Matt O'Sullivan
The Sydney Morning Herald
Australia
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Creation of ‘motorway zones’ in Sydney on table as part of toll roads shake up
With Sydney earning the title of the world’s most tolled city, a new review will consider splitting Sydney’s motorways into five geographic zones. → Read More
Sydney commuters brace for train disruptions as workers vow to stop work
Rail passengers face significant delays to train services on Thursday after rail workers vowed to press on with a planned four-hour stoppage. → Read More
The tough task threading a train line through Sydney’s crown jewel
A $1 billion-plus upgrade of Australia’s busiest railway station has thrown up plenty of challenges for construction workers. → Read More
Man in 50s dies after paddleboard found floating off Palm Beach
The discovery of the paddleboard at about midday on Sunday sparked a search of an area near Barrenjoey Headland at the northern end of Palm Beach. → Read More
Railroaded and enraged: Premier Perrottet rides out rough week
Monday’s rail meltdown revealed some very significant cracks in Dominic Perrottet’s third-term government. → Read More
Dossier compiled for NSW Premier furious over Sydney rail shutdown
A furious Premier Dominic Perrottet tasked senior staff to urgently investigate the timeline of events that led to the Sydney train shutdown debacle. → Read More
Sydney lord mayor Clover Moore ‘optimistic’ as NSW voters go to the polls
Clover Moore is expected to secure a record fifth term as Sydney lord mayor, as nearly 5 million voters went to the polls in council elections across NSW. → Read More
Stage set for Town Hall showdown in City of Sydney elections
Clover Moore is fighting for a fifth term as Sydney’s lord mayor. The five women vying to unseat her argue it’s time for a changing of the guard at Town Hall. → Read More
Sydney’s battlegrounds: The councils in play at this weekend’s elections
More than 5 million people in NSW will decide the future of their councils this weekend. With the pandemic upending lives, much is riding on the outcome. → Read More
‘Second rate’: Warning for struggling Sydney CBD as council poll looms
Helping businesses in Sydney’s two main CBDs recover from the pandemic is shaping as a critical issue in next month’s local council elections. → Read More
How financial engineering turned into a train wreck for NSW government
Explosive testimony and a trove of confidential documents have lifted the lid on the enormous risks to the state from an obscure rail entity. → Read More
‘We need help’: Aspiring leaders face battle winning over Sydney’s stricken communities
Many of the more than 5 million adults across NSW will trudge begrudgingly to polling stations for council elections on December 4. What’s at stake? → Read More
Premier warned about safety risks posed by setting up $40b rail entity
Gladys Berejiklian and other ministers were warned as far back as 2014 that the rail corporation posed risks for NSW’s public transport system. → Read More
Qantas pilots lay bare mental toll from not flying
Long-haul pilots have revealed on the airline’s internal communication system the anguish of a “seemingly endless stand-down” from international flying. → Read More
WestConnex: the toll road that ate Sydney
The hydra-headed 33-kilometre network of mostly tunnels that burrows towards the city from the south and west has been a signature project of the Coalition’s decade in power. → Read More
‘It can never go back’: From red lights to red wine for Kings Cross
The end of the lockout laws signals a new chapter for what was once Australia’s most notorious party precinct. → Read More
‘Sickening to watch’: Scale of acquisitions for airport line upsets landowners
Small landowners say the compulsory acquisition process for the Western Sydney Airport rail line is taking an enormous toll. → Read More
The Sydney apartment tribes reshaping the harbour city
A young couple sipping chardonnay is often the stereotype of those living in Sydney's apartments. New mapping dispels that notion. → Read More
Internal probe into toxic land scandal reveals agency flouted rules
The secret investigation reveals that bureaucrats didn't even get a valuation before it paid $53.5m for a highly contaminated parcel of land near Parramatta. → Read More
NSW's top transport chief to step down after three years in role
Rodd Staples, who has overseen the largest transport projects in the country, will leave the job early next year. → Read More