Clover Moore
It was a bank, a nightclub and a failed bike hub. Now this Oxford Street icon has a new fate
A Taylor Square landmark that has sat dormant for more than 15 years is set for a new lease on life after plans were approved to add three storeys and a rooftop, and transform the basement into a live music venue.
- by Michael Koziol
Latest
Golfers pitch to turn Moore Park course into ‘world-class’ recreation hub
The state government wants to halve the 18-hole course for a new park. Players have an alternative plan they’re touting as a win-win for the sport and locals.
- by Megan Gorrey
Opinion
Trams
Sydney’s surprise resemblance to Venice has a lesson for us all
Venice’s brutal modernisers did not want to rebuild their collapsed bell tower. The city persevered, as should Sydney with its long-lost people movers, the trams.
- by Antone Martinho-Truswell
Public-private school divide against national spirit
If our politicians were required to send their offspring to state schools, there would be a dramatic change in funding.
Opinion
Sydney councils
Six-leaf Clover and the lads who had no clue about local democracy
It can be a disturbing lesson on the state of the nation while queuing to vote in council elections.
- by Jenna Price
Updated
NSW council elections
Labor fears council results spell trouble for PM before federal election
While Clover Moore has conceded this will be her last term as Sydney lord mayor, the council elections have different implications for those at state and federal levels.
- by Alexandra Smith
Clover Moore claims victory, begins sixth term as lord mayor
It was an unusual election day for many after the Liberal Party state executive failed to nominate in 16 councils. But in Parramatta, it came back resoundingly.
- by Michael Koziol and Jessica McSweeney
Analysis
NSW council elections
The Moore things change: Sydney lord mayor’s reign continues
In 45 years of contesting elections, Clover Moore has never lost one – or even looked like losing one. And nothing has changed after Saturday’s local elections.
- by Michael Koziol
Sydney’s battlegrounds: The councils in play at this weekend’s elections
Millions of voters will determine who controls the state’s 128 local councils on Saturday. Here are some of the crucial power struggles to watch.
- by Megan Gorrey
Media manipulation a threat to our democracy
Our media has suffered greatly because of the manipulation by powerful overlords with a political axe to grind. Democracy and media independence are continually at risk, and we can only hope that our version of them survives.
After two decades as lord mayor, does Clover Moore deserve four more years?
Despite her achievements, many voters feel it is time for Sydney’s longest-serving leader to move on – but they’re not sure whether there is a better candidate.
- by Michael Koziol
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