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NewsLittle Bay Beach Will Be Closed to the Public for Up to Two Weeks Following Asbestos Concerns
The popular eastern suburbs beach will remain open on weekends, though.
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NewsThe 170-Year-Old Royal Richmond Hotel Now Boasts a Sunlit Bistro and Timber-Clad Cocktail Bar
Following a huge makeover, the historic pub in the Hawkesbury region is serving up a menu full of top-notch gastropub fare.
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NewsAustralia Is Set to Phase Out a Range of Single-Use Plastic Items Nationwide By 2025
They include lightweight plastic bags, and plastic straws, utensils and stirrers.
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NewsSt Peters and Erskineville Train Stations Are Set to Get Major Upgrades Over the Next Two Years
From 2024, the two stations will connect the inner west to the eastern suburbs.
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NewsThe First Trailer for Stan's New Byron Bay-Shot Mystery-Drama Series 'Eden' Is Here
Revolving around the disappearance of a young woman, it's set to hit the streaming platform this year.
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NewsMelbourne Will Soon Be Home to Australia's Second Movenpick Hotel and Its Daily Chocolate Hour
The chain's 172-room CBD site is set to open in May.
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NewsTwenty-Five Exceptional Films by Indigenous Australian Filmmakers That You Can Stream Right Now
Celebrate Australia's First Nations filmmakers with these potent westerns, horror standouts, coming-of-age gems, Top End rom-coms, outback noirs, and expressive dance flicks.
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NewsA List of All of the Wes Anderson Films, Ranked
No one makes movies quite like Wes Anderson, so we've revisited and ranked them all — even though every single one is a gem.
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NewsIt's Eurovision Time: Here's When You Can Watch 2025's Song Contest (with Tony Armstrong and Courtney Act Hosting Australia's Coverage)
This year's Australian entry: Go-Jo with the song 'Milkshake Man', which is being performed with a four-metre-tall blender as part of the set.
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NewsHop to It: 16 Classic and Eclectic Films You Can Stream This Easter Long Weekend
Some feature bunnies. Some include eggs or chocolate. Some have provocative takes on religion.
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NewsTen 2025 Oscar-Winning Films That You Can and Should Watch Immediately
Your newly Oscars-approved viewing list includes movies about determined architects, whirlwind romances, catty cardinals, sandworms and more.
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NewsPredicting the Oscars: Who Should, Could and Will Win at the 2025 Academy Awards
From 'Anora' and 'A Real Pain' to 'I'm Still Here' and 'No Other Land', here's what's likely to emerge victorious at the 2025 Oscars.
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NewsHere's Where You Can Watch 33 of 2025's Oscar-Nominated Movies in Australia Right Now
Massive musicals, monumental dramas, stunning animated gems, heartbreaking documentaries, two Timothée Chalamet movies: they're all Oscar contenders, and you can watch them all.
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NewsEleven 2025 Golden Globe-Winning Films and TV Shows That You Can (and Should) Watch Right Now
Make a cinema or couch date with a freshly minted Golden Globe-winner — here's what you can watch right away, and where.
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NewsTwenty-Five Movies That You Can Stream This Christmas No Matter How You Feel About the Festive Season
Pour a glass of eggnog, find your comfiest spot on the couch, then enjoy everything from 'The Holdovers' and 'Die Hard' to 'Last Christmas' and 'Eyes Wide Shut'.
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GuideThe Best Free Events to Catch During Sydney Festival 2025
Sydney Festival is saving your wallet this summer with a cost-of-living defying program of free events throughout January.
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NewsSydney Has Just Shivered Through Its Coldest Morning of 2021 So Far
And its coldest morning since September 2020, too.
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NewsBluesfest Has Been Cancelled Due to COVID-19 for the Second Year in a Row
The move has been made "to minimise the risk of the highly infectious COVID-19 variant of concern being transmitted in the local area, as well as across states and territories."
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NewsGathering and Venue Restrictions Are Being Reintroduced in the Byron Bay Area Over Easter
New rules are coming into effect in the Byron, Ballina, Tweed and Lismore shires, which may have an impact on this year's Bluesfest.
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NewsThe National Is Back for 2021 with 39 Pieces of New Australian Art Across Three Sydney Galleries
First kicking off in 2017, this biennial showcase highlights established, mid-career, emerging artists and artist collectives from around the nation.
