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The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Board have temporarily stood down Board Directors Damien Nguyen and Luna Choo.

Beyond the promise of new homes in an upcoming suburb, the announced restoration of the Glebe Island Bridge has been welcomed — less so the loss of adjacent port facilities.

The NSW government will back reforms that allow driving exemptions for medical cannabis patients, with Premier Chris Minns telling budget estimates on Thursday his government would be investigating new roadside drug testing rules for those impacted.

A paperbark tree on New Street in Bondi was pruned by a group of high-vis wearing men wielding chainsaws, who claimed they were from the local council. However, this was all a ruse, and was in fact an act of illegal vandalism which is under investigation.

In the wake of the shocking ABC investigation into a rise of IS-terrorist inspired attacks on young gay and bi men in Sydney, NSW Premier Chris Minns has announced the government will implement new laws to combat hate crimes.

Milan-born experimental particle physicist Dr Laura Manenti has created the first map of Sydney’s environmental radioactivity, built from gamma ray readings and soil samples taken across the city to quantify the energy emanating from radioactive minerals in the rocks beneath our feet. And Sydney’s (radioactive) hotspot is the bustling suburb of Glebe.

A pedestrian and bicycle path will be built beside the Metro line from Sydenham to Bankstown — and cycling advocates hope that it is just the start.

Acclaimed First Nations dance company, Bangarra Dance Theatre, has made history after becoming the first Australian recipients of the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement in Dance at the Venice Biennale.

Only weeks after Palestinian-Australian academic and author Randa Abdel-Fattah was removed from the Adelaide Writers’ Week lineup, triggering the cancellation of the festival and mass resignation of the board, The Sydney Writers’ Festival has announced she will headline their 2026 program.