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The Hydro Majestic from above, as listed on hotel reservation site Booking.com.

Ku-ring-gai councillors spend $20,000 on two-night workshop at Hydro Majestic

A rate rise is on the agenda as councillors gather at a top hotel to dine and discuss key issues.

  • Anthony Segaert

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Planning and Public Spaces Minister Paul Scully speaks at the Sydney Summit at Darling Harbour on Tuesday.

Why Sydney must build more apartments in the CBD

Planning Minister Paul Scully says there are changing expectations about how Sydneysiders want to live.

  • Megan Gorrey and Anthony Segaert
Committee for Sydney’s 2025 Sydney Summit is underway, follow along for all the updates.

Sydney Summit as it happened: City’s leaders discuss big ideas for the future

The Sydney Summit is under way, with the city’s finest minds collecting to face the big issues. Follow our live coverage to see what’s being discussed.

  • Nick Newling and Frances Howe
The survey suggests attitudes towards higher density development throughout Sydney are softening.

Support is surging for higher density. One area might come as a surprise

Sydneysiders are more likely to back more residences in their own neighbourhood than they were two years ago, but many are unconvinced by apartment living.

  • Megan Gorrey
Bull sharks enjoying warm waters at Spit West Reserve over the weekend.

Warmer Sydney waters mean longer shark season

Climate change is raising sea temperatures and making conditions more hospitable to bull sharks and tiger sharks.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
SMH: Paddington residents including Mary Langley and her dog Monty are angry about an outdoor public toilet that has been installed next to Mitre 10 on Oxford St.

‘Put it in Blacktown’: Paddington residents upset new public toilet doesn’t respect heritage

The City of Sydney has been on a decade-long mission to double the number of public toilets, but some residents are not happy.

  • Anthony Segaert
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Joseph Moran wears the medals from every major marathon he has won.

Joseph has run every major marathon in the world. But he’s been rejected from his home city’s

The Sydney Marathon received eight times the amount of international applicants from the year before, but with overwhelming interest, some locals have missed out.

  • Frances Howe
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
Renders show The Star’s Live Room in concert mode.

‘West End’ theatre district a step closer with $60m Star deal

The desperate sale of Star’s events business could transform Pyrmont into Sydney’s version of London’s famous theatre district.

  • Linda Morris and Colin Kruger

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