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Labor says it is ‘pushing on’ with the development in the city’s north, while the Greens accuse it of winding back the original plan

The beloved art deco pub in Surry Hills has opened the untouched apartment above to showcase work from more than 100 artists – and offer a rare glimpse into old Sydney

Fee for consumers using short-term accommodation across the state could raise $42m for government

Huge rises in charges on short-term accommodation such as Airbnb are on the cards in Queensland and Victoria, and No camp’s key spokeswoman Jacinta Nampijinpa Price says Indigenous peoples don’t need a treaty because there was no ‘declaration of war’, and anyway, white settlement was a good thing.

Transparency advocates condemn arrangement as ‘appalling’ while health department refuses to say how much consultancy was paid

Airline executives pull out of speaking commitments, leading one industry source to say ‘it feels a bit like they’re running away’

‘Fear stops us from ever stepping out, we’ll never get anywhere – we will stay in the same place’, Albanese said

David Shoebridge says statement calls into question deputy PM’s claim that keeping flight details secret complies with the rules, but Marles insists all his travel accords with ‘the relevant guidelines and security procedures’

Sixty-three MPs and senators have written a strong letter calling on the US to stop persecuting WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and warning of ‘a sharp and sustained outcry in Australia’ if he is extradited from the UK, and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton wants to stop Canberra becoming a ‘boom market’…