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Images from the 2024 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras.

Everything you need to know for the 2025 Sydney Mardi Gras

Read our guide to the road closures, planned track work and night-time public transport for the Mardi Gras Parade.

  • Nick Newling

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Cammeray mother Amanda Smythe has concerns about a lack of bus services for school kids including her daughter.

Forty-minute waits, 700-metre queues: Bus chaos causes long commutes in Sydney’s north

Schoolchildren and parents are among commuters feeling the pain at bus stops during morning peaks as bendy buses are out of action.

  • Matt O'Sullivan and Lucy Carroll
Only southbound journeys on the Sydney Harbour Bridge are tolled at present.

Nine-fold increase in Harbour Bridge truck tolls tested last year during review

The opposition says it is concerned the government is using modelling that it was told was inadequate.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
Councils are increasingly using third-party parking apps.

Plan to scrap hidden fees for Sydney’s ticketless parking systems

Drivers have vented their frustration at being slugged with fees of up to 10 per cent to use ticketless parking meters in some Sydney council areas.

  • Megan Gorrey
Tym Pieglowski with his sons, Zachary, 6, and Kai, 3,

The change to our traffic lights that could make you happier

For years, pedestrians have had to wait for cars to cross a street. But what if it was the other way round – and would it improve our experience of cities?

  • Anthony Segaert
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Complaints double as Sydney bus services fail to meet targets

The state’s transport agency has been rebuked for its handling of the city’s multibillion-dollar bus contracts.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
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Families enjoy Balmoral Beach on Wednesday.

Renters pay $250 a year to park at these Sydney beaches. That fee could be dumped

Residents who pay rent would have access to the same free beach parking permits as property owners under a bid to level the playing field for tenants.

  • Megan Gorrey
Commuters on Sydney’s toll roads will see a price hike from January 1.

Tolls, passports, museum admission: What is getting more expensive in January

On January 1, an array of fee increases and additional charges will come into effect across Australia and NSW.

  • Nicholas Osiowy
A building teeters on the edge of the sinkhole in Rockdale in Sydney’s south.

M6 motorway opening target date revealed, and it’s much later than you think

Fixing areas around sinkholes will leave a busy arterial road reduced to one lane in either direction for 18 months.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
The smart speed signs will be turned on on Monday.

Smart tech to the rescue for one of Sydney’s most congested motorways

A new $179 million system aimed at improving traffic flows and reducing delays from breakdowns and crashes will be switched on early on Monday.

  • Matt O'Sullivan

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