News about Peter Carey

A chapter of Sydney's history is being erased, leaving nostalgic Australians devastated. On the busy CBD, demolition of the old monorail network has started. On Reddit, a grey, eerie photograph showing construction has started at the original Darling Harbour site, a stark contrast to earlier colorful photos of the monorail in operation.

This week, the iconic Harbourside monorail station, which dropped tourists off at the original Darling Harbour station, was scheduled to be phased out. The station is one of seven stops on the defunct monorail network that connected the city with Darling Harbour, Chinatown, and the Spanish Quarter. Scaffolding has been ramped up around the Harbourside site, marking the official end to a station that served locals between 1988 and 2013.

Cheng Lei, an Australian journalist who has been in Beijing's notorious 'black jail' for leaking state secrets, has more information about prison conditions. Ms Lei's harrowing prison conditions included being blindfolded and handcuffed for 30-minute videoconferences, according to an inquiry. Following a closed-door trial that began on March 31, this year, the Chinese-Australian news anchor and business reporter was arrested by authorities in August 2020 and locked up on spurious national security charges. According to the article, Ms Lei was coerced to share a 3 meter by 3 meter cell with three other prisoners. They have a toilet and one small bed in the cell, which they take turns sleeping on. Ms Lei was forced to remove sanitary pads from her shoes because the footwear was ineffective, according to the program. Officials in Australia also claim that her eyesight has deteriorated as a result of long hours in her cell.