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1 month ago | 
abc.net.au | Sam Nichols |Nick Visser |Declan Bowring
A food charity for the homeless community and those in need says it will be forced to move from its years-long home due to the upcoming Vivid Sydney festival. Alfresco Community Kitchen — which is based on Phillip Street near Martin Place in Sydney's CBD — was informed by the City of Sydney council via email on Monday that it wouldn't be able to serve at its usual location during the time of the festival. The 2025 Vivid Sydney festival begins on Friday and is scheduled to operate until June 14.
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1 month ago | 
abc.net.au | Rosemary Bolger |Declan Bowring
Two years ago, Tara knew she had to make changes or risk losing her children. Her family came to the attention of New South Wales' child protection system when Tara, whose name is changed for this story for legal reasons, discovered she was 27 weeks pregnant with her fourth child. She had been seeking treatment for a serious liver condition, but her pregnancy was not detected. The lack of antenatal care meant she was reported to the NSW Department of Communities and Justice.
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2 months ago | 
abc.net.au | Danuta Kozaki |Jessica Kidd |Declan Bowring
Huge swells, a massive king tide and storm surges have battered some of Sydney's beaches including Bondi in the city's east and Cronulla in the south overnight.
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Jan 22, 2025 | 
abc.net.au | Jesse Hyland |Declan Bowring
Beachgoers have flocked to a brand new swimming spot along the Parramatta River after being assured the water was safe to swim in. Putney Beach at Putney Park in Sydney's north-west had its grand opening on Wednesday. The man-made swimming spot was launched by the City of Ryde with support from the state government's Places to Swim program. Combined efforts from the Parramatta River Catchment Group and local community also helped with its development.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
abc.net.au | Declan Bowring
Just four people built all the roads in Lapstone: a bricklayer, two labourers and the man who owned all the town's land. One of those labourers was Doug Knowles, who remembers the Blue Mountains area being nothing but bushland when they started trimming out the kerbs with jackhammers and hand picks in the mid-1950s. "It's hard work. You're working in the blazing sun," Mr Knowles said. The landowner was Arthur Hand, an alderman at Blue Mountains council.
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Dec 18, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Declan Bowring
Australia will recycle or reuse 80 per cent of the nation's resources by 2035 under an ambitious circular economy plan launched by the federal government on Wednesday. The plan, which applies to all industries, looks to tackle the 22 kilograms of e-waste Australians produce per person per year, most of which is shipped overseas. The framework also aims to extend the life of materials by 30 per cent.
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Dec 11, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Declan Bowring
Bayside Council in Sydney's south has voted to stop pursuing de-amalgamation unless the state government funds it after a damning community survey rejected the idea. The community said de-amalgamation would be a "large unnecessary cost for little benefit", according to a council-run survey.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Declan Bowring
A wildlife group is pushing to change the state's koala protection plans after discovering compelling evidence of an unrecognised koala population in Sydney's north-west. Using drones with thermal image cameras, The Hills-Hornsby Rural Koala Project found 13 koalas in a 600-hectare area on properties in Glenorie and Maroota in The Hills District. Lilly Schwartz from the koala project said it firmed up the group's photographic and aural evidence of koalas in their area.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Declan Bowring
The federal government has injected $2 million into the mission to return a locally extinct oyster to Sydney's Botany Bay. The Nature Conservancy, an environmental not-for-profit, will use the funding to build more than 3 hectares of reefs at two spots in the Georges River estuary, one of which will be a habitat for the Australian flat oyster. Flat oysters became locally extinct in Botany Bay in the late 1800s due to overharvesting, disease and declining water quality.
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Dec 1, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Declan Bowring
The NSW government has announced the Western Sydney swimming spot known as 'Pondi' will reopen from Saturday until April 27 next year. More than 200,000 people visited Pondi last year, a site which is located on private land. Penrith Mayor Todd Carney wants to see a long-term opening plan with a secure funding source for the coming decades. A Western Sydney mayor has called for a long-term plan for Penrith Beach after the state government announced the swimming spot would open this Saturday.
