The Latest Breaking News from Cockatoo Island

Government to allocate more than $45 million in budget for heritage sites around Sydney Harbour

The federal budget will allocate more than $45 million for repairs to sites managed by the Sydney Harbour Federation Trust, with about half for Cockatoo Island/Wareamah.

ABC News · May 6, 2023

Sydney Harbour to receive $45m for repair and protection after ‘decade of neglect’

Harbourside sites such as seawalls and wharves at Cockatoo Island and Macquarie Lightstation in Vaucluse to be shored up with investment

The Guardian - AU · May 5, 2023

Mode festival review – ‘elevated’ dance music brings new life to Sydney’s Cockatoo Island

The former penal colony has been the sandstone-and-steel backdrop for art shows, concerts and festivals – but nothing quite like Mode

The Guardian - AU · Oct 17, 2022