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NewsNSW Requires Anyone Who Has Been in Greater Brisbane Since March 20 to Stay at Home
The area has gone into lockdown — and the same level of restrictions now apply to anyone who has been in the region and is currently in NSW.
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NewsDomestic Border Restrictions Are Changing Around Australia Due to Brisbane's New COVID-19 Cluster
With the Greater Brisbane area going into lockdown, authorities across the rest of the country have been changing their border rules.
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NSW Residents Who Visited These Byron Bay Venues Are Asked to Get Tested and Self-Isolate
Over the weekend, the area was visited by two people from Brisbane who've since tested positive for COVID-19.
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NewsKings Cross Hotel Is Reopening Its Dance Floor at Exactly 12.01am Tonight
Dust off your dancing shoes — the venue is letting Sydneysiders make shapes again from the very second that restrictions ease.
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NewsAustralian States Have Issued New Travel Advice for Anyone Who Has Been in Brisbane Recently
If you've been in Brisbane and Moreton Bay and you're now elsewhere in the country — or you're planning a trip — you may be required to get tested and/or self-isolate.
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NewsRodgers and Hammerstein's Tony-Winning 'Cinderella' Musical Is Coming to Sydney
It's the first time the Broadway production will hit the stage in Australia.
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NewsThe Gold Coast Will Soon Be Home to a Huge New Six-Level Art Gallery with a Rooftop Bar
Opening in May, it'll be the largest public gallery outside a capital city in Australia.
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NewsSydneysiders Will No Longer Need to Wear Face Masks on Public Transport From March 29
They'll no longer be compulsory in any setting — but they are still strongly recommended if you can't maintain social distancing.
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EventHayu FanFest
Sat, 15 Aug, 2026
Secret Location in Sydney, Sydney
Bringing reality TV into the real world, this streaming platform's landmark event is headed to Sydney for the first time.
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EventRon Mueck: Encounter
Sat, 6 Dec 2025 - Sun, 12 Apr 2026
Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
AGNSW’s larger-than-life summer blockbuster is the biggest exhibition of acclaimed sculptor Ron Mueck's work ever staged in Australia.
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EventAll About Women 2026
Sun, 8 Mar, 2026
Sydney Opera House, Sydney
Hear centrepiece talks from change-making heads of government, justice-seeking journalists and razor-sharp authors as part of this powerhouse lineup.
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EventOperation Sickie at The Bob Hawke Beer & Leisure Centre
Multiple single dates
The Bob Hawke Beer & Leisure Centre, Marrickville
It's every Australians right to chuck a sickie, so let this Marrickville boozer reward you with big discounts on six occasions this summer.
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EventCharlotte de Witte at The Hordern Pavilion
Fri, 6 Mar, 2026
Hordern Pavilion, Moore Park
Off the back of a headline festival appearance, this Belgian techno superstar is heading to Sydney for this tour's one and only sideshow.
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EventTHE WORKS at Carriageworks
Mon, 29 Dec 2025 - Fri, 16 Jan 2026
Carriageworks, Eveleigh
Get immersed in the inaugural season of this cutting-edge warehouse event, featuring groundbreaking electronic stars from around the globe.
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EventMov'In Bed Barangaroo Beach Cinema
Fri, 28 Nov 2025 - Thu, 30 Apr 2026
Barangaroo, Barangaroo
Catch up on classics and 2025's biggest movies on mattresses on the sand at Barangaroo.
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EventWaterworld Central Sydney 2026
Fri, 9 Jan - Sun, 1 Feb 2026
Entertainment Quarter, Moore Park
Get ready to cool off and make memories as you slip, slide, and splash your way through the holidays.
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EventSydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade
Sat, 28 Feb, 2026
Oxford Street and surrounding areas, Darlinghurst
Sydney's biggest street party returns for its 48th edition, celebrating joy as power, protest and connection.
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EventDangerously Modern: Australian Women Artists in Europe 1890–1940
Sat, 11 Oct 2025 - Sun, 15 Feb 2026
Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
AGNSW’s summer exhibition traces the bold journeys of 50 Australian women who reshaped the nation’s artistic landscape.
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NewsA Severe Weather Warning for Heavy Rainfall and Potential Flooding Has Been Issued for Sydney
Stay safe and dry — between 90–150 millimetres of rain is forecast.
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NewsSydneysiders Are Being Urged to Remain Close to Home During This Weekend's Wet Weather
"Normally we’re telling people to travel around New South Wales, but this weekend is an exception," said Premier Gladys Berejiklian.
