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Straya Day in Dungog Just another day in the valley
It’s Australia Day, something of which I have zero childhood memories (and fair enough: as a national holiday it only dates back to 1994, meaning Justin Bieber is the same age as this sacred, ancient, unchangeable event).
The Great Sydney Train Delay of 2018
The pervs of the city had a field day. “Grab on my waist and put that body on me,” wheezed Ed Sheeran through a pair of staticky earphones.
Train Long Suffering Behind Sydney’s increasingly disastrous rail network lies a map of class divides and covert racism from the city’s East to the West
Anyone who claims the working class doesn’t exist needs to take the 6 a.m. train from Penrith to see the sea of black faces snoozing as they rattle toward their cleaning and construction jobs in what people still call ‘The City’.
Almost Newtown How Young Henry’s rocked up with the beer of the inner city
If Young Henry’s really wants to capture today’s Newtown they should flog a beer-flavoured frozen yoghurt sold through Thai restaurants... “Hey, that’s a great idea!”
Golden Brown Losing sight of our Christmas beetles
Entomologist Robert Blackburn says the decline of ‘charismatic species’ wakes us up to a problem.
A Bird and a Tree How the ibis are conquering Sydney
Forty years ago, ibis were hardly to be seen. This is the story of how they conquered Sydney.
Creating a City That Never Sleeps Sydney needs a ‘night mayor’, not lockout laws, to guide its future
If the people that do work in the night economy – taxi drivers, waiters, chefs, DJs, promoters – are the best placed to understand it, is it time they had their own voice?
Fear and Loathing in Bennelong A childhood in a suburb no one cared about; a vote to change a nation
“Hey, kid, want to see a match burn twice?”
Art’s Centre Cannot Hold The death of Birmingham Street Studios
"The rezoning around light industrial areas around the city means warehouse spaces ideal for art studios are becoming high-rent luxury apartments or furniture stores.”
Din Din Dining Our eateries pump up the volume – and kill the conversation
Many dining establishments are routinely exceeding recommended levels for sustained exposure to noise.
(Don’t) Come to the Cabaret Alt-Right showtime with Milo Yiannopoulos | Le Montage, Sydney 5.12.17
That well-known right wing battle cry of ‘You Can’t Stop The Music’ plays on the speakers as we wait for Milo.. the mood of the room is less Lilyfield 2017 and more Munich Beer Hall 1923.
Finding beauty in the bleakest of places A conversation with Moo Baulch about women, men and domestic violence
One in three Australian women experience physical violence in their lifetime, according to the ABS. On average, one woman a week is killed by a partner or ex-partner.