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Tourism
Swapping the Opera House for an oyster farm: new direction for Sydney tourism
A review of NSW’s tourism strategy will recommend the state government adopts an “experience-led” approach.
- by Mary Ward
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Traffic
Sydney’s traffic paradox: More cars, less traffic
Many congested roads have less peak hour traffic than five years ago, despite record car and driver registrations and millions fewer public transport trips.
- by Nigel Gladstone
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Sex, sleaze and hospitality
Revealed: The new rules all NSW bar staff have to follow after Swillhouse scandal
Sweeping changes are coming to the responsible service of alcohol training for bar staff in NSW. But is that enough to keep venues safe?
- by Alexandra Smith
‘A Labor Party hit job’: Fury at move to outlaw private companies running council elections
The premier says he’s inclined to ban private election companies. One mayor says he’s trying to deflect from Labor’s poor showing with voters.
- by Max Maddison
‘We fundamentally failed’: Apology for victims, survivors of hate crimes
The NSW government has supported all 19 recommendations of a world-first inquiry into gay-hate crimes.
- by Max Maddison
Opinion
NSW council elections
When life gives you Libertarians, you build a lemonade stand (with or without permission)
Got a development application? You’ll get a welcome carpet from the new wave of Libertarians elected to NSW councils.
- by Alexandra Smith
Prolific producer with the golden touch brought fame to Australian musicians
As Ed Kuepper would note, “The Saints were lucky that Mark Moffatt was in the producer’s chair that night and not some drone.”
- by Glenn A Baker
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Construction
How a home builder who didn’t finish the job collapsed, owing $4 million
ANSA Homes had its building licence suspended more than two months ago. Now the liquidators have been called in.
- by Max Maddison
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NSW council elections
Labor fears council results spell trouble for PM before federal election
While Clover Moore has conceded this will be her last term as Sydney lord mayor, the council elections have different implications for those at state and federal levels.
- by Alexandra Smith
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Drugs
Postcode lottery: Where police have shunned state’s new drug laws
Data from nearly six months of NSW’s landmark pre-court diversion scheme suggests the vast majority of people are still being sent through the overburdened legal system.
- by Max Maddison
NSW council election results 2024 as it happened: Counting concludes; Clover Moore claims victory in City of Sydney
Follow along with our live blog for all the updates on the NSW council elections.
- by Anthony Segaert, Daniel Lo Surdo and Nick Newling