A concept view of the data centre’s facade from Mars Road.

Project Mars has landed in Sydney. It’s set off a war of words

A planning row has been ignited with neighbours,while Sydney Water and Ausgrid say the giant data centre will strain critical infrastructure in the north shore.

  • Cindy Yin

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One Nation wave in the Farrer byelection.

‘F’ the lot of youse:Inside the deep political bitterness of the Farrer byelection

There’s a building feeling of discontent in the town of Griffith,and it’s coalescing around One Nation.

  • Rob Harris
The major mains break at West Ryde pumping station on Wednesday.

Water use back to normal for Sydney residents after major main fixed

Hundreds of thousands of residents were impacted and told to cut back on non-essential water use after a pumping station flooded on Wednesday night.

  • Cindy Yin andJessica McSweeney
A housing estate in western Melbourne. Infrastructure Australia says ensuring water supply is necessary if the country is to build more homes.

Thirsty work:Australia’s growing cities won’t have enough water

Australia is spending billions on new roads,rail lines and airports. But without water,cities will run short of new homes.

  • Shane Wright
The Thomson Dam spills over in October 2022.

Public servants warned dam spills were risk to Labor before state election

Victoria’s desalination water order was cancelled in the lead-up to the last state election,with internal correspondence from water authorities raising the political risk of Victorians paying for water while dams overflowed.

  • Rachel Eddie
A Coles truck is stuck in a sink hole that has formed outside St Mary’s Cathedral in the Sydney CBD.

Sinkhole in Sydney CBD forces school to close

At least two trucks came to the rescue of a Coles delivery vehicle which crashed into the hole.

  • Daniel Lo Surdo
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Lake Eyre/Kati Thanda flooding as seen from the air in October.

Fires and floods,fires and floods:Australia’s summer of extremes

Australia’s summer has been marked by repeated cycles of bushfires followed by floods,as Lake Eyre is set to be flooded for the second time in two years.

  • Bianca Hall
Decomposing sea sponges at the Ardrossan Big Jetty are among the casualties of the algal bloom off South Australia’s coast.

‘The water was completely dead’:Inside the grim race with a microscopic enemy

‘Seen the worst I can see’:On this remote stretch of beach,a new ground zero has emerged.

  • Bianca Hall
The water at Burleigh Heads can appear to be crystal blue. But looks can be deceiving.

The cleanest and dirtiest beaches in south-east Queensland revealed

Where have you been swimming this summer? We crunch the numbers on water quality at beaches and swimming spots from Rainbow Bay to Noosa Heads.

  • Marissa Calligeros andCraig Butt
Domenic Svejkar from KBR Consultancy says Sydney should unearth its lost waterways to cool the environment.

The pitch to bring Sydney’s hidden waterways to the surface

Colonial maps show a city with vast waterways now lost beneath roads and buildings,but “daylighting” hidden waterways in the suburbs could help cool Sydney down as the climate changes.

  • Aidan Elwig Pollock