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Environmental protection

Sydney’s leafy suburbs are no longer where you think

Sydney’s north has lost significant amounts of tree canopy, while the west’s has skyrocketed. See how your region rates.

by Anthony Segaert

SCG grounds crew remove the covers from the wicket area after a rain delay last year.

Weather

Why does Sydney have a rainy Test cricket curse?

by Laura Chung

The blaze broke out on New Year’s Day.

Tragedy

‘Our community is shaken’: Man dies after apartment fire

by Sarah McPhee and Christopher Harris

Despite a housing supply crisis Sydney added far fewer new dwellings in 2023 that it did five years earlier

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Housing crisis

The statistic that illustrates Sydney’s housing crisis

by Matt Wade

The defensive structures were built late in 1800s.

Heritage

What an abandoned tunnel reveals about Sydney’s past

by Tim Barlass

Transport

There are 86 of the original Opal cards still being used on the network.

Public transport

Do you own Sydney’s oldest Opal card?

by Mary Ward

New Year’s Eve Sydney 2024.

City life

1000 trains, 8.5 tonnes of fireworks and a new ticket system: Your Sydney New Year’s Eve

by Anthony Segaert

Traffic is at a standstill on the Harbour Bridge ahead of the pre-Christmas peak hour.

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Traffic

Harbour Bridge crash causes peak-hour traffic delays

by Anthony Segaert

Light rail vehicles have begun moving between Dundas, Telopea, and Carlingford, the three most northern stops on Parramatta light rail. — 2:12

Public transport

Testing begins on Parramatta light rail

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Crime & Courts

Firefighters brought the blaze under control by 4.20pm.

Fire

Man badly injured in Sydney apartment building fire

by Christopher Harris

A man allegedly caused significant damage to windows at Westfield Eastgardens on New Year’s Eve

Courts

‘You’re not Nelson Mandela’: A day in the life of a new year bail court

by Clare Sibthorpe

NSW authorities are investigating after a man allegedly spearfished a Blue Groper in Sydney’s south on December 30.

Crime

Blue groper spearfishing sparks investigation in Sydney’s south

by Laura Chung

Adam Magnus used this image to promote his celebrant business and to groom a mother to abuse her 11-year-old child.

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Crime

‘My wife has no idea’: Byron celebrant’s secret life as a paedophile

by Perry Duffin

Local council

Sydney suburbs composite.

Environmental protection

Sydney’s leafy suburbs are no longer where you think

by Anthony Segaert

Trouble in paradise: the Brooklyn foreshore, with Dangar Island to the right.

City life

‘Loved to death’: Parking woes spell trouble in paradise on the Hawkesbury

by Michael Koziol

Sydney’s New Year’s Eve fireworks.

New Year

The best places to watch the New Year’s Eve fireworks are not crowded, but there’s a catch ...

by Andrew Taylor

Darvan Sinnetamby’s concerns about plans to build a sports complex at Lane Cove Golf Course prompted him to make a complaint about Lane Cove Council to the NSW Ombudsman.

Sydney councils

Revealed: NSW’s most complained about councils

by Andrew Taylor

Woollahra Council operates libraries in Paddington, Double Bay and Watsons Bay, and wrote to affected users on Thursday morning.

Sydney councils

Eastern suburbs council warns library users of potential data breach

by Anthony Segaert

The destruction of 265 trees in Castle Cove has exposed water views.

Editorial

Sydney councils

Surge in tree vandalism shows penalties are not severe enough

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City life

The MLC building in North Sydney.

Heritage

Beauty or the beast? Sydney’s most divisive office block is heritage listed

It’s an icon for some and a blot on the landscape to others, but Sydney’s landmark MLC building is safe from demolition after a tangled legal battle.

by Megan Gorrey

SCG grounds crew remove the covers from the wicket area after a rain delay last year.

Weather

Why does Sydney have a rainy Test cricket curse?

The third Test of the three-match series against Pakistan begins on Wednesday, but rain and thunderstorms are forecast.

by Laura Chung

The defensive structures were built late in 1800s.

Heritage

The abandoned harbourside tunnels that reveal Sydney’s hidden past

by Tim Barlass

Trouble in paradise: the Brooklyn foreshore, with Dangar Island to the right.

City life

‘Loved to death’: Parking woes spell trouble in paradise on the Hawkesbury

by Michael Koziol

The 9pm fireworks over the harbour.

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New Year

Sydney sparkles for a memorable New Year’s Eve fireworks bonanza

by Anthony Segaert

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