Another Sydney music festival calls it quits,blaming 529% increase in costs

Another Sydney music festival calls it quits,blaming 529% increase in costs

Return to Rio,created by husband and wife duo Ricky and Alex Cooper,was born in 2013 but last year confronted $300,000 in extra costs under the state’s controversial “user pays” system.

  • byMichael Koziol

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The unloved Sydney highway that could lead the way for Parramatta Road

The unloved Sydney highway that could lead the way for Parramatta Road

A grand plan to transform the noisy and congested Woodville Road has taken a long time. But it might yet show the way for the city’s other arterial roads – including the one that has defied governments for decades.

  • byMichael Koziol
Palm Beach residents call in lawyers over The Joey’s opening hours stoush

Palm Beach residents call in lawyers over The Joey’s opening hours stoush

Special counsel Gary Green confirmed he was acting for concerned residents as Northern Beaches Council reviews its decision to block The Joey from trading in the evening.

  • byMichael Koziol
Palm Beach restaurant saga sparks government review of noise regulation
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Palm Beach restaurant saga sparks government review of noise regulation

The council that rejected The Joey’s application to trade in the evening over noise concerns has given the restaurant a second chance following a public outcry.

  • byMichael Koziol
The inside story of how a serial complainant came to rule Palm Beach

The inside story of how a serial complainant came to rule Palm Beach

A Sydney restaurant invited locals to “sunset drinks” to celebrate its upcoming opening. It would sow the seed for a noise complaint that would come back to bite it.

  • byMichael Koziol
The unexpected places where Sydney’s live music scene is surging back to life
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The unexpected places where Sydney’s live music scene is surging back to life

The number of NSW venues taking advantage of incentives to program live music has nearly doubled across the state in the past year.

  • byMichael Koziol
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Road test:We took a traffic expert through Rozelle junction,and he wasn’t impressed

Road test:We took a traffic expert through Rozelle junction,and he wasn’t impressed

Craig McLaren does traffic planning and road safety audits for a living. Asked to rate the Rozelle Interchange,his reply is blunt:“I don’t think it would get a five out of 10.”

  • byMichael Koziol
‘Excessive,antagonistic and uneven’:Police behaviour targeted in Sydney nightlife report

‘Excessive,antagonistic and uneven’:Police behaviour targeted in Sydney nightlife report

Night Time Economy Minister John Graham says the government-commissioned report shows the relationship between NSW Police and the city’s entertainment providers needs to improve.

  • byMichael Koziol
Minister flags ‘toll mania’ concern ahead of spaghetti junction opening

Minister flags ‘toll mania’ concern ahead of spaghetti junction opening

NSW Roads Minister John Graham promises that the Rozelle Interchange will be a “game changer” for drivers,but they could pay more than $11 to use it.

  • byAndrew Taylor
Feds told to urgently fix $110m gap for Sydney’s key spaghetti junction

Feds told to urgently fix $110m gap for Sydney’s key spaghetti junction

The NSW roads minister is demanding the Albanese government “move heaven and earth” and restore funding for a critical motorway junction for Western Sydney Airport.

  • byMatt O'Sullivan
Later and louder:NSW rips up regulations in pursuit of vibrant summer

Later and louder:NSW rips up regulations in pursuit of vibrant summer

Venues offering live music and entertainment will be able to trade later and avoid vexatious noise complaints under a suite of reforms introduced to parliament.

  • byMichael Koziol