February 2023
Sydney leads the queer world in post-COVID recovery, study finds
The Harbour City’s queer community can lay claim to the world’s best COVID-19 recovery, according to a study from the University of Sydney.
- Gus McCubbing
January 2020
Sydney seeks to regain its late night mojo
The lifting of alcohol restrictions in Sydney CBD have been generally welcomed but Health Services Union secretary Gerard Hayes is warning that the government has re-opened the "floodgates on Sydney's rivers of grog".
- Dominica Sanda
November 2019
Sydney lockout laws to go in January
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian announced on Thursday that the controversial laws, enacted in 2014, would be wound back everywhere in the city except the Kings Cross precinct.
- Hannah Higgins and Angelo Risso
Coroner calls for radical drug policy change in NSW
The coroner overseeing an inquest into drug-related deaths at NSW music festivals says pill testing should be trialled because the evidence in favour of it is "compelling".
October 2019
The line Sydney's wealthy downsizers won't cross
If you've sold a house in Vaucluse, Paddington is an OK next step. But Potts Point? No way.
- Michael Bleby
September 2019
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Inquiry urges CBD lockout laws be lifted
An inquiry into Sydney's nightlife recommends CBD lockout laws be lifted as soon as possible.
Lockout laws in Sydney CBD to go amid outcry
The NSW premier is planning on scrapping Sydney's lockout laws for most of the CBD but the move has been slammed by critics who argue public safety has improved since they were introduced.
August 2019
In Kings Cross, Sydney's ultimate property fight
The fight over the city's pub lockout laws isn't really about public safety. It's a struggle for a suburb transforming from sleazy to successful.
- Aaron Patrick
July 2019
How a post-lockout Sydney might look
The City of Sydney has called the impact of lockout laws "devastating" and pressed for reforms to revitalise its nightlife.
- Bo Seo
May 2019
Sydney's lockout laws to be reviewed
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has announced that a cross parliamentary committee will review Sydney's nighttime economy.
- Natasha Gillezeau
Green light for Sydney's 24-hour city
A 24-hour city centre could become a reality in Sydney after the passing of a new late-night trading plan it's hoped will push the NSW state government to reconsider its lockout laws.