The Iron Yampi

The Iron Yampi

Country pub favourites at the top of a historic town.

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Coffee at 3am? The plan to make NSW more convenient for shift workers

Coffee at 3am? The plan to make NSW more convenient for shift workers

Sydney’s “night mayor” has been focused on reviving the city’s nightlife. Now he is shifting his attention to the state’s growing 24-hour workforce.

  • byMegan Gorrey
Why Sydney needs to bring back this abandoned ‘missing train link’ from the ’80s

Why Sydney needs to bring back this abandoned ‘missing train link’ from the ’80s

The government has been urged to resuscitate a long-lost railway line from Port Kembla to south-west Sydney or risk wasting the potential of the city’s new airport.

  • byMichael Koziol
The Iron Yampi pub brings new life to an old industrial town

The Iron Yampi pub brings new life to an old industrial town

Port Kembla is a town that really could – and should – be pumping,and this modern pub,serving slightly elevated counter-meal favourites and terrific cocktails,is a great start.

  • byCallan Boys
Authorities free whale entangled off Port Kembla

Authorities free whale entangled off Port Kembla

It comes as more than 40,000 humpback whales are expected to travel along Australia’s east coast this migration season.

  • byMibenge Nsenduluka andSamantha Lock
Labor tells car makers not to import pest-ridden cars amid biosecurity backlog
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Labor tells car makers not to import pest-ridden cars amid biosecurity backlog

Australians are being made to wait up to a year for new cars after the number of vehicles held up at Australian ports over biosecurity threats almost doubled.

  • byAnthony Galloway andBenjamin Preiss
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‘It’s not Fort Kembla’:Protesters plan May Day march against AUKUS
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‘It’s not Fort Kembla’:Protesters plan May Day march against AUKUS

Union groups and labour organisers will move the big annual workers’ march from Wollongong to Port Kembla to oppose its use as a base for a future submarine fleet.

  • byDavid Crowe andMatthew Knott
‘We’ll fight it tooth and nail’:NSW steel town weighs a future as a nuclear sub base

‘We’ll fight it tooth and nail’:NSW steel town weighs a future as a nuclear sub base

Concern about attracting unwanted attention from hostile foreign forces is already whipping through Port Kembla.

  • byJordan Baker
NSW deputy premier backs MPs to cross the floor over ports bill

NSW deputy premier backs MPs to cross the floor over ports bill

Paul Toole said he would not stand in the way of MPs who are prepared to cross the floor to undo a once-secret penalty imposed on the Port of Newcastle by the Baird government.

  • byTom Rabe
Government MPs could cross floor over controversial port penalties

Government MPs could cross floor over controversial port penalties

Independent member for Lake Macquarie Greg Piper will table his bill to parliament this week,seeking to remove a harsh penalty on the Port of Newcastle.

  • byTom Rabe andAlexandra Smith
‘Slim’ chance of finding missing fisherman,19,swept off rocks at Port Kembla

‘Slim’ chance of finding missing fisherman,19,swept off rocks at Port Kembla

The man had been fishing with his friends,aged 17 and 50,who said he was hit by a large wave and was washed off the rocks into the sea.

  • byMary Ward andJosh Dye