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People gather by a coffee truck on the southern headland at Avalon Beach to watch the sunrise.

There’s no other place I’d rather be than the ‘insular peninsula’

The area gets inundated by visitors at holiday time. I don’t mind. We get this wonderful place to ourselves for most of the year.

  • Vivien Robotham

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Drone footage taken of a shark off Coogee Beach in Sydney on Saturday.

How an AI-powered early shark warning system could protect Sydney beaches

An alert system using autonomous drones to detect sharks could be in place by summer, scientists say.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons and Max Maddison
Sydney sporting facilities.

Revealed: The Sydney suburbs quickly becoming sporting deserts

New research shows LGAs across Sydney’s east and west don’t have enough sporting facilities for their families.

  • Mostafa Rachwani
The Balmain Bowling Club has closed its doors after almost 150 years in operation.

‘Disappointing’: Why Sydney’s oldest bowling club was forced to close

After almost 150 years, mounting losses have forced the closure of the historic community and sporting hub in Balmain and cast doubt over the site’s future.

  • David Barwell
Waverley Council has proposed an overhaul of short-term holiday letting rules.

Short-term rental crackdown sparks housing row on Sydney’s most famous beach

Short-term rental rules across Australia’s most internationally recognised beachside strips could be overhauled in a move to ease a housing crisis gripping Sydney.

  • David Barwell
Nurse Talei Williams at RPA.

‘I don’t earn enough to rent anything’: How Sydney’s grand housing vision was whittled away

Nurse Talei Williams should be benefiting from affordable housing. Instead, a 90-minute commute is her only option.

  • Max Maddison
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Wiley Park station is closed while work continues on converting the line between Sydenham and Bankstown to metro train standards.

$32m in work needed after Sydney metro opening risks disrupting commuters

Commuters face extra disruptions after the ribbon is cut on the final stage of the M1 if construction cannot be done during scheduled maintenance shutdowns.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
Song Company perforrmers: Jessica O’Donoghue, Andrew O’Connor, Susannah Lawergren, Amy Moore, Hayden Barrington.

‘Deeply disappointing’: Music company folds after more than four decades

The board of the Sydney-based institution said on Wednesday that it had appointed a liquidator after considering its long-term financial sustainability.

  • Kayla Olaya and Linda Morris
Concept plan for the skate park.

The youth skate park on a collision course with eastern suburbs residents

For 13 years, the idea has progressed and halted, in a battle that has involved everyone from activist neighbours to a prime minister. Now, construction has begun.

  • Cindy Yin
Former Wallaby Tony Daly, whose father John Daly will appear at a Joeys Old Boys social event.

Publican John Daly headlines Joeys Old Boys function, despite son’s allegations

Former Wallaby Tony Daly’s father John Daly will appear at a Joeys Old Boys mixer less than a decade after his son alleged he was sexually abused at the school.

  • John Buckley