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After a few blazing years lighting up Sydney’s skies, last year saw some chatter that perhaps the Vivid concept is becoming tired. Whether it was the jam-packed crowds, overzealous security staff or an uninspiring format – there was comment from a few local punters that the festival was no longer for them. However, despite last
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Joseph O’Donoghue, a volunteer with ‘Keep Sydney Open‘ explains the journey of the community activist group to become a political party and contest Upper House seats at the next New South Wales state election in March 2019. He argues that “Sydneysiders are tired of having their personality muffled and they want their vibrant nightlife back”. The planned transformation of
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Game Three will be a corker. After two nail-biters, televisions will be blaring and bright right up and down the eastern seaboard tomorrow night as families tune in to watch the decider in Brisbane. I’ve decided to give it a miss. I’m fed-up with the State of Origin. Every year that I sit down to
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You immediately sense the drop in temperature and the thickness of the night when you land in Hobart from Sydney. “Once Upon A Dream” — pinned big to the façade of the airport — blazes haunting and neon red, as you step onto the tarmac and tighten up your scarf. The Dark Mofo festival celebrates
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Sydney is going through a bad patch. Yes, life can sometimes dish out lows on the other side of enraptured highs. But this time it feels deeper than that. There is this smell of stagnation in the air – like the taps of cultural development have been turned off tight. Like we’ve been asked to
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Every January it’s the same. After the salt-water riddled, endless-leg-of-ham-induced food coma of the Christmas break – the Sydney Festival always appears out of nowhere. So, after many years of being disorganised, and for only having myself to blame for missing out on the good stuff, I made sure that this year I was more
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Dear fellow managers of cities around the world, Is your city at risk of becoming too vibrant? Is your city becoming far too interesting a place to live? If so, then we’ve put together this case study for you. Over the past few years down here in Sydney, we’ve learnt many lessons that we felt
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