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NYE 2024 in Sydney

Crowds flock to Sydney’s vantage points for a front-row seat to the city’s world-famous New Year’s Eve fireworks display.

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Wendy Harmer says the sounds of summer can be defeaning.

Deafening cacophony when it’s the Big Day Out in your backyard

You know it’s bad when you opt for a Motorhead rock concert to get a bit of shoosh from the summer wildlife.

  • Wendy Harmer
Jerry Chen and the Hotel CBD building.

Justin Hemmes wants to turn this CBD block into a 24/7 venue. One problem: Jerry

Merivale has lodged initial plans for a huge entertainment precinct in the CBD, but some residents are fighting the plan, fearing they’ll be kicked out.

  • Anthony Segaert
A decade on from the Lindt Cafe siege, the trauma is still too real.

A madman, a sawn-off shotgun and 18 hostages: How a killer terrorised my city for 17 hours

Across from a TV studio and in one of Sydney’s busiest pedestrian precincts, a deadly terror attack played out on a scale Australia had never seen before.

  • Deborah Snow
The iconic Luna Park face in Sydney’s Milsons Point.

Luna Park’s new owner revealed after global hunt, but one mystery lingers

The Sydney amusement park, opened in 1935, was listed for sale for about $70 million in June.

  • Megan Gorrey
Bronte Beach.

From Palm Beach to Cronulla: The health of Sydney’s beaches revealed

NSW can boast almost-perfect water quality at the vast majority of its beaches, but two of Sydney’s most famous swimming spots have received damning rankings.

  • Alexandra Smith
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Sydney Harbour Bridge traffic and one potential solution to safety on the road.

Complex equation making it nearly impossible to put road barriers on Harbour Bridge

After Thursday’s horror crash on the bridge, why is it so difficult to separate traffic and avoid head-on collisions? It’s all in the bridge’s long history.

  • Anthony Segaert

The Sydney areas cutting back on dining and entertainment and where little has changed

In every area of Sydney, people are spending less on luxuries such as dining out. Use our interactive maps to view the data for your area.

  • Cindy Yin
Mandeep Singh, Zoe Baker, Yvonne Weldon and Darcy Byrne.

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.

  • Megan Gorrey
City of Sydney Council

City of Sydney Council: What your candidates said

There are 59 candidates for voters to choose from.

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