Why drinks in the park just got much easier in central Sydney
The City of Sydney council has halved the number of alcohol-free areas amid concerns the bans don’t work and unfairly impact disadvantaged groups.
- by Michael Koziol
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Sydney Metro
‘We can re-humanise the city’: The metro’s unrealised promise for Sydney
For once, the rhetoric is justified – but planning and policy choices will be required for Sydney to make the most out of its expensive and impressive new toy.
- by Michael Koziol
‘Turning the page’: Sydney’s new metro line makes history, but the test is yet to come
The new metro system ran smoothly on Monday morning when 40,000 passengers turned up in the first five hours, but faces a bigger test on busier days.
- by Matt O'Sullivan and Michael Koziol
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Sydney councils
‘Unbelievable’: Clover’s council slashes outdoor dining hours at hotspot pub
The discovery of stray kegs on the footpath has led the City of Sydney to order a Woolloomooloo venue to shut its popular outdoor area at 8pm.
- by Michael Koziol
As music festivals dry up, the government is throwing a party instead
A free, three-day festival at White Bay Power Station will be headlined by local boy Josh Pyke, who warned against assuming the government was “taking care of these things now”.
- by Michael Koziol
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Liberal Party
Electoral Commission refuses Liberal request for extension to nominate candidates
The party is considering its position overnight and will respond on Sunday, possibly by taking the Electoral Commission to court.
- by Michael Koziol
Glebe is the pop culture mecca of Sydney. Here’s why
From Half a Cow Records to the green bans, Glebe has always been a place of passion, protest and the proletariat.
- by Michael Koziol
Failure to launch: Inside the NSW Liberals’ slippery slope towards council nominations fiasco
While the Liberal Party’s NSW director Richard Shields attended the opening of a children’s playground on Wednesday, staff were “in meltdown” over a catastrophic failure to nominate council candidates before deadline.
- by Michael Koziol
‘We will end up like Green Square’: Erko goes berserko over one extra storey
Dozens of objections to an additional level and baroque roof at a massive redevelopment in Erskineville have revealed fears the suburb will turn into Zetland or Waterloo.
- by Michael Koziol
Conspiracy theories abound as cycleway opponents target Clover Moore
A public meeting at Paddington RSL heard the proposed 1.8-kilometre cycleway along Oxford Street was a “Trojan horse” and its proponents were harbouring a “hidden agenda”.
- by Michael Koziol
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City life
Can you cram your City2Surf training into 10 days? I’m racing to find out
When it comes to preparing for the 14-kilometre race, I was told: “There’s no quick fix, there’s no shortcut”. That sounded like a challenge.
- by Michael Koziol