Should a local council sponsor a sports club? We’re about to find out

Should a local council sponsor a sports club? We’re about to find out

City of Parramatta councillors will on Monday night vote on a motion to cancel a planned multimillion-dollar partnership with the Parramatta Eels.

  • byAnthony Segaert

Latest

Sydney suburbs hit 40 degrees as southerly buster promises relief

Sydney suburbs hit 40 degrees as southerly buster promises relief

A southerly buster forecast for Sydney overnight will usher in cooler temperatures for the start of the week. But the city’s set for a weather rollercoaster.

  • byMegan Gorrey andJosefine Ganko
Sydney council rejects build-to-rent tower plan over flood risk

Sydney council rejects build-to-rent tower plan over flood risk

Developers want to construct hundreds of dedicated rental apartments in Parramatta. The council says the proposal does not adequately address flooding hazards.

  • byMegan Gorrey
Where property owners are selling at a loss

Where property owners are selling at a loss

Most property sellers make a profit,but some quick flippers or owners who picked the wrong suburbs are getting caught out.

  • byElizabeth Redman
In the dead of night,testing begins on Parramatta light rail

In the dead of night,testing begins on Parramatta light rail

As testing began on three stops of the first stage of the project,the government said it would be ready to use by mid-2024.

  • byAnthony Segaert
This backyard pizza joint became so popular it’s now a 200-seat Parramatta restaurant

This backyard pizza joint became so popular it’s now a 200-seat Parramatta restaurant

Naples pizza expert Alessio Zullo has moved his family-friendly venue Fratelli Pulcinella to a spacious new location with an equally expansive menu to match.

  • byLenny Ann Low
Advertisement
‘These are the projects that need to be done now’

‘These are the projects that need to be done now’

Western Sydney mayors and MPs have joined forces to rally against the federal government’s infrastructure funding cuts. Read the full list here.

  • byMegan Gorrey andAnthony Segaert
How an elite group controls some of Sydney’s most lucrative venues

How an elite group controls some of Sydney’s most lucrative venues

Box seat tickets,overseas junkets,complementary beverages – there are perks to being the director of a profitable registered club,and the battle for seats can be vicious.

  • byHarriet Alexander
‘Everyone makes technical breaches’:Way cleared for return of club powerbroker

‘Everyone makes technical breaches’:Way cleared for return of club powerbroker

From popular chairman to failed board candidate,factional powerbroker to banned director,Roy Spagnolo has performed a new pirouette in his career at Parramatta Leagues Club.

  • byHarriet Alexander
Massive bears,rooftop bars and doggy cinemas arrive at Parramatta

Massive bears,rooftop bars and doggy cinemas arrive at Parramatta

Parramatta Lanes,a four-day open-air food and cultural festival,is part of the council’s plan to make Sydney’s second CBD a 24-hour city destination.

  • byAnthony Segaert
Move over Opera House,this is Sydney’s next World Heritage contender

Move over Opera House,this is Sydney’s next World Heritage contender

The Australian government is seeking to have Parramatta Female Factory added to the World Heritage List,where it would join just four Australian sites listed for their cultural significance.

  • byMichael Koziol