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  • City unveils $1.9 billion infrastructure program

    The City of Sydney Council is poised to spend almost $2 billion on infrastructure to ensure Sydney remains an internationally renowned city, Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore has declared. Announcing the City’s draft 2013/2014 Budget and 10-year Corporate Plan last week, the Lord Mayor said ...
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    George Street in Sydney's CBD

  • Calls for Darling Harbour social infrastructure

    Local community groups have voiced concerns over the lack of social, health and educational infrastructure in the Darling Harbour Live (DHL) development, which is set to overhaul the Darling Harbour and Haymarket precincts by 2016. The project, which will reportedly generate $200 million annually for ...
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    An artist's impression of Darling Harbour Live / Photo: darlingharbourlive.com.au

  • Casino plan raises questions on unsolicited proposals process

    The O’Farrell Government’s unsolicited proposals process has been called into question by Member for Sydney Alex Greenwich, who says its use to fast-track James Packer’s plan for a second Sydney casino highlights its deficiencies. Mr Greenwich said changes made last year, just before Mr Packer ...
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    Greens MLC John Kaye

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City Hub News

  • Unique photography heads to Sydney

    Australia’s largest photography festival returns in full flight this year, with over 200 events to be sprawled across the city. Now in its fourth year, Head On Photo Festival will showcase work from over 900 Australian and international photographers from May 17 to June 23 ...
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    Moshe Rosenzveig, the creative force behind Head On Photo Festival / Photo: Edwin Monk

  • USYD riot police force condemned

    University of Sydney students will protest against the presence of riot police on campus in the wake of last Tuesday’s brutal treatment of student picket lines. Labelled ‘Cops Off Campus’, more than 300 students are expected to meet outside Fisher Library on Thursday before marching ...
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    Violent scenes involving riot police and protestors at the University of Sydney on May 14 / Photo: Honi Soit

  • The Guardian shacks up in Surry Hills

    After announcing The Guardian will be launching an Australian operation, the British news-publishing giant has acquired office space in Surry Hills. The site located at 35 Reservoir St will have a five-year lease and be able to accommodate up to 40 journalists. It will be ...
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    Katharine Viner, Editor of Guardian Australia / Photo: Twitter

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Bondi View News

  • A new council of mayors

    The Southern Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils (SSROC) has submitted a consultation paper to the Local Government Independent Review Panel in an move that could see the creation of a council of mayors. SSROC’s submission titled ‘Better, Stronger Local Government’ proposes a new regional structure, ...
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    Randwick Mayor Tony Bowen

  • Community stands behind Bondi Boot Factory

    A 121-year-old building in Bondi is set to be demolished in the face of calls from the community to keep the historic boot factory standing on its feet. Director of Bondi Transition, Lance Lieber, said Waverley Council had neglected to speak to the community about ...
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    Residents protest against the demolishing of Bondi Boot Factory / Photo: Edwin Monk

  • Waverley waters down a storm

    Waverley Council is set to introduce a monitoring program to ensure the cleanliness of Bondi and Bronte’s stormwater capture and reuse systems. The program will monitor the water capture and reuse systems, which supply recycled water for public toilets, cleaning and irrigation. The introduction of the ...
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    The stormwater drain at South Bondi / Photo: Waverley Library

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Inner West Independent

  • Glebe Island Expo to become a “white elephant”

    Leichhardt councillors have stepped up their campaign against the State Government’s decision to approve the Glebe Island Expo development. Mayor Darcy Byrne condemned the move by the NSW Department for Planning and Infrastructure, arguing the plan is impractical. "The government has stubbornly refused to consider improving ...
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    An artist's impression of Glebe Island Expo / Photo: glebeislandexpo.com

  • Aquatic centre has mums and dads covered

    The Annette Kellerman Aquatic Centre (AKAC) certainly knows what parents want. The facility, which is located in Enmore, includes a swimming pool, crèche, café, wellness centre, swimming lessons, children’s squads, swimming clubs, synchronised swimming, kids dance fitness classes and special needs facilities and equipment. It ...
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    Swimmers at Annette Kellerman Aquatic Centre

  • Looking for Ludwig in Leichhardt

    In 1848 German explorer Ludwig Leichhardt set out from the Darling Downs in southern Queensland bound for the Swan River settlement in Western Australia, and was never seen again. It remains one of Australia’s most enduring unsolved mysterious, and now there is a competition to ...
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    Ludwig Leichhardt / Photo: Leichhardt Library

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