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Facial recognition, cashless play in gaming reforms

A state with a high prevalence of poker machines has unveiled a tranche of gaming reforms, although many say they haven't gone far enough.

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Afternoon Update: Telstra CEO ‘deeply sorry’; Derryn Hinch dies; and sailing a 10th-century Viking boat

Vicki Brady admits Telstra knew of the risks posed by a failure of its time-keeping systems

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NSW Labor toughens pokies stance as Sydney inner west mayor points to ‘unstoppable’ momentum for reform

State Labor conference passes motion committing to higher taxes on some clubs and moratorium on licenses for new machines

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Almost no one is happy with Labor’s gambling crackdown. Albanese may as well do the right thing and get tough

A NSW mayor’s push against pokies should serve as inspiration for federal Labor to make stronger moves against the harms of gambling addiction

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'Cultural blindspot': push to go all in on gambling fix

One million dollars are lost to pokies by residents of the most populous state every hour as calls for gambling reforms grow louder.

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Not quiet on the Weston front: the once-sleepy Sydney street suddenly at war over the GreenWay

Residents of Dulwich Hill street say their lives have been upturned as thousands of cyclists, runners, walkers and tourists flock to new inner west trail

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'Fans in revolt': what's next after Tigers' rally rage

The local mayor has created a new fan group tasked with overhauling Wests Tigers' board as the state government vowed not to intervene in the escalating stoush.

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Interim Tigers boss issues own rally cry to fans

Shaun Mielekamp says he is experienced enough to handle the challenges of Wests Tigers, after being appointed as the club's new interim CEO.

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Chaos reigns at Wests Tigers: how did things get so dire at the embattled NRL club?

With no stability in sight, a return to the Wests v Balmain friction of old threatens to make the club undesirable to players, coaches and fans

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The dream that grew into the GreenWay – a car-free corridor from Sydney Harbour to the Cooks River

Plans that evolved over more than two decades are about to become reality as a 6km cycling, walking and nature corridor opens through Sydney’s inner west

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Rally called as fans demand NRL intervention on Tigers

Beau Ryan and Aaron Woods have joined calls for the NRL to step in and intervene at Wests Tigers, with a rally launched to demand the club's owners resign.

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There’s a catch in the plan to build more affordable housing in Sydney – and tenants are feeling the brunt

As the NSW developer bonus leads to older buildings being knocked down to make way for new, low-cost renters fear being priced out of their neighbourhood

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War zone: battle over plans to ease housing crisis

In a scene playing out across the country, passionate locals have filed into a town hall and taken up battle positions to fix housing affordability woes.

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Sydney council narrowly backs controversial plan to build up to 31,000 new homes at fiery meeting

At a rowdy meeting, inner west councillors vote 8-7 for the scheme, which could allow high-rise blocks up to 22 storeys

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After four decades of stalled attempts, there’s a new plan to ‘transform’ Sydney’s ugliest road

NSW government to rezone Parramatta Road corridor and make room for 8,000 new homes – but plan omits mooted light rail

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Failure to tackle antisemitism should see organisations’ funding cut like subpar childcare centres, special envoy says

At a Gold Coast conference, Jillian Segal declined to address the presence of neo-Nazis at Sunday’s anti-immigration marches

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US group offers fares and accommodation for councillors to attend Gold Coast antisemitism conference

At least one councillor has accepted having costs paid, while the mayor of Sydney’s Inner West council says he will speak out against remarks by the organisers at the summit

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‘Everything’s slow in Callan Park’: despite ambitious plans, Sydney’s hidden treasure remains in limbo

Red tape, crumbling buildings and funding difficulties have beset the park for decades, but change may finally be in the air – though not to everyone’s liking

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Car-free green corridor connecting Cooks River to Sydney Harbour to open in 2025

Local mayor says inner west GreenWay and new Metro line will be ‘truly transformative’, getting people out of cars on to bikes, scooters and walking

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From Strictly Ballroom to Sydney’s saviour: how heritage town halls are staging a comeback

Inner West council has thrown open the doors of seven town halls to arts organisations free of charge as it tries to revive its buildings and address a performing arts crisis

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‘Boulevard of broken dreams’: could Parramatta Road really become Sydney’s Champs-Élysées?

A summit this week raised hopes that trees and light rail could breathe new life into the notorious ‘scar through the heart’ of the city. But after so many failed plans, the roads minister says he won’t rush into ‘another vision’

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Sydney’s Leichhardt Oval gets $40m to revive what locals call ‘the eighth wonder of the world’

‘There’s nothing better than sitting on Wayne Pearce Hill,’ prime minister says of stadium that has remained a fan favourite

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Leichhardt Oval works funded but Tigers yet to commit

A local council has voted to put $10 million towards a redevelopment of Leichhardt Oval, but the state and federal governments are yet to come to the party.

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Council spent 'reasonable amount' on housing attack ads

The mayor of a council labelled a "hold-out" over new housing plans by the NSW premier has defended his council's response to the development policy.

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Legal threat as asbestos-park hit by algae outbreak

An area of Sydney parklands found to contain asbestos will stay closed after a blue-green algae bloom was found in wetlands managed by toll company Transurban.

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