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Stoush over symphony concert move after spending shift

A western Sydney council has hit back at the decision to move a concert that's long been a key attraction of the city's arts festival.

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Half-century-old festival launches half-size program

One of Australia's biggest arts festivals is celebrating 50 years but has launched a smaller offering for audiences due to rising costs.

AAP

Ebikes cluttering Sydney footpaths to be swept aside by new bill – but riders may bear brunt of levy

Transport for NSW and councils will be able to issue penalties to operators who fail to remove illegally parked bikes

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Is an end to Sydney’s ‘tollmania’ in sight? Negotiations for a fairer and simpler system slow to a crawl

A plan to unify the city’s patchwork system of road tolls has been promised by the end of the year. That’s also when a $60 weekly toll cap expires

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Wire that fell on Sydney train in May identified as risky in 2020 – then inspected with binoculars

Report into commuter chaos says over past five years, visual inspections of high-voltage wire used binoculars that ‘cannot get close enough for an adequate view’

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'Wake-up call' as train system's failures laid bare

Almost every level of Australia's busiest train system has been lashed in a scathing review of an incident that saw the network grind to a halt.

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Sydney commuters face more disruption as metro workers to vote on industrial action

Sydney Metro trains are driverless, although customer service attendants work inside the trains and on station platforms

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'Sketchy' future for top gallery as job cuts loom

Job cuts at one of Australia's top art galleries will hurt its ability to host some of its biggest and best exhibitions, union members warn.

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Plans afoot to resuscitate ailing nightlife

Well-intentioned, since-repealed laws have had a lasting impact on the nightlife in Australia's most populous state but work is underway to liven things up.

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Looming crisis for NSW’s regional galleries averted with $15.4m in state arts funding

Labor announced on Thursday Create NSW’s Arts and Cultural Funding Program will provide financial assistance for 62 organisations statewide

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Major gallery's heart and soul at risk of 'art attack'

Striking staffers of a major art gallery say planned job cuts threaten the soul of an institution that draws millions of visitors each year.

AAP

Video showing ‘heart-in-mouth’ light rail near misses released during NSW safety campaign

‘These moments are hard to watch … in some cases there is just centimetres or milliseconds from the result being so much worse,’ transport minister says

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‘Delays, breakdowns, frustration’: NSW commuters left waiting at the station

In the first three weeks of 2025-26, only 65.2% of services on the main intercity lines were on time. Resigned travellers say they now just expect their train to be late

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NSW spending $1.5m on literary hub to rival Melbourne’s Wheeler Centre and boost Sydney writers’ festival

Funding will mean 75 Sydney writers’ festival events will take place over next 12 months

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Revamped Roxy theatre among dozens of NSW regional venues hosting hectic schedule of events

Exclusive: NSW officials expect more than 76,000 people will attend events after allocation of $700,000 from regional arts touring fund

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Jury Concludes Policy Banning Written Signs at School Board Meetings Was Unreasonable, Implemented in a Viewpoint-Based Way

The court entered judgment today on this in Schmidt v. Falcon School Dist. 49; here's an excerpt from the Mar.… The post Jury Concludes Policy Banning Written Signs at School Board Meetings Was Unreasonable, Implemented in a Viewpoint-Based Way appeared first on Reason.com.

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Nearly one in five NSW trains ran late in past year, falling well short of own performance target, data shows

Government aims for 92% on-time running but only 82.5% of Sydney Trains services arrived within five or six minutes of schedule, down from 87.9% in previous year

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Gallery funding cuts to hit regional and design hubs

The Australian Design Centre and more than a dozen regional galleries have lost substantial funding, leaving some wondering how to keep the doors open.

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Labor's pork-barrelling answer managed 'effectively'

Pork-barrelling, slush-fund and vote-buying claims trailing a $37.2 million taxpayer-funded program for years have been hosed down in an independent audit.

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Red carpet rolled out to lure Hollywood amid tariffs

One state is promising a blockbuster in its upcoming budget with $100 million earmarked to build a state-of-the-art studio for Hollywood hits and local films.

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Veteran MP to lead flood recovery in devastated regions

A new portfolio has been created and a veteran minister added to state cabinet amid ongoing criticism about the slow pace of flood recovery efforts.

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More pain for commuters as pay stoush stalls metro work

Train passengers will be stuck on replacement buses for longer after conversion work on part of the nation's biggest public rail transport project was delayed.

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Rail commuters get reprieve as union action halted

A union stoush that has crippled services on the nation's biggest rail network for months has been put into a cooling off period for the next four months.

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‘Work from home if you can’: Sydney commuters warned of more public transport chaos

Train workers claim Fair Work Commission win as rail union warns of more potential delays and disruptions across network

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Train delays ahead as workers win right to action

A rail union has won a decisive victory at the Fair Work Commission to engage in industrial action, spelling more delays and cancellations for NSW commuters.

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