The progressive inner-city seat of Sydney would be a gimme for The Greens on March 26 were it not for the one-woman political machine that is Clover Moore.
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theatre reviews 
Wish I’d Said That – Ensemble Theatre, Sydney
Australian actor Henri Szeps takes us on a somewhat haphazard, if lively, autobiographical journey to explore the contours of the human soul. It doesn’t all work seamlessly but nether is the life he describes, writes Lloyd Bradford Skye.
McKew: Sydney needs to be saved, and this is how
Dick Smith is one of many Australians advocating a “shrink Australia” attitude which may constrain the potential of cities like Sydney. Sydney doesn’t need tight population control - it needs to be redesigned and re-imagined, says Maxine McKew.
The NYT spends a weekend in Sydney
The New York Times’ take on how to kill 36 hours in the Harbour City: climb the bridge, eat at Rockpool, swim at Manly and stay at the Park Hyatt. Yawn.
Paul Keating: Why Sydney needs another Circular Quay
Bangaroo, the most contentious site in Sydney Harbour, needs to have serve more for the civic good than just an apartment block to walk past. We can’t stuff it up, writes Paul Keating
Build a bridge and get over your transport woes Melbourne
If Martin Pakula is feeling the heat after taking up the post of Victrian public transport minister, maybe he should tell Melburnians to take a holiday — to Sydney, writes Crikey intern and Sydneysider Flint Duxfield.
The Liberal Party disaster brewing in our cities
As Labor becomes stronger in the cities, Coalition policy and leadership in the future will become more focused and designed with regional interests in mind, notes Possum Comitatus.
Sydney/Melbourne by plane or bust: Airbus vision kills the fast train
The notion of a Very Fast Train for the Melbourne-Sydney corridor has been shot down by new plans from Airbus to fly Very Large Planes between the two cities, because the entire cost, and risk, is funded by the privately owned airlines and airports.
Better latte than never to get excited about Goat Island again
Sydney ruthlessly expunged most of the “working harbour” aspects of its heritage years ago, rendering it blandly safe for the café latteratti set and retail mall developers, says Ben Sandilands. So why are Sydneysiders suddenly getting historical about their harbour again?
Guy Rundle: We don’t need new fast trains, Albo, we need new cities
When it comes to infrastructure, what we need first and foremost are not new rail lines. Not even fast rail lines. What we need are new cities.
Video of the Day: Breakfast on the Sydney Harbour Bridge
A great time-lapse video of 6000 lucky picnickers descending on the Sydney Harbour Bridge on Sunday to eat breakfast.
Dust storm 1: chaos, mud, lightning. Oh my!
It no longer looks as blood red as at dawn. No Dorothy, no Tin Man, no wicked Witch, so far. But the dust storms sweeping NSW have brought red snow!
Dust storm 2: a health hazard beyond comparison
Particulate pollution has soared to levels never seen in Australia in recent hours as the red dust storm intensifies over much of the top three quarters of NSW.
Are dust storms hazardous to your health?
Dust storms, like the one affecting Sydney this morning, can contain everything from plant pollens to dried animal faeces and chemicals, says Ben Harris-Roxas, a health impact assessment expert. Should people stay inside?
The potential health impacts of dust itself are important – usually by exacerbating existing asthma.
Crikey Clarifier: What caused Sydney CBD’s Telstra outage
Thousands of businesses and homes in the northeast of Sydney’s CBD spent a day or more without telephones and the internet yesterday. What happened? And what can you do if it happens to you?
My restaurant rules: Crikey’s dining meta list
With all the big food and restaurant guides coming out over the past few weeks, Richard Farmer has served up the results as one big meta list for your delectation. Bon appetit.
Sydney society abuzz over McGurk
The desperation the Sydney media has for its own version of Melbourne’s Underbelly knows no end as they try to outscoop each other over the murder of small-time Sydney standover merchant Michael McGurk.
The Sydney-ification of ABC local radio
ABC local and regional radio will be back under Sydney control next week when all of the senior management roles are taken up by people in NSW.
Branding Australian cities: pride of place or pointless PR?
Big news in Melbourne today: Mayor Robert Doyle has spent $240,000 on a new logo for the city. But is it any good? We compare and contrast with other city brands from around this wide brown land.
Monocle‘s 25 most livable cities
Monocle announce their 2009 list of the world’s most liveable cities with this lovely video. Melbourne and Sydney both make the cut — but where? And which is higher?
“Freo doctor” blows across Marrickville and Balmain
Community protest is rising in Sydney’s inner-city suburb of Marrickville over the Labor Government’s proposed sale of a heritage-listed school site into 19 apartments.
ouch! Sydney: ordinary, dubious and crawling with merchant bankers
Hot on the heels of Louis Nowra’s Sydney bashing in The Weekend Oz, Richard Ackland throws a new punch: “Sydney makes Dallas look like Paris.”
Politics in Sydney’s barmiest borough: Rockdale
While Liberal and Labor councillors are at each other’s throats all over NSW, not so in Rockdale, where they work hand-in-glove.
Local democracy on trial in Sydney’s boroughs
Two Sydney communities with vastly different demographics were the scene of anger meltdowns this week over the common issue of local democracy.
Naked travel: Where does the money go?
Taxpayer funded state tourism authorities spend the dosh from one election cycle to the next, writes Tom Neal Tacker.
