The Sydney Morning Herald • 26th October 2024

Steely Dan and Taxi Driver: Meet the 21-year-olds obsessed with the 1970s

Jose Da Costa and Shankari Kathirgamalingam were discussing their favourite Steely Dan tunes when they had an idea: they should start a club for young people like them to celebrate the music, fashion and literature of the 1970s in all their glory.

The Sydney Morning Herald • 19th October 2024

The Mount Druitt club behind South Sudan’s Olympic stars

Diing Deng’s face lights up when he’s asked about South Sudan’s first Olympic basketball appearance.The 15-year-old’s family home in western Sydney was the place to be when the East African country’s national side, which played its first international game seven years ago, took to the court in...

The Sydney Morning Herald • 30th August 2024

The breakdancer who paid the price for the Raygun memes

While Rachael “Raygun” Gunn shot to overnight fame, Jeff “J-Attack” Dunne was preparing for the biggest day of his life.

The Sydney Morning Herald • 26th August 2024

Sydney’s metro is world-class. Shame the Opal card isn’t

Sigmund Freud is quoted as saying “out of your vulnerabilities will come your strength”. If that’s true, Sydney’s public transport network has plenty of opportunities to bulk up.

Central News • 1st December 2023

'Multi-lose': the primetime sports gambling push

Australia’s biggest gambling sites spruiked what have been called ‘risky’ betting practices through a torrent of commercials during primetime AFL and NRL broadcasts in 2023, an advertising audit by Central News shows.

City Hub Sydney • 11th May 2022

Anthony Albanese on his journey to the top

Anthony Albanese’s entry into public life seemed as much destined as it was desired.

City Hub Sydney • 21st April 2022

'I've been very reluctant': Yvonne Weldon talks politics

Yvonne Weldon has to think when asked why she was hesitant to enter public office. Eventually, she finds an answer.

City Hub Sydney • 13th April 2022

Spender a generation in the making

At the 1990 federal election, Liberal MP John Spender was ousted by a grassroots independent. John's daughter now hopes to do the same.

City Hub Sydney • 9th November 2021

Clover Moore on another term as Sydney Lord Mayor

First elected to the now-defunct South Sydney Council in 1980, Clover Moore - then a mother lobbying for improved playgrounds and

The Sydney Morning Herald • 26th September 2021

The new housing trend that could save you up to 90 per cent of your energy costs

With more people housebound and exposed to the quality of their homes during lockdowns, a new form of construction standard is emerging that embraces sustainable building practices at our front door.

Passive houses are built to have year-round natural climate control, are free from mould or condensation, and consume as much as 90 per cent less heating and cooling energy than standard houses. It is considered the most rigorous, energy and health-based standard in the design and construction indu