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Eight Greek Orthodox Churches of Sydney were forced to close because of the partial lockdown that was announced yesterday. More than a million people living in Sydney have woken up in lockdown as the city battles to bring the latest COVID-19 outbreak under control. It is the first partial lockdown Sydney has experienced since the northern beaches restrictions over Christmas, and residents will be watching the numbers anxiously in the hope it makes an impact. People who live in, or have worked in the Sydney local government areas (LGAs) of Waverley, Woollahra, Randwick and the City of Syd...

The NSW government has been swamped with thousands of responses to proposed cuts to bus routes in Sydney’s eastern suburbs and indicated some changes will be made to the original plan as community opposition grows.

Advertisement Oxford Street will be dramatically transformed under a City of Sydney plan to turn the faded strip into a massive cultural and creative precinct, raising building heights and opening it to hundreds of millions of dollars of development. Buildings already lining the 1.3 kilometre corridor from Surry Hills to Paddington will be allowed to add two storeys as part of a package aimed at boosting the 24-hour economy, cementing the strip’s role as a “local centre” and increasing the number of cultural and entertainment venues. The City of Sydney Council is proposing cha...

Plans to make Australia's biggest city 'more attractive and livable' include changing major roads into 'green avenues' with more trees and bikes and fewer cars.  Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore unveiled plans to reduce traffic flow on major routes like Broadway, Botany Road, Oxford Street and Park Street with artist impressions showing leafy promenades and new cycle paths where car lanes used to be. The plans also proposed transforming some of the city's busiest streets like York, Clarence, Pitt and Castlereagh 'from traffic corridors to destinations'.  But the plans have not gone down well ...

Protestors gather in Taylor Square before a march down Oxford Street on March 06, 2021 in Sydney, Australia. (Brook Mitchell/Getty) A trans student has spoken out against the “bullying” tactics of adult politicians in a powerful speech against an anti-trans bill submitted by far-right politician Mark Latham. High school student Darcy was at a protest in Taylor Square, Sydney, on Saturday (17 April) against a “transphobic” bill put forward to the New South Wales (NSW) parliament by Mark Latham. “This bill is pushing for the erasure of trans children and students, and it’s hard enou...