Anti-Islamic protests around the country spark ugly stand-offs and other top stories

Anti-Islamic protests around the country spark ugly stand-offs

The Sydney Reclaim Australia, which went ahead in pouring rain in Martin Place, was interrupted by a protester who ran onto the stage and grabbed the microphone from one of the organisers, Sarah Spearpoint, shouting to the crowd they should be ... >> view original

Sydney's economic centre drifts away from the CBD towards Concord

The CBD is slowly becoming less important to Sydney. The city's economic centre of gravity – the point around which all economic output is evenly balanced – is at Concord, nine kilometres west of the CBD. And it has been drifting north-west for more ... >> view original

What to do in Sydney this Easter school holidays

It brings together hundreds of photos ranging from 19th-century daguerreotypes to contemporary digital images, and includes iconic works such as Max Dupain's Sunbaker and David Moore's Migrants Arriving in Sydney. There's an excellent children's trail ... >> view original

NSW barristers slam Pru Goward for criticising 'glowing' references for rapist ...

Womens' campaigners are urging the Director of Public Prosecutions to review the sentence given to a nightclub rapist as controversy deepens over "glowing" character references provided by some of Sydney's most powerful figures. Luke Andrew Lazarus ... >> view original

NSW state election 2015: Alex Greenwich reclaims Sydney

"It certainly seems that Sydney has declared its independence once again," said a triumphant Alex Greenwich shortly before 8pm on Saturday night. The independent MP, who went into the campaign with a whisker thin margin of just 0.3 per cent due to a ... >> view original

Wild weather to wash out Sydney over the Easter long weekend

Sydneysiders heading out to the Easter Show at Sydney Olympic Park should expect soggy rides and mud in the show barns. Rain and temperature in the twenties are expected for Sydney and NSW this Easter holidays. "Friday has had fairly steady light rain, ... >> view original

Robert Mapplethorpe exhibition: Art Gallery of NSW to show controversial US artist

An artist whose work was described as "a monumental yawn" when it was shown in Sydney almost two decades ago will be exhibited at the Art Gallery of NSW. A major retrospective of works by US photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, whose images of violent ... >> view original

Sydney's population to reach 5 million in a year

Sydney's population is set to top 5 million in the next year, after the city gained a record 84,230 people in 2013-14. The state's ten largest growth areas last financial year were all in the Sydney metropolitan area, as the city absorbed 77 per cent ... >> view original

Traffic chaos as bus catches fire on Spit Road in Sydney's north

A public bus caught fire sending its passengers running and shutting down roads in Sydney's lower north shore on Wednesday at 3pm. A fire started near the exhaust pipe of a State Transit Bus number L90 on the corner of Awaba Road and Spit Road in ... >> view original

NSW election 2015: Greens say rise will continue

The Greens have hailed the state election result not just for the four seats it may win but for its second-place showing in several others, where the party believes it is consolidating as voters' alternative choice in affluent parts of Sydney. The ... >> view original