Morning Buzz: Sydney news, traffic and weather for Tuesday, January 10

It is set to be a cloudy day with tops of 31 degrees across the Sydney region.

SILVERWATER: A burst water main is affecting traffic on Silverwater Road at Derby Street. One southbound lane is closed to traffic. 

UNDER PRESSURE: Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is facing calls to sack Health Minister Sussan Ley after revelations she bought a $795,000 Gold Coast apartment from a Liberal donor while on a taxpayer-funded trip.

NO RELIEF YET: Sydneysiders face an extended period of hot weather with warm nights likely to give only limited relief from the daytime heat peaks. Fire risks will also be on the rise.

ICE ON THE RISE: Increased ice use has not only become an rising problem in society, but now the boss of one of Macarthur’s leading rehabilitation centres said more clients had cited it as their drug of choice.

TIME TO UPSKILL: Forty primary school teachers across NSW have been selected to participate in the Sydney Symphony Orchestra’s highly acclaimed annual teacher-training program.

CONTROVERSY CONTINUES: Pressure is growing on the Turnbull government over the Centrelink debt-recovery controversy, after the Commonwealth Ombudsman launched a wide-ranging investigation amid calls for the system to be shut down.

BYPASS INCHES CLOSER: The Pitt Town bypass inches closer and closer as the Roads and Maritime Services releases its preferred design and Dominic Perrottet restates his support for the project.

SPYING CLAIMS: East Timor will abandon the multi-billion dollar oil and gas treaty at the centre of sensational spying claims by Australia.

TODDLER PULLED FROM POOL: A two-year-old boy was flown to hospital in Sydney after being pulled from a swimming pool on the NSW South Coast yesterday.

SWIMMING SUPPORT: From the beach to backyard pools, rivers and dams, growing up around water is something most Australians take for granted. For new arrivals though, swimming may be a foreign concept – a challenge Royal Life Saving NSW wants to overcome.

ATTRACTING INTEREST: Growing confidence in Bella Vista Waters will make it a suburb that will attract a lot of interest among home buyers in 2017, according to a local real estate agent. 

STATION UPGRADE: The Leura station upgrade is underway, with work sites now being set up in preparation for the major redevelopment.

MAN ARRESTED OVER TERROR LINKS: A man accused of having links to an Islamic State-inspired terror cell in Sydney has been arrested and placed in custody just months after his release from prison.

CHAMBERLAIN DIES: Michael Chamberlain, who fought a long and bitter battle for justice after his baby daughter was snatched by a dingo at Uluru in 1980, died in Gosford Hospital on Monday evening.

CRUISING AHEAD: Cronulla's Connor O’Leary will start his first Championship Tour season on the Gold Coast in March after the 2017 World Surf League schedules were announced.

WANDERERS FALL: The Western Sydney Wanderers’ season has taken another major hit after a 1-0 loss to Melbourne City.

RECORD SECURED: Cloncurry man Shayne Barwick has made it to the Guinness Book of World Records for the longest bowl ever by a single person.

CHANGES FOR DRAGONS: The off-season changes have continued at St George Illawarra with the club announcing the resignation of recruitment manager David Warwick.

FACING COURT: Winning Sydney to Hobart skipper Anthony Bell will appear in court this week after police sought an interim apprehended violence order against him to protect his TV presenter wife Kelly Landry.