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Mariet Wezeman is disappointed at the council’s plan which would force visitors to shell out $50 to access the prime viewing spot.

‘We have little choice’: North Sydney Council to charge $50 for view of NYE fireworks

Locals are frustrated by North Sydney Council’s controversial plan to charge revellers $50 to view the fireworks at Blues Point.

  • Cindy Yin

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Eugenio Tarantola rides an e-bike to the office in Sydney.

You’re paid to cycle to work in France and the Netherlands. Sydney could be next

Sydney commuters could be compensated for riding an e-bike or e-scooter to work, under a creative financial incentive scheme that has worked wonders in Europe.

  • Daniel Lo Surdo
The revamped North Sydney Olympic Pool has been years in the making.

Inside the North Sydney Olympic Pool revamp, $42,000 frogs and all

For years, the project to transform the famous venue has been frustrated by cost blowouts and delays. The council hopes the $122 million overhaul will be worth the wait.

  • Megan Gorrey
City of Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore says the project will be a boon to retailers along the struggling Oxford Street strip.

‘It’s a big win’: Long-awaited first stage of Oxford Street cycleway opens

A crucial 1km link in Sydney’s inner-city cycleway network is finally ready to roll. But not everyone is happy.

  • Cindy Yin and Megan Gorrey
A former industrial site in Berrys Bay, Waverton will be turned into parklands and could become a hotspot for firework viewers.

The new ‘local oasis’ you can watch fireworks from – but not until 2028

A park on Sydney’s lower north shore will provide stunning views of the city’s New Year’s Eve fireworks once it opens after a three-year delay.

  • Cindy Yin
Pyrmont metro station.

Longest metro rail cavern disappears into distance beneath inner Sydney

A tight above-ground site in Pyrmont gives little indication of the scale of what is happening beneath one of Australia’s most densely populated suburbs.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
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The council building of the Museum of Chinese in Australia, which has never opened its doors.

Inside the Chinatown museum that after four years and millions of dollars never opened

Scuffed walls, exposed ceilings and plastic chairs attest to little progress at the Museum of Chinese in Australia.

  • Jessica Yun
Western Sydney has had malls for more than 50 years.

Concerts, weddings and a famous fruit bowl: How shopping centres changed western Sydney

For decades, western Sydney’s shopping centres were the beating heart of our suburbs. As they enter a new era, there’s a fresh push to preserve their history.

  • Anthony Segaert
The two fields at Waterfront Drive in Callan Park. One will be converted to an all-weather surface, the other will stay the same.

Callan Park’s crumbling buildings slated for demolition

Nine buildings in Callan Park will be demolished for more green space, but critics warn a concurrent push towards commercialising parkland could spell trouble.

  • Cindy Yin
Sydney Town Hall.

The $500 burden every Sydney ratepayer is carrying

As cash-strapped councils have been tasked with paying $1.5 billion in services once funded by state and federal governments, ratepayers are footing the hefty bill.

  • Cindy Yin

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