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Patterns of immigration in Sydney.

They come from across the world – but where do migrants settle in Sydney?

Search our map to see where migrants come from in your suburb.

  • Matt Wade, Mostafa Rachwani and Craig Butt

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A concept images of the development at 1 King St in Concord

Revealed: The developer supersizing tactic rewriting Sydney’s skyline

At Concord West, 698 units have turned into 1300. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg.

  • David Barwell
Map of possible locations for Sydney’s second film studio.

Bollywood comes to Blacktown? Western Sydney in the mix for Sydney’s new film studio

Three parcels of land near Blacktown have been nominated for investors to consider as the site of Sydney’s new “world-class studio” complex.

  • Linda Morris
The bulk of Glebe Island’s working port facilities will be scrapped for high-density housing around the future Bays West metro station.

This new waterfront suburb will reshape Sydney, but who will get to live there?

If we are sacrificing a working harbour to build this shiny new precinct, we cannot sacrifice working Sydneysiders too.

  • Estelle Grech
Space is at a premium at Rookwood Cemetery.

The Sydney cemetery where the dead are buried twice

Alive or dead, Sydney is running out of space for its surging population.

  • Megan Gorrey
Firefighters atop the roof of the smoking tram at the Chalmers Street stop near Central Station on Thursday morning.

Tram fire forces services to stop on Sydney light rail lines for hours

The small fire on the tram’s roof forced services to be suspended for several hours on Thursday as the private operator assessed the risk to its fleet.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
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Francis Packer, the first cousin of James Packer and nephew of Kerry Packer.

‘Troubled’ Packer found dead in Sydney, praised by artist friends

Francis Packer, cousin to James and once the heir apparent to the Packer family fortune, had a troubled life and tried to avoid the spotlight.

  • Andrew Hornery
In a world where fakes are legion, Bill Crews offers authentic compassion,

How Bill Crews turned a millionaire’s win at the track into genuine Loaves and Fishes to feed the poor

Compassion radiates from the crusading Uniting Church minister, who still has plenty on his plate even at the age of 81.

  • Nick Galvin
Cammeray Park and its golf course sits amid dense housing.

The government is carving up Sydney golf courses. It wants to save this one

The latest battle over the city’s fairways has sent a north shore council scrambling for legal advice.

  • Megan Gorrey
Gillian Armstrong

From Blacktown to Palm Beach, how films have captured Sydney’s changing character

The Art Gallery of NSW launches its new Cinematheque with a season harbour city film, beginning with Gillian Armstrong’s Starstruck.

  • Garry Maddox