The Sydney Morning Herald logo

Sylvania

Advertisement
Sylvania Heights Football Club coach Aiman Gouda, pictured alongside young members of the grassroots club.

Junior soccer players ‘locked out’ of toilet block in suburban turf war

A bitter governance dispute at a football ground has left up to 600 junior players caught up in a standoff over access to toilets, change rooms and a canteen.

  • David Barwell

Latest

Accused paedophiles have been rounded up in secretive raids by the Australian Federal Police across Sydney.

Children’s face painter among those rounded up in blitz on alleged paedophiles

An IT worker who allegedly posed as a girl to solicit nude photos from teenage boys was also charged after raids in Sydney, the Central Coast and the Southern Highlands.

  • Perry Duffin and Sally Rawsthorne
House of Bond

Glamorous home from House of Bond sells for $17m-$18m

The sale of the prestigious waterfront landholding and former film set has smashed the suburb’s record price.

  • Tawar Razaghi
Special Operations Paramedic Scott McNamara and Constable Jesse Hockey rescued the 14-year-old boy from the water.

‘Come with me’: Hero first responders recount dramatic rescue after fatal jet-ski crash

Police constable Jesse Hockey and paramedic Scott McNamara didn’t hesitate jumping into the cold, murky water when two boys hit an obstacle on the Georges River.

  • Josefine Ganko and Kayla Olaya
Paul's Famous Hamburgers

Paul’s Famous Hamburgers

Sydney’s burger of choice was developed in 1957, and it’s as good as it ever was.

hsc averages

We re-ranked schools based on HSC averages. Here’s what you didn’t know

James Ruse is the highest achieving school in the state no matter what data you use. Search the top 150 public schools to see which excel across the whole cohort rather than just band six results.

  • Lucy Carroll, Nigel Gladstone and Syed Ahmad
Advertisement
A waterfront home in Sylvania has sold for $16.3 million.

Waterfront mansion in unexpected suburb sells for record $16.3 million

A five-bedroom home in the city’s south – complete with private jetty, boathouse and an elevator – has set a new price record for the region.

  • Kate Burke
'She was everything': Sydney man admits to killing mother in her sleep

'She was everything': Sydney man admits to killing mother in her sleep

A mentally ill Sydney man who used a hammer to kill his sleeping mother in her bed in the middle of the night had a very loving relationship with her, a judge has been told.

Paul’s Famous Hamburgers

Famous by name, famous by nature: after 56 years, Paul’s still packs them in.

Paul's Famous Hamburgers

Paul's Famous Hamburgers

Simple and satisfying, the burgers are far from the fancy wagyu/brioche breed and well above the fall-apart greasy spoon special.

  • Angie Schiavone