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Two boring machines have been halted for weeks several hundred metres east of the site of a station, pictured, for Metro West in Parramatta’s CBD.

Bungle brings Sydney’s largest metro tunnel build to a grinding halt

Two giant boring machines have been at a standstill for at least six weeks due to fears they will dig too close to a Parramatta building’s foundations.

  • Matt O'Sullivan

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Willoughby turned Kingswood resident Genevieve Giles, by the Nepean River.

‘I don’t miss the north shore’: Next generation of Sydneysiders moving west

The housing market, as well as a post-pandemic acceptance of longer commutes and flexible work hours, have all contributed to a westward shift.

  • Mostafa Rachwani
The vast majority of the land is zoned for industrial use.

No mini-city, but still more apartments: What’s next for Rosehill?

Rosehill is made up mostly of industrial land. Despite the failure to sell off the racetrack, there’s movement to make the rest of it new homes.

  • Anthony Segaert
Sisters Trang Nguyen-Vu and Anh-Thu Vu who help run the family business.

Get a rare glimpse behind the counter of top Sydney producers with new food tours

Cabramatta’s banh mi institute Vinata’s Hot Bread, Granville’s El Sweetie and Lakemba’s Paldo Kimchi are some of the venues involved, with tours from $10.

  • Erina Starkey
A spread including house-made pita, burrata, white bean hummus, mortadella and basturma.

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This cafe is a finalist in the best all-rounder category in Good Food’s Essential Sydney Cafes and Bakeries of 2025.

Chia pudding with house made granola.

Circa Espresso

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

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Parramatta’s Powerhouse Museum is being targeted to open September 2026.

As Parramatta’s Powerhouse Museum reaches full height, secret lifted on target opening date

Chris Minns inadvertently revealed the date during a press conference at which he announced a $5 million donation to the museum.

  • Anthony Segaert
Min Cho, Taekwondo instructor Kwang Kyung Yoo, and Steven Cho.

Grisly details in triple murder emerge as ‘Master Lion’ pleads guilty

Kyung Kwang Yoo pleaded guilty to murdering a seven-year-old student and a married couple in Sydney’s west last year.

  • Amber Schultz
The masterplan puts up to 30,000 residents into Sydney Olympic Park.

Rosehill won’t become a mini-city, but there’s a Plan B just down the metro line

Sydney Olympic Park is home to 3000 residents, but the local authority wants to up it to 13,000. The state’s former chief planner says it can take 70,000.

  • Anthony Segaert
A rivalry over who gets to be the voice of western Sydney is intensifying.

Inside the fight to represent western Sydney

As more funds are poured into one half of Sydney, key voices for its development have emerged. Who are they? And what do they want?

  • Anthony Segaert, Mostafa Rachwani and Ellie Busby

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