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Waterfront walkway to link Sydney Opera House and Parramatta
A 91-kilometre pathway linking the Opera House to Parramatta Park will become one of the city’s longest and most iconic walking and cycling routes.
- by Alexandra Smith
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Development
The Turnbulls’ dream to make western Sydney as liveable as the east
The power couple wants to reimagine western Sydney suburbia by making it greener, more walkable and more densely populated.
- by Matthew Knott
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Arts
Unashamedly nostalgic: Why The Mousetrap is coming back to Australia
Robyn Nevin will direct the long-running Agatha Christie’s whodunnit on its revival at the Theatre Royal in October.
- by Latika Bourke
‘Great songs are rare’, even for the Spaceman whose music defined the ’90s
The new trip-o-phonic album Everything Was Beautiful continues Spiritualized’s thundering rock’n’roll invention.
- by Michael Dwyer
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Public transport
Steering dramas force government to recommission retired Manly ferry
Internal ministerial documents reveal the NSW government has had to bring back the classic Queenscliff ferry after steering problems will shut down its sister ship, the Collaroy.
- by Matt O'Sullivan
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Opinion
What happens to the Queen’s Birthday holiday when we no longer have a queen?
Maybe that’s the moment to reimagine the long-weekend exodus that traps so many of us in traffic jams.
- by Helen Pitt
Northern Sydney school girls forced to travel hundreds of kilometres a week to play sport
Sports predominantly played by women such as hockey and netball are missing out on space to train and play to traditional male sports.
- by Andrew Taylor
No jobs, no trees: The suburbs where urban sprawl is hurting Sydney
Sydney’s urban sprawl extends up to 60 kilometres, with plans to build thousands of homes more than 80 kilometres from the CBD.
- by Andrew Taylor
Furniture, appliances, cars: why we are still waiting months for our purchases
Shoppers are enduring long waits for consumer items thanks to COVID-related delays at Chinese ports, staffing shortages and the war in Ukraine.
- by Andrew Taylor
Influencer’s new boyfriend bears uncanny resemblance to ex-husband
Amy Castano’s new boyfriend bares a striking resemblance to her celebrity trainer ex husband,
- by Lucy Manly
Former Neighbours star in court battle with actual neighbour over obstructed views
A court has ruled that former actors and television presenters Lachlan and Karina Daddo can keep three palm trees at their northern beaches home, with the judgment describing their neighbours as having “an unusual sense of entitlement”.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons