The theme of the 2025 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras was “free to be me”.

Anthony Albanese joins revellers at the 2025 Sydney Mardi Gras as election looms

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese made a surprise return to Mardi Gras on Saturday night,marching down Oxford Street in front of tens of thousands of spectators.

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The Fabulous Wonder Mama at the Sydney Mardi Gras press conference at The Beresford in Surry Hills,NSW. February 28,2025.

Sydney Mardi Gras 2025 as it happened:Thousands line Oxford Street to celebrate city’s LGBTQ community

Follow our live coverage as 10,000 marchers make their way down a crowd-lined Oxford Street for the 47th annual Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade.

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Norrie May-Welby,63,is among Waterloo residents whose homes will be demolished.

Norrie wanted this unit to be her ‘forever home’. Now,she has to move

More than 100 people in this inner Sydney suburb have been given six months’ warning they have to leave. They don’t know where they’ll move.

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Keiron Brown,Sarah Martin,Alita Morgan,Aunty Barb Simms and Russell Weston will represent the LaPa Legends for the first time in Saturday’s Mardi Gras parade.

Alita grew up worried she’d get bashed. At Mardi Gras,she’ll march with thousands

A first-time float will celebrate one suburb’s LGBTQ community and its First Nations people. “You go through a lot of struggles being both,” a marcher said.

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The NSW government has released an indicative masterplan to rezone the Parramatta North precinct.

There are plans to build 2500 homes in Parramatta. The council wants more offices

More homes or more offices? Plans to redevelop Parramatta North have riled heritage advocates,a Labor MP and,most recently,the local council.

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Councils are increasingly using third-party parking apps.

Plan to scrap hidden fees for Sydney’s ticketless parking systems

Drivers have vented their frustration at being slugged with fees of up to 10 per cent to use ticketless parking meters in some Sydney council areas.

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The government’s medium-density reforms were delayed until after last year’s local government elections following strong pushback from councils.

Revealed:171 Sydney spots getting more apartment blocks in pared-down density reforms

The government’s medium-density reforms were delayed until after last year’s local government elections following strong pushback from councils.

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The government wants to build more terraces and small apartment blocks throughout greater Sydney and surrounds.

These changes promised to deliver 100,000 homes in NSW. Fourteen months later,they’re still not here

Developers and councils are intensifying pressure on the Minns government to finalise the second stage of its divisive medium-density housing reforms.

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An artist’s impression of the future Town Hall Square.

This Sydney public square has been promised for 30 years. The council wants to get a move on

Why pay to maintain buildings you’re going to demolish anyway? Clover Moore says the council should start work on a long-mooted civic square in Sydney’s CBD.

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One of the biggest developments is proposed for fast-growing Rhodes in Sydney’s inner west.

More than 6000 homes have been fast-tracked in Sydney. Here is where they are

A new housing authority has recommended major housing developments from Parramatta to Miranda are accelerated to bypass local councils.

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