Blacktown
Councils want power to slash speed limits to 40km/h
Opponents say any drastic change could lead to “mass confusion” and cause more motorists to cop speeding fines.
- David Barwell
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Elevate Kiosk
This venue is a finalist in the market stall category in Good Food’s Essential Sydney Cafes and Bakeries of 2025.
As public school enrolments fall, boys’ schools are bucking the trend
Hirsh Modi is one of hundreds of additional boys headed for single-sex schooling this year.
- Christopher Harris
‘You all think you’re such gangsters’: Magistrate slams Bondi dial-a-dealer
The magistrate savaged the western Sydney teenager, saying “we’re sick” of dealers coming to the eastern suburbs with their encrypted phones.
- Amber Schultz
Blacktown City Council: What your candidates said
Blacktown has five wards, with voters in each ward selecting three councillors.
The unexpected Sydney project in the hunt for a world architecture prize
Of the Australian-designed projects on the shortlist for a prestigious global prize, one is not usually known for architectural greatness.
- Julie Power
Lawyer charged with smuggling drug-filled balloons into Sydney prison
The solicitor allegedly concealed cocaine, methamphetamine, buprenorphine and tobacco inside six balloons.
- Sally Rawsthorne
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‘The forgotten bits of Sydney’: Our newest sports hub is one out of the box
Blacktown’s city architect Bill Tsakalos says Sydney’s west has been neglected by architects. Not any more.
- Julie Power
With nerves of steel, the couple who joust together, stay together
A mutual passion for horses and medieval sports led couple Rodney and Liberty Deaman to the perfect, albeit unusual, shared hobby.
- Carolyn Webb
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