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Fairfield Council, in Sydney’s west, had its servers accessed in October 2025.

Fairfield Council goes to court following major data breach

In October last year, Fairfield Council’s servers were illegally accessed by hackers who are assumed to be located outside Australia.

  • Anthony Segaert

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Karen Tran, Aaliyah Lasala, Alyssa Gurung, and Priscilla Sanaa at Canley Vale’s Bar 53.

‘The people, the vibe, everything’: How two Sydney suburbs plan to supercharge nightlife

Nightlife is growing significantly faster in Sydney’s west than in the east – and this is not by accident.

  • Cindy Yin
Aerial view of a fire at a Metro Petroleum service station in Fairfield, Sydney on December 9, 2025.

Residents return home after fleeing fire engulfing Sydney servo

Atmospheric testing for gas was conducted before residents, who fled as a nearby petrol station sent black smoke billowing into the sky, were allowed home.

  • Emily Kaine and Jack Gramenz
New data shows the cost-of-living crisis hitting western Sydney harder than the rest of the city.

Forget the latte line. There are now four Sydneys

Sydney’s haves and have-nots used to be divided roughly by a line running from the airport through Parramatta. It’s not so simple any more.

  • Mostafa Rachwani
A dark SUV sped away from the scene of the first shooting in Fairfield.

Listen to the ‘barrage of gunshots’ fired into a suburban Sydney home

Multiple gunshots were fired into homes and a business, and two cars were torched. Police are investigating if they are linked.

  • Jack Gramenz
The Wollstonecraft home sold for more than its reduced reserve price.

Wollstonecraft unit vendor slashes reserve by $50,000 to sell for $1.28m

The apartment’s owner made the call to bring the reserve down from $1.3 million; the final sale price ended up more than $30,000 beyond the vendor’s new benchmark.

  • Carmen Forward
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Tahini is ground freshly every day on site.

‘Liquid velvet’: This condiment is one of the best things our critic has tasted this year

Al Amara grinds its own fresh tahini from pure sesame on site every day – but there’s much more to this bakery.

  • Lee Tran Lam
Horsely Park.

Why a Sydney council threatened the hoarder of Horsley Park with jail

Fairfield City Council has been trying to get Saviour Camilleri to clean up his mess since 2006. A court has given him “one further chance”.

  • Michael Ruffles
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Sydney couple’s 36 hours of hell after violent kidnapping from quiet suburban car park

While out for a haircut, the pair were abducted, driven to a remote shed and subjected to vicious attacks and demands for money. Then their parents were targeted.

  • Clare Sibthorpe