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Glebe Island’s bulk operations will be scrapped for high-density housing around the future Bays West metro station.

Fancy living in Sydney’s next inner suburb? A one-bedder will set you back $2m

The NSW government wants to build 8500 homes west of Sydney’s CBD. The local MP warns it risks turning into “an exclusive waterfront enclave for the rich”.

  • Megan Gorrey and Max Maddison

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Clover Moore

Clover’s vision: Town Hall Square will be George Street on steroids

According to Sydney’s lord mayor, the new Town Hall Square will transform the city. There’s just one obstacle in the way.

  • Peter FitzSimons
The 78ers march along Oxford Street in last year’s Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras.

From protest to party: Sydney’s Mardi Gras route added to the national heritage register

The first Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade began nearly 50 years ago with the rallying cry “out of the bars and into the streets”. Now the Oxford Street route will be recognised for its significance to Australian history and culture.

  • Megan Gorrey
A concept image of what the new venue will look like when completed.

‘Extremely disappointed’: Minister defies residents’ noise complaints to dump Barangaroo curfew

The state’s planning minister has scotched concerns from inner-city residents to reinstate 24/7 trading hours at a nearly completed arts and cultural venue.

  • Megan Gorrey and David Barwell
Sydneysiders make the most of long summer nights and daylight savings to play pickleball at House of Pickle, on the roof of the International

Pickleball over pisco sours: Sydney’s changing nightlife choices revealed

Sydney’s long-suffering nightlife is rumbling back to life – but not in the ways you might think.

  • Megan Gorrey
Cranbrook year 12 students Max Scales, Charlie Harris and Slade Keating are welcoming year 11 girls Sienna Novak, Lucy Foster and Nia Dowson to the school.

What Cranbrook boys said to Cranbrook girls before their first day at the school

Girls at Cranbrook will make up about a quarter of students in year 7 and 11 in its first co-education intake.

  • Christopher Harris
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The new Sydney Fish Market

Inside the new Sydney Fish Market

The new Sydney Fish Market will open on January 19. The Herald has charted the – sometimes rocky – path to this milestone.

New Year’s Eve 9pm fireworks on Sydney Harbour.
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Sydney NYE 2025 In Pictures

Crowds flock to Sydney’s vantage points for a front-row seat to the city’s world-famous fireworks display.

The 11-hectare Entertainment Quarter in Sydney’s Moore Park is owned by a private consortium on a long-term lease.

The plan to transform Moore Park’s Entertainment Quarter into a ‘world-class’ precinct

A new indoor arena will be at the centre of a long-vaunted redevelopment. But mystery surrounds a deal struck with the site’s existing leaseholders.

  • Megan Gorrey and Jessica McSweeney
City of Sydney councillor Zann Maxwell wants the Albanese government to be open to selling off valuable defence properties like Victoria Barracks for housing or green space.

‘Not about knocking things down’: City of Sydney prepares for Victoria Barracks sale

With the Albanese government poised to release a long-awaited review into the defence estate, the City of Sydney is getting on the front foot.

  • Matthew Knott