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Alexandra and Wesley Nel walk along the completed Greenway with their son and dog on Sunday.

Thousands flock to Sydney’s version of New York High Line

The opening on Sunday of the GreenWay in the inner west quickly led those trying it out to compare it to the Big Apple’s popular walkway.

  • Matt O'Sullivan

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The bus stop at Evans Road in Rooty Hill has no cover for a hot day.

City’s growing west needs investment to cope with the heat

Swimming spots are fun, but little is being done to address the everyday impacts of living through western Sydney’s unbearably hot summers.

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‘It’s been 25 years in the making’: The inner west’s $57 million path is finally opening

A determined band of community campaigners championed the project to turn a disused rail corridor into a bike and pedestrian path. It’s nearly ready to ride.

  • Megan Gorrey
Lady Gaga performs on stage at The O2 Arena on September 29, 2025 in London, England.
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Lady Gaga at her brilliant, Burtonesque best in triumphant Sydney return

Mother Monster is back in Australia for the first time in a decade, bringing the Mayhem Ball to Sydney.

  • Michael Ruffles
Throughout the expenses fiasco of the past week, which has cut through like nothing else, Anthony Albanese and his ministers have been remarkably tin-eared.

Fires, funerals and MPs’ expenses keep the Herald newsroom humming

It’s been a giant week of news as the stories keep coming.

  • Liam Phelan
Elizabeth Tucker, Malin Ludwig and Annie Stevenson on board First Light.

A hull of their own: On board the first all-female Sydney to Hobart crew in seven years

First Light is a passion project for skipper Elizabeth Tucker, who wanted to create a space for herself as much as for her crew of five women.

  • Frances Howe
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SGH managing director and CEO Ryan Stokes.

‘Bitchy queens, pitiful losers’: CBD columnists love getting feedback

Staking out Lachlan Murdoch’s annual party capped a frenetic, colourful year for your columnists.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
The Diprotodon Optatum, the largest marsupial that ever lived.

Big as a minivan and jaws like a garbage compactor: Meet the Australian Museum’s latest star

Australia is pitching its oversized megafauna as its latest “dangerous” tourist attraction.

  • Linda Morris
An artist’s impression of the proposed town centre in the Cherrybrook precinct.

This Sydney suburb is in line for 9000 new homes. Two councils are fighting back

The proposed housing precinct surrounds a metro station, but is under the jurisdiction of two councils. One wants it scrapped, the other supports it – but with asterisks attached.

  • Cindy Yin
Billbergia’s plan for Rhodes East, depicted in the left of this artist’s impression.

More than 2000 apartments are planned for this Sydney site. Some landowners had no idea

The NSW government said the Housing Delivery Authority would speed up delivery of homes, but its processes have come into question.

  • Max Maddison and Alexandra Smith

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