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A slice of meat burek and cheese burek, served with buttermilk drink and ajvar.

It’s one of the best snacks in Sydney, but you probably haven’t heard of it

These fourth-generation Rockdale bakers make just one thing, and it’s flaky, golden and perfect for your next picnic.

  • Bianca Hrovat

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Former Liverpool Council chief executive John Ajaka arrives at the inquiry into dysfunction and maladministration at the council on Wednesday.

Ousted Sydney council CEO blindsided by shock dismissal, inquiry hears

John Ajaka’s contract was terminated weeks after he told Mayor Ned Mannoun to “shut the f--- up” in a meeting.

  • Megan Gorrey
Sydney’s boulevards of broken dreams.

Hellscapes, eyesores and housing hopes: These are Sydney’s boulevards of broken dreams

They are the roadways that most Sydneysiders try to avoid – but locals are hopeful of change in Sydney’s once grand boulevards.

  • Jessica McSweeney and Ellie Busby
Cheesecake cookie.

Happy Alley

Cookies – thick, soft and fresh-out-the-oven – are the main attraction.

Kosta’s formidable schnitzel sandwich.

Kosta’s Takeaway

This venue is a finalist for best sandwich in Good Food’s Essential Sydney Cafes and Bakeries of 2025.

Flight paths and housing.

The Sydney suburbs excluded from ‘missing middle’ housing plan

The “missing middle” reform was supposed to increase density in inner-city suburbs. Now the government will exclude most of the inner west and parts of other areas.

  • Max Maddison
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Cheesecake cookie at Happy Alley.

Happy Alley

The main attraction at this Rockdale cafe is the still-warm cookies served with swirls of vanilla soft-serve.

The sinkhole opened up on March 1 above one of the tunnels at Rockdale for the M6 motorway.

Tunnelling delay revealed for Sydney’s sinkhole-stricken $3 billion motorway

Tunnelling has been halted since a huge sinkhole opened up in March, and transport officials now say it won’t resume until late next year.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
Bayside council

Bayside Council: What your candidates said

Bayside has five wards, with voters in each ward selecting three councillors.

Alec Urosevski became Rockdale’s all-time leading goalscorer this season.

Baker left A-League to kick more goals and make more dough

He’s arguably the most prolific striker in Australia - but the numbers don’t add up for him to go professional. Alec Urosevski is a case study into the peculiarities of domestic soccer and its unique economy.

  • Vince Rugari