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Promised Metro Is Just To Win Labor Votes?

MP Lee Rhiannon says her party, The Greens, supports most public transport initiatives. However, this one is a bad use of funds.
“It has more to do with shoreing up Labor votes in Balmain than delivering public transport options for Sydney,” she said.
Rhiannon says the money should be spent on a  heavy rail link to [...]

AU$4 Billion CBD Metro Promised For Sydney’s Inner West

The Premier of New South Wales, Nathan Rees announced last night that the state government will build a AU$4 billion metro train line from Central Station in the CBD to the inner-west Sydney suburb of Rozelle.
And Premier Rees has requested the Australian Federal Government to pay for the CBD rail project under Canberra’s Infrastructure [...]

Multiple Pileup Closes Eastern Distributor

The Eastern Distributor tunnel was closed for two and a half hours today after a multiple car pileup in which at least 14 people were injured.
Paramedics treated casualties at the scene and eight people, including three children, were taken to hospital in a stable condition. None of the injuries were life-threatening.
The incident was created when [...]

White Bay Hotel Destroyed By Fire - Arson Suspected

The historic White Bay Hotel on Victoria Road was completely gutted by fire yesterday, causing traffic chaos. The fire began around 12 o’clock on Friday night and took firefighters several hours to bring it under control. Meanwhile Friday night traffic between the city and Victoria Road was severly disrupted.
Once the fire had been extinguished, [...]

Motorcycles & Scooters Park Free in Sydney City

Okay. I went into the central business district of Sydney to check out the motorcycle parking and, sure enough, there were motorbikes and motor scooters parked in all kinds of places where they’d never be allowed to normally.
This photo (below) was taken at the north end of Clarence Street, where the road goes left to [...]