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The development proposal has been in the planning stages since 2017.

‘Disappearing before our eyes’: Sydneysiders lose battle to stop seniors apartments

The government has approved plans to develop a historic hospital site in Waverley into a seniors living and aged care hub after an eight-year planning battle.

  • David Barwell

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The future of the footbridge at Bondi Beach was debated at Thursday’s council meeting.

To stay or go? Council debates future of Bondi pedestrian bridge

The future of the footbridge at the centre of the Bondi Beach terror attack remains in limbo following a lengthy council meeting on Thursday night.

  • David Barwell
Police patrol the Bondi Beach footbridge after the terror attack.

The premier wants this ‘ghoulish reminder’ gone. The daughter of a Bondi hero feels differently

Waverley Council will consider the fate of the footbridge at Bondi Beach used during the killing of 15 people. The premier says it should be removed.

  • Max Maddison and Kate Aubusson
The event has grown in popularity since the pandemic encouraged outdoor celebrations. Visitors left the park strewn with garbage in 2022.

Sydney council cracks down on notorious Christmas Day beach bash

Backpackers have been “strongly discouraged” from attending the bacchanalia this year. Those who attend can expect heightened police and security patrols.

  • Megan Gorrey
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Thousands of units and ‘taller, thinner’ towers: The divisive plan to revive Bondi Junction

Waverley Council wants to encourage more apartments and late-night venues around Oxford Street Mall. Not everyone agrees.

  • Megan Gorrey
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
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Anh Tran-Nam and her son Jake.

This eastern suburbs school didn’t have a selective class. So parents created their own

From term one next year, the school will run a full-time selective stream after places were cut at the local opportunity class.

  • Lucy Carroll
The dining room and bar.
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High-spirited take on a neighbourhood tratt.

Well-executed bistro classics ebb and flow with the seasons at Bronte Road Bistro.
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Bronte Road Bistro

Old-school hospitality rules at this welcoming stayer.

A photo of Ehtesham Ahmad riding along Bondi earlier this month.

Cowboy act triggers horse crackdown on Sydney beaches

While owners of off-leash dogs can receive fines from the council, rangers were powerless to stop a man riding a white Arabian horse and carrying a Palestinian flag last week.

  • David Barwell