It was a bank,a nightclub and a failed bike hub. Now this Oxford Street icon has a new fate

It was a bank,a nightclub and a failed bike hub. Now this Oxford Street icon has a new fate

A Taylor Square landmark that has sat dormant for more than 15 years is set for a new lease on life after plans were approved to add three storeys and a rooftop,and transform the basement into a live music venue.

  • byMichael Koziol

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Golfers pitch to turn Moore Park course into ‘world-class’ recreation hub

Golfers pitch to turn Moore Park course into ‘world-class’ recreation hub

The state government wants to halve the 18-hole course for a new park. Players have an alternative plan they’re touting as a win-win for the sport and locals.

  • byMegan Gorrey
Sydney’s surprise resemblance to Venice has a lesson for us all
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Sydney’s surprise resemblance to Venice has a lesson for us all

Venice’s brutal modernisers did not want to rebuild their collapsed bell tower. The city persevered,as should Sydney with its long-lost people movers,the trams.

  • byAntone Martinho-Truswell
Art of the Deal:Clover Moore appoints Labor rival as deputy mayor

Art of the Deal:Clover Moore appoints Labor rival as deputy mayor

Despite some sharp criticism of rival mayoral candidates,Sydney’s veteran Lord Mayor has cut a deal that will make Labor’s Zann Maxwell her deputy.

  • byKishor Napier-Raman andStephen Brook
Public-private school divide against national spirit

Public-private school divide against national spirit

If our politicians were required to send their offspring to state schools,there would be a dramatic change in funding.

Six-leaf Clover and the lads who had no clue about local democracy

Six-leaf Clover and the lads who had no clue about local democracy

It can be a disturbing lesson on the state of the nation while queuing to vote in council elections.

  • byJenna Price
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Labor fears council results spell trouble for PM before federal election

Labor fears council results spell trouble for PM before federal election

While Clover Moore has conceded this will be her last term as Sydney lord mayor,the council elections have different implications for those at state and federal levels.

  • byAlexandra Smith
Clover Moore claims victory,begins sixth term as lord mayor

Clover Moore claims victory,begins sixth term as lord mayor

It was an unusual election day for many after the Liberal Party state executive failed to nominate in 16 councils. But in Parramatta,it came back resoundingly.

  • byMichael Koziol andJessica McSweeney
The Moore things change:Sydney lord mayor’s reign continues

The Moore things change:Sydney lord mayor’s reign continues

In 45 years of contesting elections,Clover Moore has never lost one – or even looked like losing one. And nothing has changed after Saturday’s local elections.

  • byMichael Koziol
Sydney’s battlegrounds:The councils in play at this weekend’s elections

Sydney’s battlegrounds:The councils in play at this weekend’s elections

Millions of voters will determine who controls the state’s 128 local councils on Saturday. Here are some of the crucial power struggles to watch.

  • byMegan Gorrey
Media manipulation a threat to our democracy

Media manipulation a threat to our democracy

Our media has suffered greatly because of the manipulation by powerful overlords with a political axe to grind. Democracy and media independence are continually at risk,and we can only hope that our version of them survives.