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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Elias Visontay and Josh Butler

Sydney’s Leichhardt Oval gets $40m to revive what locals call ‘the eighth wonder of the world’

Wests Tigers play the North Queensland Cowboys on 20 May
Federal, state and local governments will fund upgrades to Sydney’s Leichhardt Oval. Photograph: Steven Markham/AAP

Sydney’s Leichhardt Oval will get $40m in funding to upgrade its crumbling infrastructure, with the federal government joining state and local governments in a bid to revive what locals have called “the eighth wonder of the world”.

Anthony Albanese announced $20m of federal funding on Friday, with the Inner West council and the New South Wales government contributing another $10m each to modernise the stadium.

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