GWS-Hawthorn clash moved to MCG, more round 15 changes possible
The round 15 AFL fixture remains up in the air while both NSW teams were scrambling to Victoria as the GWS-Hawthorn game was moved from Sydney to the MCG in […]
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Sydney to get its first new selective high school in 25 years
New schools are also planned for St Leonards, Chatswood and Macquarie Park – one of them on the site of the Premier’s old high school.
‘The look of evil in its eyes’: Sydney’s biggest fox hot spots
Wildlife photographer Lucca Amorim sat for 30 minutes in his car with the window opened as the fox came and went towards him before “going off in stealth mode” hunting.
Killing of Sydney solicitor ‘done with some real incompetence’, court told
Abraham Sinai is on trial in the NSW Supreme Court accused of providing assistance to the gunman who walked up to Ho Ledinh in 2018 and shot him dead.
Two in five people aged over 70 yet to receive first vaccination as NSW outbreak grows
GPs warned the timing of the change to AstraZeneca eligibility meant it was unlikely NSW would experience a boost in vaccination numbers amid Sydney’s outbreak.
The A-League’s $1 million question: Melbourne or Sydney for the grand final?
Melbourne City have earned the right to host Saturday night’s A-League grand final – but holding the decider in Victoria, rather than Sydney, could cost clubs a significant financial windfall.
Former ABC weather man, a ‘friend and mentor’, Mike Bailey dies
Retired media personality Mike Bailey, who became a household name delivering the nightly weather report for the ABC’s Sydney bulletin over a lengthy career with the public broadcaster, has died.
Australia news LIVE: NSW COVID-19 cases continue to grow as restrictions implemented across Sydney
Tens of thousands of Sydneysiders are being urged to get tested, Australia’s vaccine rollout will be discussed at a national cabinet meeting today and there’s fresh leadership rumblings in the […]
‘Buyer beware’: Sydney agents selling units despite defect notices
Real estate agents are selling apartments off the plan when defects have been identified, but they say they haven’t been told about the new Building Commissioner’s orders.
Emergency national cabinet meeting to discuss vaccine rollout
Emergency meeting of National Cabinet on Monday morning will discuss vaccine rollout as NSW Premier warns the next few days will be critical to halting Sydney outbreak.
NSW records two new local cases as Sydney ordered to mask up
The emerging eastern suburbs cluster has grown to nine with two people in their 50s from the Sutherland Shire testing positive to coronavirus.
What are the new COVID-19 restrictions for Sydney and NSW?
NSW has introduced a number of new COVID-19 restrictions in response to the latest eastern suburbs outbreak and other states have introduced restrictions for travel to and from NSW.
Stay and fight: The members trying to change the Australian Club’s women ban from within
Well-connected members of Sydney’s male-only Australian Club are embarking upon an internal campaign to admit women into the exclusive association.
The race must go on: City2Surf returns to Sydney’s streets
The City2Surf will be held on October 17, but COVID-19 will change some aspects of the event.
‘I don’t like it’: Rising number of Sydney families becoming long-term renters
Four-bedroom homes – typically rented by families with children – are a growing proportion of rental listings.
Sydney man, 24, fronts court charged with Islamic State membership
Police allege the man’s rhetoric online was escalating, that he was in possession of a large amount of extremist material, and that he possessed several improvised explosives recipes.
How a ‘boisterous’ teen from western Sydney became an ‘ISIS bride’
Good Weekend senior writer Tim Elliott talks with The Age investigations editor Michael Bachelard about the radicalisation – and repatriation – of so-called “ISIS brides”.
Cahill Expressway to be closed for seven-day New Year’s Eve party
The maligned stretch of road that cuts Sydney city and Circular Quay in two – and recently labelled an “eyesore” by NSW Treasurer Dominic Perrottet – will be opened up […]
Australia news LIVE: NSW COVID cases grow as AstraZeneca vaccine no longer recommended for under 60s; Victoria restrictions eased
Police are investigating whether the man at the centre of Sydney’s latest COVID-19 outbreak breached health orders, Melburnians are waking up to eased coronavirus restrictions and health authorities are encouraging […]
Underworld figure shot dead in Sydney CBD
Underworld figure Bilal Hamze has reportedly been gunned down in the middle of Sydney’s CBD on Thursday night
J-Mac earns a holiday with concerted mid-week attack
James McDonald returns to Sydney on Saturday after earning a holiday with a mid-week blitz in the past couple of months.
How rejecting Fergie, Becks and Manchester United put Derbyshire on the road to Sydney
The English striker’s decision to pick Blackburn over Manchester United in 2003 set off a chain of events that led him to Macarthur FC, and put him on the cusp […]
New case in Sydney’s east, authorities investigate possible hotel leak
The man in his 60s, who visited a number of locations at Bondi Junction and Vaucluse, is NSW’s first COVID-19 case in 40 days.
Dying dad rushed to Qld hospital as quarantined son stuck in Sydney
An American man in Sydney quarantine who has been denied entry to Queensland is awaiting a call from Gold Coast doctors after his father was rushed to hospital overnight.
‘A waratah rising from the fires’: Powerhouse funds get mixed reviews
Critics dispute the $500 million cost of renovating the Powerhouse Museum at Ultimo but Sydney’s fashion designers say it can’t come soon enough.
‘From a paddock to CBD’: More than $1 billion dedicated to Sydney’s future city
The NSW government will dedicate more than $1 billion in funding to the development of the new western airport city.
Early work begins on Western Harbour Tunnel as Rozelle parkland is approved
Tunnelling on early stages of the multibillion-dollar Western Harbour Tunnel has started, with excavators working to connect a vast spaghetti junction beneath Sydney’s inner west with the future harbour crossing.
Sydney’s kicking goals after grudge match moved to the SCG
In what might be a template for the AFL grand final if the Victorian government can’t guarantee the AFL a full house of spectators, Sydney got the match while Melbourne […]
Seventh Big Freeze raises more than $10m despite virus disruption for second year
The players were in Sydney and the usual MCG crowd was nowhere to be seen, but Monday’s Big Freeze managed to raise more than $10m to fight motor neurone disease.
Missing link in Sydney’s light rail back on track
The second stage of the Parramatta Light Rail has been resurrected, with the NSW Government set to allocate $50 million to the project.