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From slum to glam. These old workmen’s dwellings in the Rocks are now an Instagrammable spot, especially for the newly married.

From ugly duckling to glamour puss: The heritage homes winning friends and influencers

Once considered gloomy in the extreme, this row of workers’ housing has been adapted to be smart and light-filled and is proving popular with tourists.

  • Julie Power

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Photo of New Abbotsford convent CEO Justine Hyde near the Abbotsford Convent on Monday 16 June 2025.

Abbotsford Convent fights plan to ‘wall off’ iconic spire with retirement village

Custodians of the historic site fear a proposed four-storey building would be “excessive and imposing” and clash with the convent’s public-spirited ethos.

  • Rachael Dexter
More than 1 million petroglyphs are scattered around Murujuga National Park, which overlooks Woodside’s Karratha operations.

Art activists in legal bid to kill massive Woodside gas project

The gas giant’s controversial project faces another hurdle as environmental activists launch an 11th-hour bid to overturn a state government approval.

  • Aaron Bunch and Emma Young
Australia’s oldest occupied ice age cave in Dargan in the Blue Mountains at 20,000 years old has shown that first nations people lived in ice age, gathered in a large cave that resembles a cathedral.

Inside Australia’s oldest and coldest short-stay accommodation

Researchers say this NSW cave has been continually occupied by humans for 20,000 years. The discovery upends conventional thinking.

  • Julie Power
The former Hoffman Brickworks site.

No one will fix this heritage chimney. It’s costing owners thousands of dollars

The developer blames red tape, but for residents footing the bill, the real issue is a system with no consequences.

  • Rachael Dexter
North West Shelf protesters outside Perth MP Patrick Gorman’s office on Friday morning.

Woodside secures extension to respond to North West Shelf conditions

The government had set conditions understood to be around the potential impact on ancient nearby Aboriginal rock art. Woodside had until Friday to respond.

  • Hamish Hastie
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Curator Anna Dearnley and Comedian and architecture enthusiast Tim Ross have created an exhibition at the State Library of NSW, called The Australian Dream?

Beyond the claptrap and cliche: Tim Ross’ top architectural treasures

Comedian Tim Ross has spent a year trawling the State Library of NSW’s archives for stories about how we live. The results can be seen in a new exhibition.

  • Julie Power
Damage to the hull of the MV Cape Don , currently berthed at the former coal loading wharf in Balls Head Bay, Waverton, New South Wales, Wednesday, 28 May 2025. The expected sinking of the ship any minute could cause untold environmental damage and taxpayer expense. Picture - Sam Mooy / The Sydney Morning Herald

The 2000-tonne ship at risk of sinking and causing chaos on harbour and across the city

The Cape Don has deteriorated to such a state that there are doubts about whether it can be towed without breaking up and jeopardising the city’s fuel supply.

  • Harriet Alexander
Gulliver’s gas wells on the shores of King Sound.

Moving on before cleaning up: Gas wells spark fears for the Kimberley

Dangerous and damaged oil and gas infrastructure has been left in WA’s north. Now the government must hope a Chinese holding company pays for the clean-up.

  • Emma Young
The AMP building at 33 Alfred St reopens.

Saved from the wrecking ball, AMP building reopens as a glittering star on Circular Quay

Sydney’s first real skyscraper has been given a new lease of life after a three-year restoration and modernisation.

  • Julie Power

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