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The team behind one of the world’s largest and most technically advanced fireworks displays is putting the final touches on the Sydney New Year’s Eve celebrations, ready to entertain hundreds of millions of people around the foreshore and globe.
The City of Sydney has awarded $1.5 million in grants to 12 organisations to help get food and essential items including menstrual care products to struggling inner city residents over the next year.
From craft to coding, and parks to painting, there is lots happening in the city to keep kids busy during the summer school holidays.
The City of Sydney has awarded almost $7 million in grants and grants subsidies to 94 recipients in its area.
The City of Sydney Council has endorsed changes to planning and development rules to encourage more build-to-rent housing and family-friendly apartments, while improving sustainability and design excellence.
Haymarket and Chinatown are set for a $44 million facelift, with ambitious plans for the area endorsed unanimously by the City of Sydney Council last night.
The City of Sydney has reaffirmed a $3m contribution to Wesley Mission’s development of 39 affordable homes for almost 100 residents in Glebe.
200 bespoke temperature gauges are being strategically positioned across the City of Sydney to accurately measure local heat island effects and help prepare our community for hotter summers.
The countdown has begun for one of the world’s grandest and most memorable nights of the year – Sydney New Year’s Eve.
The Sydney New Year’s Eve fireworks will kick off with a mammoth celebration of First Nations culture that includes a very special smoking ceremony and the spectacular Calling Country 9pm fireworks.
To celebrate the start of summer, on Saturday 9 December the City of Sydney will host free open days at its world-class aquatic and fitness centres.
Lord Mayor Clover Moore will be joined by Santa tonight, to officially light the 24m Christmas tree in Martin Place under a glittering fireworks display, following a sleigh ride from Circular Quay with a marching band and elves on reindeer tricycles.
Loftus Street outside Customs House will soon be transformed with extra space for outdoor dining, trading and markets as part of a push to improve Sydney’s premier gateway Circular Quay.
Six free children’s concerts, Christmas markets, choirs, lights, a visit from Santa and the adored Martin Place Christmas tree will transform Sydney for the 2023 festive season.
The trial with Ausgrid and EV charging infrastructure partner EVX highlights how the City of Sydney is taking early action on its electrification of transport strategy and action plan.
16 years after first pitching light rail and pedestrianisation down George Street, the architect of Sydney’s city centre transformation has seen the product of his work for the first time.
Opportunity knocks for small businesses across Sydney to take their enterprises to new heights.
Around 120,000 glass jars and more than 200 tonnes of reclaimed asphalt were used to refresh a one kilometre stretch of Clarence Street in the city.
The 24-metre Martin Place Christmas tree will once again form the centrepiece of Christmas celebrations in Sydney as the festive season approaches.
Latest data released today by the Council of Capital City Lord Mayors (CCCLM) has reported an uptick in Sydney’s night-time economy with a growing number of establishments across the city and a boost in overall sales turnover.
Sydney’s local neighbourhoods will come alive with free, festival vibes for the whole family in spring.
The City of Sydney is calling for fresh concepts and innovative ideas to make some of Australia’s biggest events better than ever.
The Australian Life photography competition crown has gone to photographer Samuel Ferris for their image ‘On The Way To Inspections’.
The City of Sydney has created a new $4.5 million grants program to help organisations distributing food to struggling households as the cost of living soars.
Sydney New Year’s Eve celebrations are coming back with a bang, with free access to many vantage points around the harbour and ticketing scrapped for all City of Sydney sites.
An adult towel fight, the hybrid solar eclipse and renting in Sydney are just some of the subjects featured in the shortlisted images for one of Australia’s biggest photography competitions.
The solar system reimagined, a stunning waterfall and a discarded shopping trolley are among the images shortlisted for the yearly Little Sydney Lives photography competition.
The local historic and social significance of Chinatown’s ceremonial gates is set to be officially recognised, following a City of Sydney move to add them to the heritage register.
Families, workers and students will soon have more opportunities to safely get around Sydney after Council unanimously endorsed design concepts for three new cycleway projects.
The City of Sydney is set to breathe new life into Haymarket and Chinatown, with a multi-million dollar plan to activate and improve streets and public spaces, shopfronts, parks and lighting.
