City life
Qantas boss Alan Joyce’s failure to launch after Canberra tour
Joyce experienced a frustration familiar to the great unwashed – he was forced to wait around for his plane to take off on Thursday.
- by Megan Gorrey and Patrick Hatch
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Former NSW premier Bob Carr tees off on Sydney golf course
NSW’s longest-serving premier is reigniting the squabble over prized green space in the city’s densely populated eastern suburbs.
- by Megan Gorrey and Patrick Hatch
What Rob Stokes did next ... ex-minister’s new role combines twin passions
Former NSW government minister Rob Stokes has been a man of leisure since he left politics. Now he has his sights set on an unusual fix to the housing crisis.
- by Megan Gorrey and Patrick Hatch
Teachers Federation comrade-in-chief Angelo Gavrielatos to step down
After years of campaigning and midway through an intense pay row with his Labor allies, Gavrielatos is finally ready to retire.
- by Jordan Baker and Patrick Hatch
The developer has gone out of business, so council is getting the repair bill
Lane Cove Council has been ordered to fix defects in a residential complex despite claiming it had no role in the construction of the building.
- by Andrew Taylor
Does Paddington need another dress shop? Not if it means losing a pub
Plans to transform The Village Inn in Paddington into a clothes shop have prompted opposition from residents and a prominent property developer.
- by Andrew Taylor
Cate Blanchett no longer Lady Marmalade as star unloads $800,000 artwork
The artwork by sculptor Rosalie Gascoigne will be auctioned after spending the past two decades at Blanchett’s Sydney and UK residences.
- by Angus Dalton and Simone Fox Koob
The Dine and Discover-style proposal that would raise Sydney’s road tolls
A prominent think tank has told a review into NSW road tolls that the government should consider transport vouchers rather than reduce toll prices.
- by Michael Koziol
Dear diary: What the government’s first meetings reveal about power in NSW
In the government’s first few weeks, newly minted ministers met with newspapers, TV, Ray Hadley and billionaire nonagenarians.
- by Angus Dalton and Simone Fox Koob
Harry Styles announces Sydney wildlife donation – to the wrong zoo
Taronga Zoo is the recipient of a philanthropic gift from Harry Styles. But he announced he’d donated to a lesser known institution in western Sydney.
- by Angus Dalton and Madeleine Heffernan
Q and eh? Karvelas eyes live broadcast from India for flagship program
CBD can reveal big plans to take Q+A offshore – but don’t worry, it’s coming back.
- by Angus Dalton and Madeleine Heffernan