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Flight paths and housing.

The Sydney suburbs excluded from ‘missing middle’ housing plan

The “missing middle” reform was supposed to increase density in inner-city suburbs. Now the government will exclude most of the inner west and parts of other areas.

  • Max Maddison

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Cheesecake cookie at Happy Alley.

Happy Alley

The main attraction at this Rockdale cafe is the still-warm cookies served with swirls of vanilla soft-serve.

The sinkhole opened up on March 1 above one of the tunnels at Rockdale for the M6 motorway.

Tunnelling delay revealed for Sydney’s sinkhole-stricken $3 billion motorway

Tunnelling has been halted since a huge sinkhole opened up in March, and transport officials now say it won’t resume until late next year.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
Bayside council

Bayside Council: What your candidates said

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

Alec Urosevski became Rockdale’s all-time leading goalscorer this season.

Baker left A-League to kick more goals and make more dough

He’s arguably the most prolific striker in Australia - but the numbers don’t add up for him to go professional. Alec Urosevski is a case study into the peculiarities of domestic soccer and its unique economy.

  • Vince Rugari
Jalloul’s business has boomed from his Tiktok fame.

Behind this unassuming grocery store hides Sydney’s viral perfume master

Ali Jalloul has gone TikTok viral for his bespoke perfumery business, but you’ll have to walk through the aisles of milk and eggs to find it.

  • Jessica McSweeney
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The Rockdale auction garnered a healthy crowd.

First home buyer nabs Rockdale house for less than sellers’ asking price

The young woman outbid six other registered buyers on the home.

  • Tawar Razaghi
A building is at risk of collapse in Rockdale in Sydney’s south.

Emergency services pour concrete into sinkhole to shore up Sydney building

The 10-metre-wide hole opened up at an office block in an industrial park in Rockdale on Friday morning, at a site above the M6 tunnel construction.

  • Andrew Taylor
A building is at risk of collapse.

Sinkhole puts the brakes on a troubled motorway project

Construction on part of the $3 billion M6 motorway project has been brought to a sudden halt after a large hole opened up at the Rockdale site.

  • Matt O'Sullivan and Jessica McSweeney
Happy Alley’s products range from biscuits to bagels.

This hidden bakery in a suburban alleyway is here for a good time, not a long time

It’s not just the Middle Eastern sandwiches and gooey cookies that keep fans coming back to this tucked-away spot, it’s the service.

  • Lenny Ann Low

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