City of Sydney council was urged to test parks for asbestos a month ago

City of Sydney council was urged to test parks for asbestos a month ago

Lord Mayor Clover Moore said it would have been unreasonable to test the city’s 400 parks and thousands of garden beds “when there was no indication there was an issue”.

  • byMichael Koziol

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Mardi Gras rejects offer to relocate Fair Day after asbestos discovery

Mardi Gras rejects offer to relocate Fair Day after asbestos discovery

The City of Sydney pulled the pin on holding the popular event in Victoria Park after bonded asbestos was found in mulch used at the site.

  • byJessica McSweeney andCaitlin Fitzsimmons
Hills Shire Council rejects drag queen storytime

Hills Shire Council rejects drag queen storytime

Councillors have been accused of alienating members of the queer community.

  • byJada Susas
Mardi Gras board ructions after director dumped for non-attendance

Mardi Gras board ructions after director dumped for non-attendance

Timothy “Skip” Blofield,from leftist queer group Pride in Protest,was dumped from the board after skipping too many meetings.

  • byKishor Napier-Raman andNoel Towell
From Kylie to kewpie dolls:Here are a few of our favourite things

From Kylie to kewpie dolls:Here are a few of our favourite things

The Powerhouse Museum has hand-picked 1001 objects from its collection of more than half a million items to create an exhibition of Australian icons.

  • byHelen Pitt
Activist earned the headline ‘From convent to street brawl’

Activist earned the headline ‘From convent to street brawl’

Betty Hounslow was active in the Drop the Charges campaign following arrests at the prelude to the Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras.

  • byMalcolm Brown
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The gay Christian ‘nun’ and satirist who became a queer legend

The gay Christian ‘nun’ and satirist who became a queer legend

Satirist and activist Fabian LoSchiavo was active at the dawn of gay rights protests in Sydney.

  • byKen Davis,Georgia Keighery andTim Barlass
All-night Mardi Gras party could move to Allianz Stadium under shake-up plans

All-night Mardi Gras party could move to Allianz Stadium under shake-up plans

Other proposed Allianz Stadium changes would allow concert rehearsals and sound testing to go longer into the night and increase the maximum allowed concert length.

  • byBen Grubb andMichael Koziol
Mardi Gras terror plot mastermind jailed for 15 years

Mardi Gras terror plot mastermind jailed for 15 years

Sydney man Hamdi Alqudsi led a group known as the Shura which plotted a series of attacks across the city,including bombings.

  • byGeorgina Mitchell
Kathy Lette:My boyfriend turned out to be gay and we became even better friends

Kathy Lette:My boyfriend turned out to be gay and we became even better friends

The moral of the story? Be true to yourself – better latent than never.

  • byKathy Lette
Sydney just partied hard all summer. Can we keep it going?

Sydney just partied hard all summer. Can we keep it going?

By any measure,Sydney has got its mojo back. But after years of COVID restrictions,can our city keep the momentum going? And,more pressingly,what comes next?

  • byAndrew Hornery