Posted
| UpdatedThe Oscar-winning actress accuses Hollywood of exporting a "not-very-good image of women", and is working behind the scenes to bring gender balance to American films and TV shows
Topics: media, film, television, community-and-society, women, sydney-2000
Posted
| UpdatedThe police case against Gordon Wood over the death of his model girlfriend Catherine Byrne was "completely without malice", the Supreme Court hears.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, murder-and-manslaughter, courts-and-trials, sydney-2000, nsw
Posted
Debi Hazelden loves a challenge and not even rain, hail and shine will stop her from trying to complete 100 triathlons in 100 days to raise money for the Red Cross.
Topics: community-and-society, charities, sport, marathon, people, sydney-2000
Posted
| UpdatedThere are growing calls for the New South Wales Government to fix derelict and run-down public housing properties, as the state's waiting list passes 60,000 people.
Topics: government-and-politics, housing, welfare, community-and-society, nsw, sydney-2000, chester-hill-2162
Posted
| UpdatedImmigration Minister Peter Dutton was involved in delaying the public release of a Making Children Safer report, which found just half of alleged incidents of abuse toward child detainees were adequately addressed, the child sex abuse royal commission hears.
Topics: royal-commissions, child-abuse, courts-and-trials, immigration, sydney-2000, nsw
Posted
| UpdatedSydney Airport made $97.8 million in profit from car parking fees in just one year, a report released by the ACCC shows, as the consumer body calls for greater regulation of airport competition.
Topics: air-transport, sydney-airport-2020, sydney-international-airport-2020, sydney-2000
Posted
Topics: animals, bellingen-2454, sydney-2000
Posted
Topics: animals, bellingen-2454, sydney-2000
Posted
Topics: animals, bellingen-2454, sydney-2000
Posted
Assaults have dropped in Kings Cross but risen in parts of Sydney outside of the city's lockout law zones, in some places as much as 17 per cent, new statistics reveal.
Topics: alcohol, assault, law-crime-and-justice, hospitality, kings-cross-2011, sydney-2000, newtown-2042
Posted
The NSW Liberal Party is still more than a week away from confirming its candidates in two crucial Sydney by-elections, but other parties are already on the campaign trail.
Topics: government-and-politics, political-parties, liberals, state-parliament, parliament, electoral-system, elections, greens, sydney-2000, manly-2095, gosford-2250, nsw
Posted
| UpdatedIrish LGBTIQ rights activist and drag queen Panti Bliss, affectionately referred to as the "Queen of Ireland", appeared at Sydney's Mardi Gras parade, March 5, 2017.
Topics: gays-and-lesbians, events, community-and-society, sydney-2000
Posted
| UpdatedFederal Opposition Leader Bill Shorten says Malcolm Turnbull was "hiding" from the parade, but whether the Prime Minister was even welcome depends on who you ask.
Topics: gays-and-lesbians, community-and-society, political-parties, government-and-politics, marriage, liberals, sydney-2000, darlinghurst-2010, surry-hills-2010
Posted
| UpdatedCrowds gather along Oxford Street in Sydney's CBD to watch the 39th Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade, with rain failing to dampen revellers' spirits, March 5, 2017.
Topics: gays-and-lesbians, community-and-society, event, sydney-2000
Posted
| UpdatedAbout 200 floats and thousands of performers made for a dazzling Mardi Gras spectacle through Sydney's inner-city suburbs of Darlinghurst and Surry Hills, March 5, 2017.
Topics: gays-and-lesbians, events, community-and-society, sydney-2000
Posted
| UpdatedCrowds gather along Oxford Street in Sydney's CBD to watch the 39th Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade, with rain failing to dampen revellers' spirits.
Topics: gays-and-lesbians, community-and-society, sydney-2000
Posted
It's not just potential homebuyers feeling the heat of Sydney's soaring prices, a real estate group warns, releasing data showing there has also been a surge in rental demand.
Topics: housing-industry, community-and-society, narrabeen-2101, sydney-2000, nsw
Posted
Four men have been charged after a brawl involving about 30 people at a Sydney park broke out before an A-League game on Friday night.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, surry-hills-2010, sydney-2000
Posted
| UpdatedThe Rabbitohs defend the decision to allow captain Greg Inglis to play almost an hour of their season-opening game on a torn ACL.
Topics: nrl, rugby-league, sport, sydney-2000, nsw, australia
Posted
| UpdatedFour men are charged after a 30-person brawl that broke out before the Sydney FC-Melbourne Victory A-League game on Friday night.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, antisocial-behaviour, crime, surry-hills-2010, sydney-2000
Posted
A severe weather warning remains in place for large parts of New South Wales, and wet weather is expected to cut the Mardi Gras Parade short by 30 minutes.
Topics: weather, storm-event, nsw, sydney-2000
Posted
| UpdatedAs Sydney celebrates Mardi Gras, elsewhere in the world gay and lesbian people can struggle to simply stay out of jail.
Topics: gays-and-lesbians, law-crime-and-justice, discrimination, australia, sydney-2000, singapore, uganda, south-africa, iran-islamic-republic-of, saudi-arabia, european-union
Posted
| UpdatedBobo's second-half strike lifts the Sky Blues 11 points clear of Melbourne Victory to all but assure Graham Arnold's side of grabbing the Premiers' Plate.
Topics: a-league, soccer, sport, sydney-2000, nsw, australia, melbourne-3000, vic
Posted
Political analyst Thomas Frank joins The Link to discuss the Trump phenomenon and how something similar could be coming to Australia.
Topics: world-politics, sydney-2000
Posted
| UpdatedHundreds of thousands of revellers are expected celebrate on the streets of Sydney to mark the 39th annual Mardi Gras Parade, with police saying they are taking every precaution.
Topics: carnivals-and-festivals, community-and-multicultural-festivals, gays-and-lesbians, sexuality, sydney-2000