Council brushes aside tagging with public art

Murals flourish over grafitti.

2 April, 2015

Has Sydney’s Opal card left tourists behind?

Dedicated visitor Opal card not yet a reality.

5 March, 2015

Council cooking app goes global

Love your leftovers.

10 February, 2015

Supported housing for people with HIV dwindles

HIV services fear housing shortage.

18 December, 2014

New disposable Opal tickets a boon for tourists

Opal top up machines online from 2015.

10 December, 2014

Parramatta spruiks swimmable Riviera by 2025

Councils go to water over aquatic clean-up.

3 December, 2014

Opal goes live on light rail

Cheaper travel on Sydney’s light rail.

24 November, 2014

Joint organisations may not stop council mergers

Pilots begin in regional NSW.

17 November, 2014

Asbestos danger ‘grossly mismanaged’ in NSW: local council peak body

NSW must learn from ACT’s asbestos nightmare.

11 November, 2014

New York’s guerrilla parking signs could hit Sydney streets

Parking signs motorists understand.

30 September, 2014

Randwick Council tops NSW council sustainability awards

By Paul Hemsley and Julian Bajkowski There’s no shortage of awards and prizes for sustainability initiatives, but Sydney’s Randwick City Council has taken out top honours over its state local government peers for its unwavering commitment to a long-term, well-rounded suite of community measures designed to deliver water, waste and energy savings. The Eastern Suburbs […]

4 December, 2013

Truss leaves High Speed Rail door open

By Julian Bajkowski The prospect of Australia finally building a high speed passenger rail line along the East Coast of the continent has been softly revived by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development, Warren Truss, during a key speech to the influential Australasian Rail Association’s AusRail Plus conference in Sydney. Following […]

29 November, 2013

NSW ministers forced to sacrifice Harbour Views

By Paul Hemsley The iconic views of Sydney Harbour once par for the course in the plush office suits of New South Wales government ministers are set to become a perk of the past after the O’Farrell government revealed it will be vacating Governor Macquarie Tower (GMT) to move a few city blocks downtown to […]

21 November, 2013

Canberra light rail momentum gains as Melbourne gets new Jumbo Tram

By Paul Hemsley and Julian Bajkowski Australia’s metropolitan revival of light rail and tramways is showing no sign of slowing down soon. As the nation’s capital, Canberra, finally makes tentative progress towards installing one of the tramways conspicuously drawn into the designer city’s original masterplan by Walter Burley Griffin a century ago, Melbourne this week […]

8 November, 2013