Here's what you need to know this morning.
Fiery truck crash
Smoke has billowed over south-west Sydney after a double-truck crash.
Two B-double trucks collided on Victoria Street in Wetherill Park at 6:30am on Thursday.
The trucks caught fire as emergency services worked to help both drivers and extinguish the blaze.
The drivers sustained minor injuries and were treated by paramedics at the scene.
Cowpasture Road and Victoria Street are closed and traffic diversions have been put in place.
Disgraced ex-MP fronts ICAC
Disgraced former Liberal MP Daryl Maguire is back in the stand at the corruption watchdog today, as it examines whether former premier Gladys Berejiklian breached public trust in connection to grants awarded in his seat, while she was in a secret relationship with him.
Ms Berejiklian resigned earlier this month after the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) announced it would be holding public hearings as part of its investigation into her conduct.
She has denied any wrongdoing, saying history would show she had always acted with integrity.
Ms Berejiklian first became embroiled in the ICAC scandal in October last year when she revealed she had been in a relationship with the former member for Wagga Wagga for years, including after he was forced to quit parliament.
Today will be the first time Mr Maguire has spoken publicly since Ms Berejiklian stepped down.
She will take the stand at the corruption watchdog tomorrow and Monday.
Police single out 300 involved in criminal activities
NSW Police's gang squad, Strike Force Raptor, has arrested 10 people allegedly connected to criminal networks in South West Sydney.
In the week since the shooting murder of father and son Salim and Toufic Hamze in front of a Guildford home, police have seized drugs including heroin, cocaine, ketamine, and cannabis with an estimated street value of $127,000, along with the car used as a getaway.
State Crime Command director, Detective Chief Superintendent Darren Bennett, said acting fast on the case had led to the arrests.
“We know from experience how essential it is to formulate a multi-level response to these types of incidents in the immediate 72 hours which follow,” he said.
“Investigators are working through forensics and continuing to canvass for witnesses, CCTV, and other leads."
Police have now identified more than 300 people connected to the criminal network involved in the ongoing conflict between the Alameddine and Hamzy families.
COVID-19 alert for Sydney gym
NSW Health authorities say they have requested the staff vaccination records at an inner-Sydney gym after a COVID-19 cluster was linked to the venue.
There have so far been 15 confirmed infections associated with the City Gym in Darlinghurst, in the first major public health alert issued since coming out of lockdown.
The local health district said the cases either attended the gym while infectious or may have acquired their infection there between October 18 and October 25.
NSW Health has completed an inspection of the venue and has told the ABC it has requested copies of staff vaccination records.
Anyone who attended the gym during those dates has been told to isolate and get tested until they get a negative result.
A spokesperson said the source of the infection was still under investigation.
Regional migration continues
It's been revealed that the lockdowns in Sydney and Melbourne didn't stop people from moving to regional areas to live — with the prospect of finding work luring many.
The Regional Australia Institute, a not-for-profit think tank, used data from the Commonwealth Bank to examine where residents had relocated to during the September quarter.
The institute's chief economist, Dr Kim Houghton, said it showed that despite the lockdowns in Melbourne and Sydney between June and September, the number of people shifting to the regions had increased slightly.
And fewer people were going the other way — moving from the regions to the city.
He said he was surprised by the results.
"We really expected the numbers of movers to actually be completely frozen from those larger cities through this period," Mr Houghton said.
He also said a lot of regional centres were really struggling for workers, with a record number of job vacancies.
"Those employers are really looking for workers and I think that combination of the availability of work, the prospect that regional Australia has not been hit as hard by any of those COVID restrictions, is part of that drive."
Council to triple jacaranda bloom
A council has unveiled its plan for 300 bright purple jacaranda trees to be added to North Sydney suburbs.
North Sydney Mayor Jilly Gibson said the policy would give away the 300 trees to residents to extend the area's jacaranda footprint.
She hopes the new trees will move tourists away from the few Kirribilli streets which are overwhelmed with tourists during blooming season.
The council has asked residents to register their interest in the tree giveaway on a first come, first serve basis.
The council will distribute the trees through contactless deliveries in November.
180-year-old burial vault discovered
Construction workers at Sydney's Central Station have uncovered a vault that contained graves of 11 members of a family, 181 years after burial.
The Perry and Ham family vault was found during excavations and a call has been made for descendants of the family to come forward.
Researchers found that three of the nameplates in the vault dated back to 1840.
The Devonshire Street Cemetery, where Central Station is now built, was closed in 1867.
Despite most of the graves being removed prior to the construction of the station in 1901, more than 60 graves and five vaults have been discovered since.
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