The Daily Telegraph's Future Sydney: Bradfield Oration has been driving our leaders to push for a better future and ensure our position as a truly world class city since 2014. Drawing on the accomplishments of John Bradfield, the designer of our iconic Harbour Bridge, the campaign highlights what we have achieved so far and the work that needs to be done for generations to come. The 2024 Future Sydney: Bradfield Oration is proudly supported by TechnologyOne, Aqualand, John Holland, Sydney Airport, Sydney University, Sydney Water, Transurban and Western Sydney University.
Getting Western Sydney schoolkids into university represents the region’s greatest risk and reward, with new analysis revealing the soaring demand for degrees in health and education.
A chorus of politicians, industry leaders and local mayors want and end to “beer discrimination” between Sydney’s east and west.
It is true that Sydney’s convoluted planning system will take time to unwind. But, for a Premier who has made housing supply almost his entire reason for being, Chris Minns needs to start delivering results, writes James O’Doherty.
Premier Chris Minns made some bold promises and pledges at last year’s Bradfield Oration. Here’s where they are up to.
Leading industry and business figures have flagged potential cost of living impacts, and a spike in Sydney house prices, if the harbour’s last working port is sold off for high-end apartments.
Sydney drivers are being banged up by potholes in Blacktown twice as often as they are in Bayside, new figures reveal, as some councils start using AI to find potholes before motorists do.
Many who have repeatedly tried to solve the Rubik’s Cube (and repeatedly failed) may have wished for a way to get their revenge on Erno. Well, we in NSW have just the thing.
It’s the one-page document that exposes the snakes and ladders approval process tying the NSW DA process in knots. And the Premier, who asked for the step-by-step guide, has had enough.
Sydney’s greatest debt of gratitude is to John Bradfield, who left behind a legacy that continues to shape the city to this day and we’re reminded of with every Bradfield Oration, Anthony Albanese writes.
Thousands of young people are packing up and getting out of the city. The trend coincides with a decade-long hike in housing costs.
Sydney should look to powerhouse cities such as Singapore, Hong Kong, and Vienna to combat its crippling housing crisis — if it wants to stop thousands of people fleeing the state.
Sydneysiders could be waiting for longer in emergency rooms under new foreign student number caps, while the students say they feel “devastated” and rejected by the Albanese government.
Some councils are taking more than a year to assess development applications, which is why some industry experts think its time harsher penalties need to be brought in.
Superstar celebrity chef Jamie Oliver believes Sydney has one of the best food scenes, but unlike other renowned foodie cities, it isn’t intimidating.
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