Cruise ship lost power in Sydney Harbour in alarming echo of Baltimore disaster
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Cruise ship lost power in Sydney Harbour in alarming echo of Baltimore disaster

A cruise ship suffered a blackout in Sydney Harbour in February in a scenario similar to that which led to the destruction of Baltimore’s Key Bridge.

  • byTim Barlass

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Do planning rules really affect house prices? The answer is clear

Do planning rules really affect house prices? The answer is clear

There was a fierce slanging match on Q&A when Housing Minister Rose Jackson clashed with Max Chandler-Mather from the Greens. Who was right?

  • byMatt Wade
The unexpected places where Sydney’s live music scene is surging back to life
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The unexpected places where Sydney’s live music scene is surging back to life

The number of NSW venues taking advantage of incentives to program live music has nearly doubled across the state in the past year.

  • byMichael Koziol
First of new ferries sails into Sydney weeks before starting services

First of new ferries sails into Sydney weeks before starting services

The Hobart-built ferries will carry fewer passengers than the vessels they are replacing,raising concerns they will be too small amid surging demand.

  • byMatt O'Sullivan
Sydney’s most controversial public toilet. A constipated story

Sydney’s most controversial public toilet. A constipated story

If it’s this hard for a council to build a single public toilet on land it owns,what hope do we really have of fixing housing,infrastructure,transport and the myriad other challenges facing our city?

  • byMichael Koziol
This venue offers ‘fickle’ Sydney something new. Will the city embrace it?

This venue offers ‘fickle’ Sydney something new. Will the city embrace it?

Late-night hours and live entertainment are all the rage,but some ideas still fail. The key to success may lie in a property adage:location,location,location.

  • byMichael Koziol
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One in four state schools requires monthly checks for buried asbestos

One in four state schools requires monthly checks for buried asbestos

There are 569 public schools under the Department of Education’s current site-specific asbestos management plans after contaminated was detected in soil.

  • byAmber Schultz
‘Greener,safer,calmer’:The plan to discourage drivers from central Sydney

‘Greener,safer,calmer’:The plan to discourage drivers from central Sydney

The City of Sydney wants to make the CBD more pedestrian friendly,but will discouraging motorists cause economic harm?

  • byAndrew Taylor
When 65,000 club members received an email,they had every reason to be wary

When 65,000 club members received an email,they had every reason to be wary

An undisclosed board candidate was given members’ names,addresses and contact details. One question was on everyone’s lips:Who?

  • byHarriet Alexander
‘Bring Balmain back to life’:Darling Street to be the next Enmore Road

‘Bring Balmain back to life’:Darling Street to be the next Enmore Road

Inner West Mayor Darcy Byrne used the official opening of the Biennale of Sydney to announce Balmain would become a special night-time entertainment precinct.

  • byMichael Koziol
Sydney’s rich getting richer:How do incomes in your suburb stack up?
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Sydney’s rich getting richer:How do incomes in your suburb stack up?

Check out our interactive map to reveal how average incomes vary across Sydney suburbs.

  • byMatt Wade andCraig Butt