Andrew Taylor
The Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Rory Jeffes left behind royals, punks and flying helicopters to bring music to Sydney
When Rory Jeffes graduated from Oxford, he had a music degree and a pilot’s licence. He is now heading the Sydney International Piano Competition. → Read More
How to turn Sydney’s ‘ghost town’ into a real suburb
Apart from major events, Sydney’s Olympic Park is a ghost town. But there’s a plan to bring new life to the precinct. → Read More
Like living in ‘an echo chamber’: Inside Sydney’s noisiest suburbs
Residents in some of Sydney’s affluent suburbs are exposed to more continuous loud noise than those under the flight path. → Read More
‘Feels like cheating’: Most Australian distilleries do not make their own alcohol
The majority of Australian gin and vodka is made with industrial alcohol, prompting calls for better labelling of alcohol. → Read More
‘Barangaroo of the West’: Parramatta wants you to embrace its river after centuries of neglect
Western Sydney leaders want to transform the Parramatta River into a destination to rival New York’s Central Park. → Read More
‘Not really a big ask’: How to fix Sydney’s big problem with generic apartments
Bulky blocks with poor ventilation looming over streets aren’t the only option for solving Sydney’s housing crisis. → Read More
Shouldering a heavy burden: How much should a school bag weigh?
The Sun-Herald tested items commonly found in a schoolbag to see if students are carrying too much on their backs every day. → Read More
‘Dark, dingy and losing its character’: Can Chinatown’s decline be turned around?
New building projects are a sign of confidence in Chinatown, but the precinct will not fully recover while COVID-19 variants scare off travellers, office workers and students. → Read More
From Manly to Antarctica: How Australian doctor is training for historic 110-day trek
The 40-year-old consultant anesthetist at St Vincent’s Hospital in Darlinghurst pulls four-wheel-drive tyres along the sand for up to six hours, several times a week, to simulate the 200-kilogram sled he will drag across 2600 kilometres of snow and ice later this year. → Read More
‘Tsunami of cultural change’: The battle over Australia’s museums
A culture war has enveloped the world’s museum directors, but inside Australia’s cultural institutions the debate seems to have been won . → Read More
Most Sydney councils losing urban forest cover – how green is your neighbourhood?
Tree canopy is key to cooling down our city, but parts of Sydney have lost cover since 2013 despite millions of dollars spent on planting trees and developing urban greening strategies. → Read More
CBD looks to the suburbs for notes on the future (and past) of retail
The convenience and range of suburban shopping will need to marry up with the high pace of the city if CBD retail is to survive and thrive post-COVID. → Read More
The Sydney councils most likely to refuse your renovation plans
Builders and renovators face a lottery when submitting development applications to their local council. Refusal rates can be as high as 20 per cent, or as low as 1 per cent, depending on where you live. → Read More
‘Help us stop this war’: Hundreds gather in Sydney in support of Ukraine
Hundreds of people braved the weather to show support for Ukraine in Sydney, while pro-Russian and pro-Ukrainian demonstrators clashed outside Sydney’s Russian consulate. → Read More
‘Real dog’s breakfast’: COVID-19 sceptics turn to online crowdfunding sites to raise money
A crowdfunding campaign that raised almost $180,000 to protest vaccine mandates has been shut down, amid concerns about the spread of misinformation on digital platforms. → Read More
‘Pure greed’: Government taskforce criticised as regional Australia revolts over bank closures
Branches are closing as banking moves online. That’s one thing in the city, but the regional Australians who don’t have another bank down the road are growing angry; 575 regional branches closed between June 2017 and June 2021. → 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
Selling homes, living on food vouchers: Performers suffering in long lockdown
The lockdowns in Sydney and Melbourne have pushed performers to their limits. This is how they describe the financial and emotional toll of the COVID-19 crisis and repeated lockdowns. → Read More
‘Lap of the Map’: Meet the families beating border restrictions to explore Australia
A growing number of families are choosing to travel around Australia but the COVID-19 crisis can cause havoc with even the best-laid plans. → Read More
‘No mask, we don’t ask’: COVID sparks conflict in Australia’s anti-vaxxer capital
Health authorities have failed to counter vaccine hesitancy and refusal in Mullumbimby, a town in northern NSW known as Australia’s anti-vaxxer capital. → Read More