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2 weeks ago | 
smh.com.au | Alexandra Smith |Christopher Harris |Megan Gorrey
By Alexandra Smith, Christopher Harris and Megan Gorrey May 21, 2025 — 5.06pm, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Follow our live coverage of the train chaos here.
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2 weeks ago | 
smh.com.au | Megan Gorrey |Riley Walter
By Megan Gorrey and Riley Walter May 21, 2025 — 8.46am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Train commuters have been urged to avoid all non-essential travel or expect significant delays across most train lines as multiple services were cancelled on Wednesday morning after a power outage in Sydney’s west on Tuesday afternoon disrupted services across the network.
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1 month ago | 
smh.com.au | Jessica McSweeney |Megan Gorrey
By Jessica McSweeney and Megan Gorrey April 19, 2025 — 1.30pm, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Closed: North Sydney, Andrew (Boy) Charlton, Epping, CanterburyClosing: Leichhardt, Mount Druitt (2026), Botany (April 27)Three more ageing Sydney aquatic centres are set to close for renovations worth a combined $160 million as councils attempt to avoid the cost blowouts and delays of the North Sydney pool fiasco.
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2 months ago | 
watoday.com.au | Stephen Brook |Alexandra Smith |Megan Gorrey
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2 months ago | 
smh.com.au | Stephen Brook |Alexandra Smith |Megan Gorrey
By Stephen Brook, Alexandra Smith and Megan Gorrey April 1, 2025 — 5.00am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The federal election campaign is in full swing and the tales of stolen corflutes accumulate. It is one of the oldest of political tricks – candidate puts up campaign signs, opponent takes them down.
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2 months ago | 
smh.com.au | Megan Gorrey
, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Taller apartment blocks up to 28 storeys would be allowed within 800 metres of train stations on Sydney’s north shore, under the local council’s proposed compromise to deliver more than 20,000 new homes while protecting heritage areas and avoiding more “extreme” building heights.
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2 months ago | 
theage.com.au | Megan Gorrey
, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. It is the rarest of Sydney sights: more than a dozen vacant residential lots in a sought-after pocket of inner west suburbia hitting the real estate market, ready to go under the hammer in one fell swoop.
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2 months ago | 
watoday.com.au | Megan Gorrey
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2 months ago | 
watoday.com.au | Megan Gorrey
Under the special entertainment precinct policy, councils have the option to introduce more favourable trading conditions for live music venues, restaurants and bars within a defined area. The former Coalition government initiated the policy. Residents and prospective home buyers in such areas will be notified that the council supports later trading hours and higher levels of sound.
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2 months ago | 
watoday.com.au | Megan Gorrey
SaveNormal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text sizeSuburbs in Sydney’s west are on track to have dedicated night-time entertainment precincts, as the state government relaxes rules around trading hours, live music and noise complaints. Burwood Council will create a “special entertainment precinct” covering three blocks around Chinatown Burwood. Fairfield Council will establish two zones along Canley Vale Road, in Canley Vale and Canley Vale Heights. Want to unlock unlimited news?
