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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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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
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
Victoria Theatre in Newcastle.

The next Enmore Theatre is not where you expect

A venue that narrowly dodged death by demolition a decade ago is getting a large share of a multimillion-dollar pool of money to revive heritage buildings.

  • Julie Power
North Sydney Oval.

‘I don’t think you’d ever change it’: Inside the famous Sydney oval that’s slowly falling apart

One of the city’s best loved sporting grounds needs at least $12 million in critical renewal works, but the local council can’t afford to fund them.

  • Megan Gorrey
The state government will increase tolls on the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

Minister defends decision to increase Harbour Bridge tolls

Transport Minister John Graham announced the tolls will increase on July 1, in the midst of traffic delays and disruptions from the Warringah Freeway upgrade.

  • Jessica McSweeney
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A mighty show to welcome in the 2025 year.

North Sydney Council couldn’t get its rate rise. You might pay for that on New Year’s Eve

North Sydney residents face paying for New Year’s Eve tickets and a crackdown on parking offences as the council struggles to repair its finances.

  • Megan Gorrey
Protesters gather outside the Northern Beaches Council meeting.

Revealed: The winners and losers from the verdict on Sydney’s council rate hikes

Some Sydney ratepayers face a 25 per cent jump in their rate bills, while others have been spared an 87 per cent increase in payments.

  • Megan Gorrey
Joan Street on the site of the old boatshed that North Sydney Council will demolish. It will build a toilet and a pergola, and two ramps across the heritage slipways. She says it is not in keeping with a promise to create an uninterrupted water front path, which provides access to one of the best views in Sydney of the World Heritage Listed Opera House.

This North Sydney loo would have a world heritage view. Opponents say the idea stinks

One critic says the plan for the Opera House buffer zone was “equivalent to placing a public toilet in the foreground of Notre Dame Cathedral”.

  • Julie Power
Bears legend Greg Florimo after a match at North Sydney Oval in 1993.

North Sydney Oval needs an upgrade to host NRL games. The mayor wants to make it happen

Excitement is building about the prospect of the Bears returning to their spiritual home, but the venue needs at least $10m worth of work to bring it up to NRL standard.

  • Adrian Proszenko

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