Burwood Historical Soceity president Chery Chemp with fellow members Paul Roper and Katie Kershaw pictured outside the Strathfield Hotel.

Why these Sydney publicans are pivoting from pints to property

Almost 3000 homes are planned to be built on pub and club land in NSW as venues tap into the state’s Housing Delivery Authority.

  • David Barwell andNigel Gladstone

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Cycler Ty Christo

‘I’ve got two thirsty cars’:How disunity over GST has cost NSW drivers 10¢ at the bowser

As the premier said energy independence was essential for the state,Sydneysiders are opting to cycle or walk in the face of higher fuel prices.

  • Jessica McSweeney,Nick O'Malley,Nigel Gladstone,Cindy Yin andChip Le Grand

The 10 simple hacks to beat spiralling petrol prices

Bowser prices are rising quicker than drivers can keep up with them. Here are a few changes that could help keep more fuel in your tank.

  • Nigel Gladstone
PLC’s principal has expressed grave concerns over the safety of students.

Girls lead exodus from state’s public schools

Private school enrolments have hit a record high after public schools enrolment numbers dropped by almost 7000 pupils last year.

  • Christopher Harris andNigel Gladstone
Police are asking for help to find an 85-year-old man who may have been kidnapped from his home in North Ryde on Friday.

Elderly man mistakenly kidnapped from Sydney’s north-west:police

Police are searching for an 85-year-old grandfather,who they believe was not the intended target when he was taken from a home in North Ryde on Friday morning.

  • Nigel Gladstone
Bayley siblings Jimmy,5,and Jackson,8.

The Sydney suburbs running out of kindergarten students

Search our table for enrolment changes at every school.

  • Christopher Harris andNigel Gladstone
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Pedestrians at the corner of George and Market streets.

Walking on this Sydney street felt like a ‘traffic sewer’. Not any more

Foot traffic has more than tripled in some areas on George Street while nosediving on Pitt Street – but there’s still a way to go.

  • Cindy Yin andNigel Gladstone
SMH:Wild Weather,Sydney Northern Beaches. Narambeen Lake.

Flash floods and landslide in Sydney as wild weather hits

The State Emergency Service has responded to over 1600 calls for help as intense rainfall sweeps across coastal NSW.

  • Ben Cubby,Julie Power andNigel Gladstone
Grandparents might pay for excursions and other incidentals,Knox Grammar School. headmaster Scott James said.

The Sydney private schools that supersized in a decade

There are now 19 schools with over 2000 students,more than double the number in 2015.

  • Christopher Harris andNigel Gladstone
Weather. Mikey and Patch May check out the wild surf conditions from the Cronulla rock pool.

Sydney’s beaches closed,hundreds call for assistance as storm lashes coast

Slow-moving,dangerous thunderstorms are causing flash flooding in Sydney and the Central Coast.

  • Julie Power andNigel Gladstone