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A million people visited Lakemba’s night markets this year. There’s a big shake-up coming
The local council has made four changes to the annual event, including cutting back on hours.
- by Anthony Segaert
Sydney’s first late night district that’s not focused on drinking
Lakemba’s Haldon Street precinct is the third in Sydney to join the state government’s Purple Flag nightlife accreditation program.
- by Mary Ward
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Party between the flags: Purple patches to mark ‘safe’ spots for a night out in Sydney
Popular nightlife areas in the city, Parramatta, Marrickville and Lakemba will test-run a global scheme aimed at boosting the 24-hour economy.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos and Megan Gorrey
‘It’s unbearable’: Slain hairdresser Amy al-Hazouri farewelled
Dozens of mourners gathered to farewell Amneh “Amy” al-Hazouri, believed to have been collateral damage in the gangland execution of her friend Lametta Fadlallah.
- by Sally Rawsthorne
Residents ‘shaken’ as Sydney corner store at risk of collapse after car crash
NSW Ambulance was called to Edge St, Lakemba just after 10.30am after reports that a car had mounted the footpath and crashed into a convenience store with a residence attached.
- by Nigel Gladstone
Woman allegedly sexually assaulted while unconscious in Sydney apartment
A man helping his friend move items around her inner-city home allegedly sexually assaulted her after she suffered from a medical condition and blacked out.
- by Laura Chung and Sarah McPhee
Man hiding in laundry charged over western Sydney shooting
It is the third arrest in relation to a shooting in Sydney's south-west earlier this year, which police believe was targeted.
- by Mary Ward
'I heard help, help': four men on the run after shooting in Sydney's west
A neighbour was making dinner when he heard two gunshots, which he thought were fireworks.
- by Laura Chung
Michael Mohammed Ahmad: 'I sat silently, watching that front door like a mouse watching a tiger'
His heart thudding, a father returns to his local mosque in the aftermath of the Christchurch massacre.
- by Michael Mohammed Ahmad
'Very significant risk of fire': school accused of endangering lives
Primary school children at Rissalah College were allegedly exposed to "an unacceptably high risk of death or injury in the event of a fire", a court has been told.
- by Georgina Mitchell
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