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Construction on Sydney Metro City has stalled amid a protracted industrial dispute.

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Public transport

Stalled industrial dispute adds $50 million to Sydney Metro costs

Sydney’s biggest public transport project has been swept up in a long-running dispute between the NSW government and rail unions.

by Tom Rabe

Soren Soltani having his haircut at Barbriko by owner Nicolaos Vlahos in North Sydney. 16th June 2022. Photo: Edwina Pickles / SMH

Electricity

‘It’s coming’: Small businesses brace for power bill shock

by Jessica Yun

Playing around: A mural on the school wall.

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Schools

Bondi school parents slam decision to ban outdoor play before class

by Lucy Carroll

Mila makes a leap with preschool friends Eddy and Olena, and teacher Angela Aldridge, at Goodstart’s Crescent Early Learning Centre.

NSW budget

Teacher shortages could undermine plan for extra year of education

by Daniella White

Frank Zumbo exposed himself to witness on park bench: court

Courts

Frank Zumbo exposed himself to witness on park bench: court

by Greta Stonehouse

Transport

Construction on Sydney Metro City has stalled amid a protracted industrial dispute.

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Public transport

Stalled industrial dispute adds $50 million to Sydney Metro costs

by Tom Rabe

Medicinal cannabis helps with pain relief.

Legal Cannabis

Push to allow medicinal cannabis users the right to drive

Passengers boarding a Sydney tram in 1947

Flashback

From the Archives 1947: Tram fare evasion test - the ‘scaling’ is easy

by Special Reporter

Waratah train.

Public transport

Secret report reveals controversial NSW rail corporation told to ‘reframe’ its battered image

by Matt O'Sullivan and Adele Ferguson

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Crime & Courts

Frank Zumbo arrives at the Downing Centre Local Court in Sydney on Thursday.

Courts

Frank Zumbo exposed himself to witness on park bench, court told

by Greta Stonehouse

Chris Dawson and Robert Silkman.

Lynette Dawson case

Dawson asked teammate if he knew anyone who could ‘get rid of his wife’, court told

by Sarah McPhee

A man posing as a pizza delivery driver at a home in Dundas Valley in February 2020.

Crime

Sydney man charged over kidnap plot involving fake pizza delivery driver

by Amelia McGuire

Anthony Koletti and Melissa Caddick.

Caddick disappearance

Husband of missing fraudster Melissa Caddick drops claim on her goods

by Kate McClymont

Local council

Charlotte Simons with three daughters Bella, Mackenzie and Lucinda.

Kids’ sport

Northern Sydney school girls forced to travel hundreds of kilometres a week to play sport

by Andrew Taylor

Oran Park changing over the past decade.

Planning

No jobs, no trees: The suburbs where urban sprawl is hurting Sydney

by Andrew Taylor

Stanley Street in the City of Sydney - which was closed for a one-day street party in March - would likely benefit from relaxed rules around outdoor drinking and dining.

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Pubs

‘Very Sydney’ ban on standing while drinking outdoors is set to end

by Michael Koziol

The City of Sydney’s Creative Studios offers five storeys of subsidised space for artists, musicians and performers in Sydney’s CBD.

Sydney councils

‘Dead place’: Rising property prices put Sydney’s creative sector at risk

by Andrew Taylor

Premier Dominic Perrottet was an enthusiast for extended construction hours but the government has back-tracked on the idea.

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Construction

It’s down tools as NSW government backtracks on Sunday construction

by Michael Koziol

A long-term lease of green space at 266 Longueville Road, Lane Cove has been sold to a developer to build apartments for seniors.

Sydney councils

North shore council slammed for selling off green space for seniors apartments

by Andrew Taylor

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City life

The path of the 80 kilometre walk along the foreshore

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NSW budget

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

Lucy and Malcolm Turnbull have a dream for western Sydney: for it to be more like the leafy, densely populated, pedestrian friendly terrain of Sydney’s inner city and eastern suburbs.

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City life

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

A scene from the West End’s longest-runing play The Mousetrap.

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Arts

Unashamedly nostalgic: Why The Mousetrap is coming back to Australia

by Latika Bourke

A surfer takes on a wave at Dee Why beach.

Weather

‘You wait your whole life for these days’: Big-wave surfers enjoy Sydney’s huge swell

by Josh Dye

Jason Pierce plays 16 instruments.

Performing arts

‘Great songs are rare’, even for the Spaceman whose music defined the ’90s

by Michael Dwyer

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