The Latest Breaking News from Sydney

Ex-Crown boss takes reins of under-fire Star casinos

The Star has appointed a chief executive to come on board weeks before a crucial report into its suitability for a lucrative Sydney licence is handed down.

AAP · Jun 26, 2024

Sydney’s Luna Park lease on sale for first time in 20 years with price tag of $70m

Harbourside amusement park has chequered past with numerous closures over past 90 years including after fatal fire on ghost train in late 1970s

The Guardian - AU · Jun 26, 2024

More areas seeking 'cool' post-pandemic nightlife boost

After the success of an inner-Sydney entertainment district, a string of other councils want to roll out areas with later opening hours and looser noise limits.

AAP · Jun 25, 2024

Play it Safe: Sydney Opera House short film wins Grand Prix award at Cannes Lions festival

Judges say four-minute piece featuring Tim Minchin is ‘a celebration of the creative spirit, of brave ideas and taking huge risks in the face of critics’

The Guardian - AU · Jun 24, 2024

Granny-flat hideout clue in search for drug diver

Police have carried out a forensic search on a Sydney property where a missing Brazilian man linked to a Newcastle cocaine haul is thought to have hidden out.

AAP · Jun 24, 2024

A wealthy housewife longs to go wild, in a brilliant riff on Virginia Woolf

A storm is brewing, both literal and metaphoric, in “the suburbs of the east”. In a burst of poetic and darkly humorous prose, Miranda Darling’s Thunderhead unleashes the turbulent interior life of its protagonist, Winona Dalloway, onto the page.

The Conversation · Jun 24, 2024

Qantas Has $1M Discounted Seats Up For Grabs For As Low As $109 So Pack Your Bags & LFG

Great news for the burnt out babes among us.

Pedestrian.tv · Jun 24, 2024

Final tests as launch nears for major under-city metro

The Sydney Metro City line will open to passengers in two months in what the state government hopes will be an important step in fighting the housing crisis.

AAP · Jun 23, 2024

‘We were flying’: Sydney metro line under harbour due to open in August with speeds of 100km/h

Driverless trains will be ‘very, very quick’ and carry up to 40,000 commuters an hour. Trips from North Sydney to the CBD will take just three minutes, premier says

The Guardian - AU · Jun 23, 2024

Forensic police search granny flat allegedly linked to cocaine plot, diver death

A diver died and 54kg of cocaine was discovered in the Port of Newcastle in 2022.

Newcastle Herald · Jun 23, 2024