Homebush
Dramatic sting at Sydney’s new urban surf pool catches alleged drug importer
The Californian man allegedly thought he was importing millions of dollars worth of drugs into Sydney, before police pounced in front of afternoon wave riders.
- by Sally Rawsthorne
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Rating Sydney’s NRL stadiums from worst to best
From lifeless and loveless, to lush and luxurious, the Herald ranks your club’s Sydney stadium and gives you a chance to have your say.
- by Billie Eder
Entrepreneurs snap up $7,425,000 manor, smashing Homebush’s house price record
Seven parties registered to bid for the historic residence with tennis court and swimming pool, and the vendors are upgrading to a $42 million home in Lavender Bay.
- by Carmen Forward
Sydney’s east and west battle it out for Beyonce concert
The US megastar kicks off her World Renaissance tour in Stockholm this week, but closer to home the fight has begun over which stadium she should play if and when she arrives in Sydney.
- by Linda Morris
‘Chaotic scene’: Man stabbed multiple times in the head during Homebush brawl
Police are searching for two men who are believed to have fled the scene in a silver Volvo.
- by Olivia Ireland
How Olympic Park became trapped between sporting legacy and reinvention
Twenty years after the "best Olympic Games ever", the 640-hectare precinct that played host is struggling to reinvent itself as a vibrant urban part of Sydney.
- by Matt O'Sullivan and Tom Compagnoni
'A cauldron effect': $810 million ANZ Stadium revamp plan forges ahead
The government wants to transform the circular playing field into a permanently rectangular stadium with 70,000 seats, which is 15,000 fewer seats than it has now.
- by Megan Gorrey
Sydney housing estate cleared of 'significant contamination': report
Ford Motoring Company suspected chemicals could have spread from a former waste dump at its old factory to the Centenary Park residential precinct.
- by Megan Gorrey
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Pollution
Death of worker at Sydney Olympic Park prompts investigation
The death of a worker exposed to a sewage overflow at Homebush Bay's Olympic Park and who died just three days later is being investigated by SafeWork NSW.
- by Carrie Fellner and Peter Hannam
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Music festivals
'I felt completely helpless': Woman's strip search revives trauma of sexual assault
Children as young as 10 are being subjected to police strip searches, while 18 to 25-year-olds make up more than 40 per cent of those searched over a two-year period.
- by Angus Thompson and Nigel Gladstone
'Stuff the bike riders': WestConnex downgrades bike path to part-time
Measures that should have been built into WestConnex to make it easier for cyclists to ride toward the CBD will be suspended for parts of the year, including the Easter Show.
- by Jacob Saulwick