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Local councils are pushing for powers to drop speed limits in suburban areas.

Councils want power to slash speed limits to 40km/h

Opponents say any drastic change could lead to “mass confusion” and cause more motorists to cop speeding fines.

  • David Barwell

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Elevate serves toasties and bagels.

Elevate Kiosk

This venue is a finalist in the market stall category in Good Food’s Essential Sydney Cafes and Bakeries of 2025.

Hirsh Modi.

As public school enrolments fall, boys’ schools are bucking the trend

Hirsh Modi is one of hundreds of additional boys headed for single-sex schooling this year.

  • Christopher Harris
Kitfo and ayip at Gursha Ethiopian.
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Gursha Ethiopian

Warm and welcoming East African social club.

19-year-old Maisam Awaz who drove from Blacktown to Bondi to sell cocaine has been savaged by a magistrate while pleading guilty.

‘You all think you’re such gangsters’: Magistrate slams Bondi dial-a-dealer

The magistrate savaged the western Sydney teenager, saying “we’re sick” of dealers coming to the eastern suburbs with their encrypted phones.

  • Amber Schultz
Blacktown Council

Blacktown City Council: What your candidates said

Blacktown has five wards, with voters in each ward selecting three councillors.

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Blacktown Animal Rehoming Centre

The unexpected Sydney project in the hunt for a world architecture prize

Of the Australian-designed projects on the shortlist for a prestigious global prize, one is not usually known for architectural greatness.

  • Julie Power
Kristy Howell, left, stands accused of smuggling cocaine into Parklea Prison

Lawyer charged with smuggling drug-filled balloons into Sydney prison

The solicitor allegedly concealed cocaine, methamphetamine, buprenorphine and tobacco inside six balloons.

  • Sally Rawsthorne
The new buildings defining Blacktown.

‘The forgotten bits of Sydney’: Our newest sports hub is one out of the box

Blacktown’s city architect Bill Tsakalos says Sydney’s west has been neglected by architects. Not any more.

  • Julie Power
It can take Liberty and Rodney Deaman an hour to don armour for jousting.

With nerves of steel, the couple who joust together, stay together

A mutual passion for horses and medieval sports led couple Rodney and Liberty Deaman to the perfect, albeit unusual, shared hobby.

  • Carolyn Webb

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