An artist’s impression of the new Marriott hotel and residential tower being constructed at Church Street,Parramatta.

The unlikely location of Sydney’s newest five-star hotel

The Marriott will open a new hotel with a specific clientele in mind.

  • Anthony Segaert

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Five charged over field-side brawl at under-7s football game

Five adults were involved in the brawl,which occurred just before midday on Saturday.

  • Anthony Segaert
Small coastal storms forming over Middle Harbour earlier this week.

Long weekend drivers warned as rain drenches state

The Anzac Day long weekend brought rain across much of NSW,and holidaymakers have been warned to be careful as they return home.

  • Anthony Segaert andNigel Gladstone
Parramatta’s development as pictured in 2013,2017 and 2024.

It was once Sydney’s neglected outpost. Then came the developers

It’s hard to overstate just how much Parramatta’s CBD has changed in the past decade. But can it continue its progress? The jury is still out.

  • Mostafa Rachwani,Ellie Busby andAnthony Segaert
An artist’s impression of Sydney Olympic Park in 2050:Urban Centre Neighbourhood.

Sydney Olympic Park is due for 13,000 homes. It could get even more

The body responsible for the area – as wide as the distance between Central Station and Circular Quay – is considering increasing the number of units in the area.

  • Anthony Segaert andEllie Busby
The signage situation at Central Station.

Memo to Transport:It’s not compulsory to ruin every beautiful thing

We just spent $1.3 billion making Central Station beautiful. But now,out of apparent safety concerns,we appear intent on ruining it.

  • Anthony Segaert
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This building has had defects throughout it since before 2023.

Why the government wants you to think there’s no home defects crisis

This North Sydney apartment building has the same faults as it had when the building minister called it out in 2023.

  • Max Maddison andAnthony Segaert
Youvie Gaba outside Billu’s,the restaurant he owns in Harris Park.

‘You shouldn’t be in survival mode’:Why this Sydney seat matters so much at this election

A booming CBD,nine universities and cultural hubs:Inside the Sydney seat everyone is watching.

  • Matt Wade andAnthony Segaert
Amanda Owen at her home in Baulkham Hills last year.

The building commissioner doesn’t think Sydney has a defects crisis. Tell that to Amanda

What does NSW need to do to solve its defects crisis? It starts by acknowledging there’s a problem – then taking these seven steps.

  • Max Maddison andAnthony Segaert
Maria and John Tsolakis bought an apartment in 2021 but it has had multiple defects which have resulted in multiple water leaks and mould issues in their Ettalong Bay townhouse.

Maria thought her townhouse was ‘perfect’. Then her bedroom ceiling began to drip

Defects are being kept out of strata reports and the building commission is removing defects notices from public view - all of which creates a trap for prospective buyers such as the Tsolakis family.

  • Anthony Segaert