Sydney

Syd-Hob not expecting repeat of horrific conditions
The Sydney to Hobart fleet is in for more mild conditions this year than in 2024, when two lives were lost on the first night of racing.
AAP
2 min read
Bridge to shine with message of peace for New Year
Sydney's world famous New Year's Eve fireworks will follow a message of peace and a minute's silence to honour the victims of the Bondi Beach terror attack.
AAP
4 min read
Sydney’s queer bookstore ‘haven’ to close after 43 years: ‘This has never been about just selling books’
The Bookshop Darlinghurst has stood firm through the decades as laws and attitudes towards LGBTQI people have changed dramatically. Today it shuts its doors for good
The Guardian - AU
6 min read
'Unsafe': Sydney FC's Leichhardt fixtures postponed
Sydney FC men's and women's fixtures scheduled for this weekend have been postponed because of sand and mud on the Leichhardt Oval playing surface.
AAP
2 min read
Bureaucratic mishap delayed gun license for accused Bondi Beach shooter
Reporters asked Minns on Monday why the father was allowed to own guns
The Independent UK
5 min read
Sydney council seeks to shut down Islamic centre linked to controversial preacher Wisam Haddad
City of Canterbury Bankstown issues a ‘cease use’, alleging building housing Al Madina centre was never approved to be a prayer hall
The Guardian - AU
5 min read
Christmas magic comes to life for Syd-Hob's Perplexity
There'll be plenty of festive cheer aboard Perplexity as seven American sailors take part in the Sydney to Hobart for the first time.
AAP
3 min read
Syd-Hob's Maud Demazure literally born to sail
Originally from Brittany in northwest France, Sydney to Hobart skipper Maud Demazure was quite literally born to sail.
AAP
4 min read
Chants of ‘globalise the intifada’, the phrase Minns wants to ban, at Sydney rally against proposed protest law changes
Around 300 people gather at town hall after premier said protest organisers were ‘unleashing forces that they can’t control’
The Guardian - AU
4 min read
‘Dan taught me to live for every moment’: French Bondi shooting victim, 27, honoured at Sydney memorial
Rabbi calls for good deeds in memory of Dan Elkayam and other victims of attack at Jewish event
The Guardian - AU
6 min read