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The Sydney we don’t talk about
As the city springs back to life, we reveal its untold stories.
In this Sydney suburb, one in three homes is empty. It’s not just a data error
There are 164,624 empty homes in Sydney, yet we have a five-figure waiting list for public housing. Experts say solving the city’s housing crisis will not be simple.
- Angus Dalton, Billie Eder, Millie Muroi, Anthony Segaert and Angus Thomson
For many, the pandemic is over. For Nicola, there’s no end in sight
Nicola West was about to sign the biggest deal of her life. The next day, a pandemic was declared and she hasn’t left her apartment since. The Herald’s series on the Sydney we don’t talk about continues.
- Angus Thomson
Fifty metres beneath Bondi, a stench that stings your eyes may help Sydney survive
What was once dumped into Sydney’s Harbour and off beaches as raw sewage now holds Sydney’s secrets. We take a trip through the sewer in the latest installment in our series The Sydney we don’t talk about.
- Angus Dalton
More people died last year than ever before. Sydney’s death industry has struggled to cope
Morticians cannot keep up and Sydney is running out of space.
- Anthony Segaert
Money never sleeps, but that’s not what keeps Sydney’s bedroom traders up at night
Trading in cryptocurrency may be fraught. But the hardy souls who stay up all night offer a glimpse into the 24-7 market.
- Millie Muroi
Mistress Lucilla doesn’t need saving. She thinks sex workers are saving Sydney
As Sydney springs back to life, we reveal its untold stories. In the first of a series about the things we don’t speak about, we look at the challenges in the sex industry.
- Billie Eder
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Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2026
This year’s laugh fest has kicked off, with more than 2000 performers stepping up to the mic. Here, our writers take a closer look
- 10 stories
Hate of origin: Inside football’s most intense rivalry
Essendon and Hawthorn have hated each other for more than 40 years, from some old-fashioned thuggery and a fake drug scandal in the mid-80s to last year’s failed bid by the Hawks to poach the Bombers’ captain.
- 5 stories