Big swell at Thirroul beach near Wollongong.

Two dead,third person missing as monster ocean swells batter NSW coastline

Two people have drowned in Sydney and the Illawarra as waves up to five metres high threaten beach plans for the Easter break.

  • Daniel Lo Surdo andJosefine Ganko

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Worker Isra Nand carries out welding repairs to a bendy bus at a maintenance facility at Smithfield in Sydney’s west.

Inside the yard where Sydney’s bendy buses are being put back together again

Moving the doors on 83 buses found to have cracks is critical to easing chronic delays for commuters on the northern beaches and north shore.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
Commuters pack a city-bound metro train during the morning peak.

Trains are packed on these Sydney metro stops in the morning peak

An extra 14 trains would need to be ordered by the government to increase frequency to one every three minutes and ease crowding.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
Luke Alexandrou and James Leys are the fourth generation in their family to contribute to the Western District display at the Royal Easter Show.

Meet the 22-year-old farmers entering this 125-year-old competition

Cousins Luke Leys and James Alexandrou are the fourth generation in their family to work on the Sydney Royal Easter Show regional displays.

  • Frances Howe
TEST TEST Sydney NYE 2024. The 9pm New Year’s Eve fireworks on Sydney Harbour,viewed from Mrs Macquarie’s Chair. 31 December 2024. Photo:Wolter Peeters

A West Aussie’s view from the east:Six reasons why Sydney outshines Perth

If you told this rusted-on Perth Hills dweller that she’d move out of her house on a bushy half-acre block to a tiny apartment on the northern beaches of Sydney,I’d have thought you were joking. Yet here I am.

  • Sarah Brookes
Black balls washed ashore at Gordons Bay in Sydney in October 2024.

Source of ‘disgusting’ grime balls that closed Sydney beaches revealed

The state’s environmental watchdog has blamed Sydney Water’s ageing sewerage network as the likely source of thousands of the greasy black spheres.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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Corflute tampering.

The case of the local council and the disappearing election corflutes

It is one of the oldest of political tricks – candidate puts up campaign signs,opponent takes them down. But in the case of Bradfield there was a curious twist.

  • Stephen Brook,Alexandra Smith andMegan Gorrey
Paddys Market’s light rail stop.

The part of Sydney’s transport network with surprise weekend demand

The NSW government has announced it is increasing services on this public transport link due to increased patronage.

  • Frances Howe
Renders of the new look Powerhouse Museum at Ultimo.

The Powerhouse Ultimo revamp has been approved – but the wait’s not over

A critic has slammed the $300 million project as an “ill-conceived,wasteful and destructive assault” on the heritage of the museum’s 35-year home.

  • Megan Gorrey andLinda Morris
Korea.

This Sydney council was about to spend $70,000 on a trip to Korea. Until it changed its mind

The mayor,councillors and other staff are set to attend a three-day festival,but at a lower cost than first flagged.

  • Anthony Segaert