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Sydney Tower stands almost 330 metres from ground to tip (including the spire). Photo courtesy ANDREW KACIMAIWAI The addition of two new 300-metre-tall buildings to the Central Sydney skyline has taken a step closer after changes to planning rules were approved for the city’s Pitt Street precinct. On June 16, the council backed a proposal…
Overnight stays are poised to more than double at the Dubbo zoo from late next year. Photo: Sebastian Ashton/Unsplash The Taronga Western Plains Zoo in Dubbo, NSW, is poised to more than double its number of overnight visitor stays thanks to a new resort now taking shape. Set amid 55 hectares of grasslands, the Serengeti…
NSW SES crews attend to a fallen tree on Tuesday. Photo: @NSWSES/X More than 1200 NSW SES volunteers have responded to more than 2800 calls for help (so far) as severe weather continued to lash the NSW coast. Power has been cut, rail and air services disrupted with wind gusts of up to 130kmh reported.…
Sydney City wants all new DAs for large commercial and hotel buildings to be electrified from January 1, 2027. Photo: ANDREW KACIMAIWAI The Sydney City council is setting its sights on the electrification of new buildings from January 1, 2027, and phase out the use of gas. As of January 1, 2026, new residential developments…
A Toll NSW Ambulance helicopter lands at Shoalhaven Airport. Photo courtesy ANDREW KACIMAIWAI Three new helicopter bases will ensure most towns will be accessible to NSW Ambulance services within an hour’s flight time. The NSW Government says an extra $158 million will be spent on building the bases under the 2025-26 Budget and adds to…
The new airport will be at the heart of the Western Sydney Aerotropolis Core. Photo: WSI Airport The NSW Government is to spend $835 million on Western Sydney’s new airport city, the Aerotropolis, under the new state budget. The funding deal for the 11,200-hectare aerotropolis is in addition to $1 billion also spent on the…
The new terminal has been unveiled with the airport due to open late next year. It’s Australia’s first international airport in 50 years. Now the terminal for the new Western Sydney International (Nancy-Bird Walton) Airport (or WSI) has been unveiled. The design came from COX Architecture and Zaha Hadid. The inspiration came from the Greater…
The arrival concourse at the new Western Sydney Airport terminal. Photo: Brett Boardman Sydney’s new 24-hour Nancy-Bird Walton Airport passenger terminal has been unveiled as major construction works wrap up. The Western Sydney International (WSI) Airport unveiling ceremony was attended by WSI CEO Simon Hickey, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Infrastructure and Transport Minister Catherine King…
From 1925 to 1982, young British men migrated to Australia under the Big Brother movement. Photo: State Library/supplied The call is out — Queensland’s Little Brothers are holding a reunion in Brisbane on Tuesday to mark a centennial milestone. Little Brother is the name given to a British young man who migrated to Australia under…
The NSW RFS Boeing 737 air tanker, the Marie Bashir, is currently on secondment fighting fires in North America. Photo: stock NSW is to spend almost $100 million on firefighting capital works, including new trucks, under the 2025-26 state budget. Included in the budget’s $98.7m allocation for emergency services capital works will be the first…