Mardi Gras terror plot mastermind jailed for 15 years

Mardi Gras terror plot mastermind jailed for 15 years

Sydney man Hamdi Alqudsi led a group known as the Shura which plotted a series of attacks across the city,including bombings.

  • byGeorgina Mitchell

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Kathy Lette:My boyfriend turned out to be gay and we became even better friends

Kathy Lette:My boyfriend turned out to be gay and we became even better friends

The moral of the story? Be true to yourself – better latent than never.

  • byKathy Lette
Sydney just partied hard all summer. Can we keep it going?

Sydney just partied hard all summer. Can we keep it going?

By any measure,Sydney has got its mojo back. But after years of COVID restrictions,can our city keep the momentum going? And,more pressingly,what comes next?

  • byAndrew Hornery
Colourful WorldPride march closes Sydney Harbour Bridge as PM joins the throng

Colourful WorldPride march closes Sydney Harbour Bridge as PM joins the throng

Rainbow champions lead 50,000 people in a march for gay rights and marriage equality - a colourful end to the WorldPride festival.

  • byLinda Morris
Six radical things I’d do for Sydney if I were premier (even though I won’t be)
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Six radical things I’d do for Sydney if I were premier (even though I won’t be)

Enough with the incremental changes! I might only last five minutes in office,but I’d take an axe to the sacred cows of this city.

  • byMichael Koziol
Sydney Harbour Bridge centre stage for WorldPride march

Sydney Harbour Bridge centre stage for WorldPride march

“I have been going to Mardi Gras for years,but this is the pinnacle,” said Gurnai-Kurnai man from Lake Tyers,Victoria.

  • byTim Barlass
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Mardi Gras - from'78 to World Pride
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Mardi Gras - from'78 to World Pride

With Sydney Mardi Gras hosting World Pride in 2023,we look back at the colourful history of the great event.

From the Archives,1993:500,000 salute Mardi Gras

From the Archives,1993:500,000 salute Mardi Gras

Sydney’s Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade was evolving and expanding,with up to half a million revellers packing the streets.

  • byHeath Gilmore andAmanda Phelan
Senator Lidia Thorpe ‘moved on’ from Mardi Gras march by police

Senator Lidia Thorpe ‘moved on’ from Mardi Gras march by police

The Greens turned independent senator was moved on from the Sydney Mardi Gras parade by police after footage showed her lying on the street and temporarily halting the march.

  • byGeorgina Mitchell
Sydney Mardi Gras 2023 as it happened:City lights up for parade amid WorldPride celebrations

Sydney Mardi Gras 2023 as it happened:City lights up for parade amid WorldPride celebrations

Thousands of rainbow revellers are getting ready to return to Oxford Street for the annual parade,the largest event of Sydney WorldPride.

  • byAngus Thomson,Amber Schultz andMary Ward
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese makes history at Mardi Gras

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese makes history at Mardi Gras

About 12,000 people walked,danced and rode down Oxford Street in front of hundreds of thousands of revellers as Mardi Gras makes a stunning homecoming.

  • byMary Ward andAmber Schultz