Sydney Media Press Release - 18 August 2010
Historic trams back on track
Vintage trams deteriorating at the former Rozelle Tram depot could make a return to Sydneys tracks as the City investigates options
Paris Hilton is about to add more fireworks to Sydneys New Years Eve celebrations when she hits town later this year.
The celebrity it girl and the beau she souvenired from Aussie starlet Sophie Monk have co
It is the end of the road for the no standing parking rule in NSW.
The regulation will be abolished from December 1 bringing the state into line with national parking rules.
An RTA spokesman said more tha
The City of Sydney and Planet Ark will host Sydneys biggest Swap Party Monday 10 November at 12.30 pm in Martin Place, Sydney CBD.
Everyone is invited to search through their belongings for up to three easy-
A colony of ghost bats, born at Featherdale Wildlife Park near Blacktown, has moved into Sydney Wildlife World at Darling Harbour for Halloween.
The careers for the four one-year-old bats were worried that t
Rocknroll fans can now download a free podcast to relive and explore the musical history of one of Sydneys most famous strips - Oxford Street.
"Produced by the City of Sydney, the RocknRoll Walk of Fame and
The NSW governments promise to deliver 300 extra buses from next year is on track following assurances from manufacturers, Transport Minister David Campbell says.
The states only bus manufacturer, Custom Coa
Australias first free-to-air digital television channel not created by a commercial or public TV network will launch in Sydney today.
More than seven years after free-to-air digital TV started in Australia,
Coke bottle vision solved by young Sydney astronomer
Astronomers will have a much clearer picture of distant galaxies thanks to a cutting edge technology which was developed by a talented young astronomer at the University of Sydney.
Brendon Brewer was a 22-ye
The City of Sydney will build a magnificent new playground in Victoria Park on City Road (next to Sydney University) in Camperdown.
Lord Mayor Clover Moore MP said the local community helped design the new p
Jubilation has turned into an outright victory celebration at a large gathering of US Democrat supporters in central Sydney.
For more than 200 Barack Obama fans who assembled at a Sydney hotel, many of them
Fiona Greenhill has won the $3000 First Prize in the 2008 Sydney, City of Villages Art Exhibition and Prize for her work Distant Lights, Balmain, Darling Street.
Judges selected ten finalists from a record 1
Irresponsible dog owners on notice as Rangers go undercover
City of Sydney Rangers are going undercover in mid July to catch irresponsible dog owners who fail to pick up after their dogs in popular dog-walking parks across the City Centre and inner city suburbs.
City
A new free off-peak bus service through Sydneys CBD will begin at lunchtime today, Premier Nathan Rees announced this morning.
A bright green bus, with the number 555, will run between Circular Quay and Cent
A pub with no beer is one thing but some NSW women are facing a crisis which is arguably worse - a town with no single men.
According to the 2006 census the tiny village of Coutts Crossing near Grafton is on
Local communities from Woolloomooloo to Waterloo are helping the City of Sydney get the designs right for the 4.3 kilometre Bourke Street Cycleway.
City of Sydney CEO Monica Barone said that the City of Sydn
$3000 is up for grabs in the City of Sydneys 3rd annual Sydney, City of Villages Art Exhibition and Prize which is now open for entries.
Ten of the competition finalists will be displayed throughout the City
City backs $8M injection for City East community facilities
An upgrade of Kings Cross library for more space, additional child care places, a Community performance space inside the Burton Street Tabernacle and an upgrade of the Mary McDonald Centre will also begin by 20
An art and history project of more than one hundred brass plaques telling the stories of Kings Cross was Highly Commended at the National Trust Heritage Awards on Monday.
Called The Strip on the Strip, most
NSW Illawarra resident crowned Miss World Australia
20-year-old University of Wollongong student Katie Richardson has been crowned Miss World Australia.
The Illawarra NSW resident was crowned at Sydneys Star casino Wednesday night and will now represent Austr
The return of the historic Victoria Park Gates from the University grounds to their original position on City Road near the corner of City and Parramatta Roads.
The City of Sydney and the University of Sydne
The City of Sydney Council is set to endorse concept plans for the upgrade of the adventure playground in Ward Park, Surry Hills.
Lord Mayor, Clover Moore MP said that the concept plans were drafted with the
Free wi-fi internet will be available across 10 City of Sydney libraries after nearly 1,000 people took advantage of the program during a successful five-week trial, Lord Mayor Clover Moore MP announced today.
Sydney artist Del Kathryn Barton has taken the honour of being this years Archibald winner.
Her winning entry - a self-portrait also featuring her two children, Kell and Arella - is entitled You Are What Is
A team of musicians from the Universitys Conservatorium of Music has won a coveted spot at Beijings Cultural Olympiad, a two-week series of concerts before the Olympic Games in August.
The Sydney Conservator
Sydney researchers discover new motor neurone gene
Researchers at the ANZAC Research Institute in Sydney have uncovered a genetic mutation that triggers motor neurone disease (MND), the fatal nerve-wasting condition.
Autopsies on people with MND found high l
It took just a couple of hours using data available on the internet for University of Sydney scientists to discover that the Milky Way is twice as wide as previously thought.
Astrophysicist Professor Bryan G
The first trial of broadcast mobile television, in which participants receive digital signals on commercially available mobile phones, has been launched in Sydney.
Nine channels including Seven Digital, ABC1