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‘Boulevard of broken dreams’: could Parramatta Road really become Sydney’s Champs-Élysées?

A summit this week raised hopes that trees and light rail could breathe new life into the notorious ‘scar through the heart’ of the city. But after so many failed plans, the roads minister says he won’t rush into ‘another vision’

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Sydney’s Leichhardt Oval gets $40m to revive what locals call ‘the eighth wonder of the world’

‘There’s nothing better than sitting on Wayne Pearce Hill,’ prime minister says of stadium that has remained a fan favourite

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Leichhardt Oval works funded but Tigers yet to commit

A local council has voted to put $10 million towards a redevelopment of Leichhardt Oval, but the state and federal governments are yet to come to the party.

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Council spent 'reasonable amount' on housing attack ads

The mayor of a council labelled a "hold-out" over new housing plans by the NSW premier has defended his council's response to the development policy.

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Legal threat as asbestos-park hit by algae outbreak

An area of Sydney parklands found to contain asbestos will stay closed after a blue-green algae bloom was found in wetlands managed by toll company Transurban.

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Labor mayor and Indigenous groups to challenge NSW bail laws for children at party conference

Inner West mayor Darcy Byrne set to move motion to repeal changes that make it harder for teenagers to get bail

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'Gold-plated urinals': Tigers launch NRL stadium war

CEO Shane Richardson says Wests Tigers could abandon Leichhardt Oval by the end of this season if the club doesn't get funding for much-needed works.

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New asbestos find in Rozelle a ‘nightmare’, says local mayor

Darcy Byrne says discovery of friable asbestos at Rozelle interchange ‘outrageous’ after assurances mulch removal work would be completed by end of February

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Park overhaul call after asbestos found near playground

Seven pieces of asbestos have been found in new Sydney parklands as a local mayor takes aim at the contractor that built the park over a $4.6b interchange.

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'Beyond belief': asbestos found near Sydney playground

A young child's unearthing of bonded asbestos in garden mulch has led to the closure of a newly opened parkland near a controversial Sydney motorway project.

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Mulch containing asbestos found at Rozelle parklands may have been used at other Sydney sites

Testing reveals ‘low-risk’ contamination in samples taken from mulch near Rozelle playground, Transport for NSW says

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North Sydney mayor says Minns government overriding planning protections like a ‘totalitarian’ regime

Zoë Baker hits back after premier accuses Sydney councils of employing ‘strategies to stop all development’

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‘A tsunami of traffic chaos’: the new Sydney motorway prompting calls for a royal commission

Top expert says bungled opening of Rozelle interchange is bad enough to warrant a formal inquiry into the $20bn WestConnex project

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Yes campaign sheds tears for a brutal result – but also for the dark victory of misinformation

A subdued crowd of voice supporters in Sydney watched the results quickly turn against them

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‘Disastrous’: low-income tenants priced out of newly renovated boarding houses

Professionals seeking affordable housing are displacing those at risk of homelessness as rents soar

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Leichhardt Oval: Tigers add latest chapter to rugby league colosseum’s rich history

The Wests Tigers’ home ground is still old-school cool but that may not be enough to keep the gates open

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Indigenous Australians both hopeful and anxious about a Voice to Parliament

Artist Uncle Danny Eastwood hopes an Indigenous Voice to Parliament will help educate people across Australia, but some people are uncertain about how it will work.

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Documents reveal ‘scramble’ to rubber-stamp NSW bill targeting climate protests

Exclusive: Emails show how NSW premier Dominic Perrottet’s advisers, along with several other ministers, sought to fast-track bill after media furore

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‘If not now, when?’: PM addresses first meeting of volunteers to educate Australians about voice referendum

Sydney’s Inner West council aims to train 1,000 people for a civic education program that could become a model for other jurisdictions

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More than half of NSW MPs own more than one property

High ownership of multiple residences among state MPs has prompted accusations they are ‘blind’ to the escalating rental crisis

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Labor has a ‘sequential’ plan to reach voters undecided on Indigenous voice, Linda Burney says

Minister says it’s important to modernise the ‘mechanics’ of how to hold a referendum before Australians are asked to vote in late 2023

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First ad for yes vote on Indigenous voice asks all Australians to talk about referendum

‘History is calling’, according to ad from Uluru Dialogue group, which says it’s the start of a ‘journey of nation-building’

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Oh My Word: A Cheering Crowd Fell Onto Concrete After A Railing Gave Way At A Sydney Rugby Game

"The footage is shocking."

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Sydney news: Three residents of south-western Sydney escape 'targeted' shooting unharmed

MORNING BRIEFING: Two men and a woman escape unharmed after a home in the city's south-west is shot at overnight, the same house where a man was hit with bullets last year.

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NSW government warned years ago derelict Balmain Club site was 'serious fire safety hazard', mayor says

The state government stands accused of ignoring local council's concerns about the state of the old Balmain Leagues Club after it went up in flames at the weekend.

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