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NewsQantas Is Launching New Flights to Norfolk Island If You're Looking to Escape the Mainland
They'll be running for at least the next three months, flying out of Sydney and Brisbane.
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NewsSydney's Huge Tutankhamun Exhibition Has Been Cancelled Due to the Pandemic
'Tutankhamun: Treasures of the Golden Pharaoh' was originally scheduled to display at the Australian Museum from February this year.
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NewsThe City of Sydney Has Announced a Plan to Cover 40 Percent of the City with Greenery By 2050
Under a strategy being put to council this month, it also wants to plan 700 trees a year.
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NewsSydney's New City Around the Western Airport Will Be Named After Engineer John Bradfield
It'll span more than 100 hectares of land north of existing suburb Bringelly.
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NewsThe Sydney Opera House Will Start Lighting Up Its Sails Nightly Again with First Nations Art
Returning from April 23, the projection series will display its first all-female lineup.
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NewsYou Might Soon Be Able to Splash Around in a Big Man-Made Wave Pool on the Gold Coast
The Club at Parkwood Village has announced plans to build an Endless Surf pool by 2023.
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NewsNext Melbourne Is the Soon-to-Open Inner City Hotel That'll Barrel Age Its Spirits Onsite
It's set to open in the 80 Collins Street precinct this month.
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NewsQantas Is Trialling a Digital Health Passport to Make International Travel Safer and Easier
The airline has just tested one app on an international repatriation flight from Frankfurt to Darwin, and plans to assess a second app before hopefully restarting its overseas routes in October.
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NewsYou and Your Pooch Will Soon Be Able to Spend a Night at BrewDog's Australian Craft Beer Hotel
As part of its big Australian expansion plans, the beer brand is also setting up a second Brisbane bar, and launching its first sites in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth.
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NewsSydney Writers' Festival Has Announced Its Jam-Packed Locally Focused 2021 Program
More than 400 Australian-based speakers will take to the stage, all linked to this year's theme 'Within Reach'.
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NewsAntico's Is the New Family-Run Pizzeria Located Upstairs at the Beach Road Hotel
Set to run for three months, the pop-up is by the team behind a 15-year-old pizzeria in Sydney's southwest.
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NewsThe Federal Government Is Releasing 800,000 Half-Price Flights to Aussie Holiday Destinations
On offer between April and July, they'll be available to 13 regions that usually rely upon international tourism.
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NewsOverseas Spectators Might Not Be Permitted to Attend This Year's Tokyo Olympics
When the postponed 2020 games go ahead, international fans might be restricted to watching them on television.
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NewsElm Is Darlinghurst's New Rooftop Cocktail Bar Located Above The Taphouse
The drinks menu includes juice-based cocktails, a variety of hard seltzers, local craft beers and orange wine by the glass.
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NewsSculpture at Scenic World Is Bringing Its Openair Art Gallery Back to the Blue Mountains for 2021
After the 2020 event was cancelled due to the pandemic, this year's exhibition will again place large-scale sculptures and installations throughout the area's rainforest.
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NewsOxford Street's Mardi Gras Protest Is Set to Go Ahead After a Last-Minute NSW Health Exemption
The march will take place on Saturday afternoon before the Mardi Gras Parade at the SCG.
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NewsA Gig Space, Roller Rink and Openair Cinema Are All Popping Up As Part of Parramatta Nights
This March, a car park rooftop is set to be transformed into a concert venue and Prince Alfred Square will be showing nightly movies.
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NewsYours and Owls Has Been Given Approval by the NSW Government to Go Ahead Next Month
The festival is set to take place in mid-April and will feature Benee and DMA's.
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NewsAustralian Borders Will Remain Closed to International Travel Until At Least Mid-June
The country's human biosecurity emergency period, which first came into effect in March 2020, has just been extended for another three months.
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NewsThis Is What Australia's Autumn Weather Has in Store After Our Wettest Summer for Four Years
For parts of the country, it'll be warmer than usual — and in some areas, it'll be wetter, too.
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NewsToday Tix Is Opening Its 'Hamilton' Lottery So You Can See the Acclaimed Musical for Just $10
Don't throw away your shot to see the most talked-about theatre production of the past decade — for cheap.
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NewsAlice Springs' Luminous Parrtjima Festival Has Revealed Its Full 2021 Program
The ten-day Indigenous arts, culture and storytelling festival is back with a lineup of large-scale light installations, live tunes, performances and more.
