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Labor mayor and Indigenous groups to challenge NSW bail laws for children at party conference

Inner West mayor Darcy Byrne set to move motion to repeal changes that make it harder for teenagers to get bail

The Guardian - AU · Mar 27, 2024

'Gold-plated urinals': Tigers launch NRL stadium war

CEO Shane Richardson says Wests Tigers could abandon Leichhardt Oval by the end of this season if the club doesn't get funding for much-needed works.

AAP · Mar 25, 2024

New asbestos find in Rozelle a ‘nightmare’, says local mayor

Darcy Byrne says discovery of friable asbestos at Rozelle interchange ‘outrageous’ after assurances mulch removal work would be completed by end of February

The Guardian - AU · Feb 22, 2024

‘A tsunami of traffic chaos’: the new Sydney motorway prompting calls for a royal commission

Top expert says bungled opening of Rozelle interchange is bad enough to warrant a formal inquiry into the $20bn WestConnex project

The Guardian - AU · Dec 1, 2023

Yes campaign sheds tears for a brutal result – but also for the dark victory of misinformation

A subdued crowd of voice supporters in Sydney watched the results quickly turn against them

The Guardian - AU · Oct 14, 2023

‘Disastrous’: low-income tenants priced out of newly renovated boarding houses

Professionals seeking affordable housing are displacing those at risk of homelessness as rents soar

The Guardian - AU · Sep 3, 2023

Leichhardt Oval: Tigers add latest chapter to rugby league colosseum’s rich history

The Wests Tigers’ home ground is still old-school cool but that may not be enough to keep the gates open

The Guardian - AU · May 22, 2023

Indigenous Australians both hopeful and anxious about a Voice to Parliament

Artist Uncle Danny Eastwood hopes an Indigenous Voice to Parliament will help educate people across Australia, but some people are uncertain about how it will work.

ABC News · Mar 3, 2023

Documents reveal ‘scramble’ to rubber-stamp NSW bill targeting climate protests

Exclusive: Emails show how NSW premier Dominic Perrottet’s advisers, along with several other ministers, sought to fast-track bill after media furore

The Guardian - AU · Dec 5, 2022

‘If not now, when?’: PM addresses first meeting of volunteers to educate Australians about voice referendum

Sydney’s Inner West council aims to train 1,000 people for a civic education program that could become a model for other jurisdictions

The Guardian - AU · Oct 14, 2022