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Homes in The Rocks and Miller’s Point may have been gentrified but they have lost some of their vibrancy in the process.

I went to school near Millers Point. It breaks my heart to see what it’s become

When I was at school in The Rocks, there were girls who walked to class. Now, the area is at risk of becoming a neighbourhood with no grandchildren. It’s been a long time coming.

  • Robyn Willis

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Tendayi Chivunga and her kids Arnja and Ruslan are devastated over the impending closure of KU Lance.

Childcare to close after 120 years amid warnings Sydney is losing grandchildren

The Millers Point childcare centre will close this year due to dwindling enrolments as locals say high housing prices are forcing out young families.

  • Jessica McSweeney
High Street in Millers Point, a suburb identified as a short-term rental accommodation ‘hotspot’.

‘It’s turned Sydney into one giant resort’: City of Sydney to debate Airbnb cap

Residents in Millers Point say renters in their suburb are being pushed out in favour of expensive short-term rentals.

  • Jessica McSweeney
Marrinawi Cove and the Moore’s Wharf building and carpark.

This Sydney spot was touted as public space. Instead, it’s a car park with harbour views

There were plans to transform the inner city site with an outdoor cafe and markets. Nothing has eventuated.

  • Megan Gorrey
Swimmers take a dip at Marrinawi Cove.

Sydney’s ‘city beach’ to close for three months on the cusp of summer

Thousands have flocked to the harbourside spot since it opened in 2023. Some raised concerns that its sandstone blocks had become too crowded and slippery.

  • Megan Gorrey
Millers Point has been identified as a short-term rental accommodation hotspot.

The plan to return hundreds of homes to inner Sydney’s rental market

Councillors say the city has become a “hotspot” for investors letting out dwellings that could be rented long-term but not everyone will like their proposed fix.

  • Megan Gorrey
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Robert and Eleni Bonanno live in Sydney’s tightly held suburb of Monterey.

‘A beautiful pocket’: The Sydney suburbs people never want to leave

Robert and Eleni Bonanno love their postcode so much that they are upsizing to live just 800 metres away from their current address.

  • Kristy Johnson
The proposed building envelopes for Central Barangaroo, which will rise above the soon-to-open metro station.

Barangaroo is getting a metro station within weeks. What’s built above is mired in drama

The state government is facing accusations of misleading the public over $2 billion plans to redevelop the final piece of the Barangaroo foreshore.

  • Megan Gorrey
Cathy Cao with her son Jaclyn Yang at her home in Roseville.

‘A hidden, beautiful area’: The Sydney suburbs people never want to leave

Cathy’s neighbours have all happily lived in their homes for 25 years or more, and she plans to stay for the long run.

  • Tawar Razaghi
Cyclists pass students and parents approaching the entrance to Fort Street Public School in Millers Point.

‘It shouldn’t take a kid to be killed’: Warning over bridge cycleway choke point

The southern Harbour Bridge bike ramp, promised in 2016, is still unbuilt, and parents at Fort Street public are in despair.

  • Nigel Gladstone

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