio Sydney from 20 January for the Golden Ticket Window to open. As the window opens, the presenter will provide a codeword which you can text in, you'll receive a link to enter for your chance to win the Golden Ticket! The more you listen, the more chances you have to win.
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A childcare centre has been set alight and graffitied with anti-Semitic words at Maroubra in Sydney's south-east.
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New South Wales is on the verge of an unprecedented public health crisis | 7.30
New South Wales is on the verge of an unprecedented public health crisis. More than half of the state's public psychiatrists have resigned and are set to leave their jobs on January 21.
Rahni Sadler has this report.
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A Maroubra childcare centre in Sydney's south-east has been set alight and spray painted with anti-Semitic graffiti.
Speaking on ABC Radio Sydney Mornings, Maroubra resident David told presenter Hamish Macdonald the incident has been distressing for him and his family.
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NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb has shut down rumours of her retirement.
Speaking on ABC Radio Sydney Drive, the commissioner told presenter Chris Bath that she feels she is just getting her speed at three years into her five-year contract.
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Psychiatrists express dismay at state of NSW Health
"I'm devastated" 💔
The NSW health system is approaching a crisis point, with more than two-thirds of its staff specialist psychiatrists threatening to resign on January 21.
On ABC Radio Sydney Mornings presenter Hamish Macdonald spoke to psychiatrists on why they are deciding to walk off the job.
"If this was about pay, I wouldn't be in the public system, I would be in the public system, I would be private earning substantially more," said Daniel who who works as a psychiatrist at Westmead Hospital.
"And so it's not about the pay. It's about the system and trying to retain the trainees, the psychiatrists who are coming through rather than letting them bleed to other states."
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