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The Armed Response Command will deploy at major events, crowded public spaces, sporting venues and places of worship to conduct "high visibility" patrols, New South Wales state police said.

The case involving one of the city’s best-known venues has thrust the city’s nightlife back in the spotlight.

My drinking partner and I were gentrification shock troopers, penetrating further than ever into the final livable areas of Sydney to drive up the price of schooners and sandwiches.

Try vino from 35 wineries from the NSW’s 16 wine-growing regions at the state’s largest open-air cellar door. Plus events at Firepop, Claret Club, Famelia and more.

Hundreds of thousands of workers in Sydney’s inner suburbs are more vulnerable to AI automation than anywhere else in Australia.

The city’s new international airport would arguably be smaller and have opened much later if not for a consequential decision a decade ago.

The new police unit is a security measure in response to last year's deadly shooting attack at a Hanukkah festival.

Sydney has a new elite police force patrolling the streets armed with military-style weapons and high-powered vehicles.

<p>‘We’re making it worse, not better,’ former New Zealand prime minister warns leaders</p><p>Jacinda Ardern, who now calls Sydney home, has delivered a message to Australian politicians from the stage of the city’s Opera House.</p><p>The former New Zealand prime minister turned academic told the audience on Sunday that politicians were exacerbating the prob

Australia’s richest property developer has revived plans to build on a beachside block in Little Bay. The mayor says it’s not a “blank canvas for developers”.

Starting today, police with long-arm rifles will be on patrol in Sydney, with the ability to quickly stop any potential terror attacks or to be deployed during large events.

As of today, NRL clubs are free to negotiate with players from rival clubs about deals starting in 2028.

A man and a woman were involved in two police car pursuits within one hour on the streets of Malabar and Little Bay on Saturday night.

A tornado has hit the NSW Southern Tablelands as severe storms swept across the state on Saturday, including in parts of Sydney.

Two people have been charged after a ute allegedly led police on a chase through Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs, including on a golf course.

An army barracks considered "the jewel" of Australia's military history is gearing up to farewell its personnel, with one retired colonel describing the earmarked sale as "mind-boggling".

Reconfigured for modern family life, this California bungalow merges heritage details with a contemporary extension.

A man claimed a ghost told him where his body was buried. This Sydney suburb holds a two-week-long festival in tribute to it.

A chaotic Halloween house party at a $10 million coastal property in Sydney’s east has been brought to an abrupt end by riot police after large crowds spilled onto the street.

<p>BoM predicts hail, damaging winds and possible flash flooding across Victoria, NSW and parts of Queensland into Sunday </p><ul><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-

There’s no metro for another year at least. But other public transport is functional, and in some cases, free.

An 18-year-old man was allegedly stabbed as police shut down a large house party in Western Sydney overnight.

A total of 42,000 trips were made on the new Southwest Metro on Friday, but for local residents the service has come at a cost.

The pop star and her guitarist husband, who wed in 2025, have splashed on a residence in a blue-chip suburb.

The Minns government is also sitting on a disaster adaptation plan for the Hawkesbury-Nepean Valley, one of the most flood-prone river catchments in the nation.

Architecturally designed homes offer many benefits, from individuality and customised layouts to functionality and responsiveness to their surroundings.

We’re all aboard Sydney’s new Metro extension, where the old quarter-hour wait for the service to the city has been consigned to history.

Former childcare worker Ashley Paul Griffith will be moved to a Sydney remand centre as he faces more than 180 child abuse charges.

A once-easy trip had turned into a nightmare. Commuters breathed a sigh of relief at the opening of Sydney’s new metro line.

Ashley Paul Griffith has been charged with more than 200 child abuse offences following a years-long investigation into allegations involving children in Sydney.

The ribbon cutting ends more than two years of major disruptions and completes the 66-kilometre line which now connects the city’s south-west to the north-west.

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This year the annual fright-fest falls on a Saturday for the first time since the depths of the pandemic – and Sydneysiders are embracing it.

Notorious childcare paedophile Ashley Paul Griffith has been charged with more than 200 additional offences, allegedly committed against nearly two dozen children in NSW.

The wait for south-west Sydney commuters is over, with today's opening of the Metro rail line.

Travellers heading through Sydney Airport should expect delays today, with security workers walking off the job.

Experts say the harbour city’s property downturn extends beyond the most expensive spots. It is creating opportunities for some.

The brothers behind Queensland-based picture theatre business Five Star Cinemas purchased the historic venue.

For commuters who have endured pink replacement buses for years, the opening of the final stretch between Sydenham and Bankstown could not come soon enough. Follow live.

Green Square Public School and Community Spaces is one of the winners in this year’s national architecture awards.

After two years of economic pain, the small businesses along Sydney's new Southwest Metro line are breathing a sigh of relief and hoping customers will return in droves.

We’ve waited for the Southwest Metro to open and change our lives, sometimes patiently, sometimes not so patiently.

A challenge is underway in the Supreme Court after a judge ruled a former Sydney teacher who sexually abused male students in the 1970s could not have foreseen the harm she caused.

Delayed by more than two years, the final stretch of the $30 billion M1 metro rail line was almost derailed on several occasions.

David Witt is one of more than 1000 “stranded” patients across NSW medically ready for discharge but unable to leave without an aged care place.

AI-powered facial recognition under a shake-up of security operations comes as relations between the university and student activists are increasingly strained.

Western Sydney has the newest airport in the world. So what does an entire day spent there look like?

Australia's worst paedophile, Ashley Paul Griffith has been sent to Sydney to face 200 more charges.

Olympic great Ariarne Titmus stood up for female athletes last month. She was shocked by what happened next.

La police australienne a indiqué avoir arrêté un homme de 46 ans mardi et l’avoir inculpé pour la diffusion d’informations fausses et trompeuses dans le but d’en tirer un avantage.

The blaze in Abbotsford left four people in hospital and a home completely destroyed.

The eco pioneer will relaunch Me-Gal restaurant as part of an overhaul of the zoological institution’s food and catering operations.

Karl Stefanovic was among the guests who turned out to toast Anthony Bell’s Sydney to Hobart bid on Tuesday, along with Peter Dutton, Larry Emdur and others.

NSW Police’s new Armed Response Command will from Sunday also focus on places of worship, major sporting events and mass gatherings.

Modelling shows the stations along the south-west section of the M1 metro line that are expected to become busiest after it opens on Friday.

Anthony Bell brings his Loyal name back to the Sydney to Hobart Yacht race after 10 years away. But his new challenger is a rebadged version of last year's line honours winner.

Celebrity accountant Bell has bought Comanche, which won last year’s race, and relaunched her as Tribeca Loyal – with Slingsby, one of Australia’s most decorated sailors, at the helm.

A man has tried to lure children into his vehicle in separate incidents. Police are appealing for information.

The former New Zealand prime minister has been appointed a professor of practice, with a focus on empathetic leadership, social cohesion and civic trust.