9+ hour, 24+ min ago   (292+ words) September 13, 2026 — 7:30pm Residents in Sydney’s crowded urban fringe suburbs with little space to play will be given access to new playgrounds and ovals connected to public schools being built in the area, in a stopgap measure to increase liveability in the…...

15+ hour, 24+ min ago   (783+ words) September 13, 2026 — 1:30pm During five years’ trading in Melbourne’s west, Phil Gaby’s business has had just as many homes. Nan’s Bakehouse began at the markets, then moved to Footscray Plaza before expanding into the business next door. A coffee van followed, then…...

23+ hour, 54+ min ago   (750+ words) September 13, 2026 — 5:00am Point Piper local John Changjin Li has long relied upon highly complex corporate structures – and romantic arrangements – in order to call one of the Sydney’s most expensive houses his own, and that was before the appointment of liquidators further…...

23+ hour, 54+ min ago   (464+ words) September 13, 2026 — 5:00am Local government councillor may be one of the worst-paid jobs in NSW. The lowest level of authority, local government, the tier closest to the people, used to be mainly concerned with roads, rates and rubbish but now delivers economic…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (1042+ words) For 40 years, Victor Macri has spent five days a week cutting hair at Fernando’s Hair, the business his father started in Marrickville in 1960. A dispute with local councillors over a building matter prompted Macri to run as an independent for…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (34+ words) SMH.com.au Ferry commuters in Sydney are getting a free ride from today as workers turn off Opal card readers as industrial action escalates. September 11, 2026 — 6:05am...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (442+ words) September 11, 2026 — 5:00am One of Sydney’s distinctive K-set trains will make the last regular passenger journey in three weeks, after more than 40 years criss-crossing the rail network and bringing air-conditioned carriages to commuters for the first time. The retirement of the K-set…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (647+ words) September 11, 2026 — 5:00am An inquiry into allegations of dysfunction and maladministration at a Sydney council is poised to urge state government intervention that would require councillors to lift their performance, but has stopped short of recommending they get the sack. Draft recommendations…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (538+ words) September 10, 2026 — 5:00am Dotted around the Independent Commission Against Corruption’s Elizabeth Street headquarters (even in the bathrooms) are framed signs which state: “Feeling anxious or stressed from being interviewed at the commission? Our witness liaison officer is here to help you.” Then,…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (438+ words) September 10, 2026 — 5:00am Liverpool mayor Ned Mannoun has defended his decision to cancel and later reschedule the monthly council meeting to allow him and his chief executive a council-funded trip to the United Kingdom to attend a conference about infrastructure. In June,…...