City life
ABC staying put in Ultimo as Rowland eyes broadcasting review
Communications Minister Michelle Rowland won’t be asking the ABC to relocate as she prepares to take a feasibility study on relocating SBS to cabinet.
- by Zoe Samios
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CBD
Kerry Stokes
Kerry Stokes chips in for BRS barrister’s CEO sleepout
Arthur Moses’ CEO sleep-out got some love from a very kind donor: Kerry Stokes.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Noel Towell
Opinion
Eating out
The gall of them: No mercy for poor service
A rare visit to an esteemed French city eatery left this Sydneysider underwhelmed at what passes for fine dining service.
- by Patricia Tod
First glimpse at plans for Powerhouse Museum in Ultimo
Design guidelines now on public exhibition give the first glimpse at what planners may have in store for a renewal of the 2.4-hectare site, home of the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences since 1988.
- by Linda Morris
Opinion
Republic debate
Ensign for the times: Forget the new flagpole, we need a new flag
Even NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet can’t explain why it costs $25 million to place a third flagpole atop the Sydney Harbour Bridge - so perhaps it is time we dropped the state flag altogether.
- by Helen Pitt
How bringing back the light rail could save Oxford Street
Business groups have backed calls for light rail to replace buses on Oxford Street as lockouts, lockdowns, large shopping centres and heavy traffic get the blame for the busy thoroughfare’s ailing nightlife and empty shopfronts.
- by Andrew Taylor
Exclusive
Small business
The Sydney suburbs sitting on the most unused Dine and Discover vouchers
About $300 million worth of Dine and Discover vouchers are yet to be spent ahead of June 30, the last chance to use them.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons and Nigel Gladstone
Urban rainforest, ocean pools: 10 ideas to transform Circular Quay
Not everyone wants to demolish the Cahill Expressway like the Premier. We asked urban planners, architects and other experts what changes they’d make if they could.
- by Julie Power
Fallout continues from Lisa Wilkinson’s vocal Logies moment
There has been a social media pile-on following the veteran journalist’s speech after winning a Logie on Sunday night.
- by Andrew Hornery
Opinion
CBD
Fake Turnbull steals the show, but the real Malcolm’s not laughing
Malcolm Turnbull wasn’t impressed when he found out he was the supposed “guest of honour” at a new book launch called Ego: Malcolm Turnbull and the Liberal Party’s Civil War.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Noel Towell
‘Pretty wow’: Sydney’s most-searched suburbs by home hunters
Sydney’s most in-demand suburbs are – unsurprisingly – mostly in coastal pockets, but there is one exception.
- by Kate Burke