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Kings Cross Metro Theatre under the hammer

Art lovers in inner Sydney have lost a possible theatre, film and cultural centre after the City of Sydney Council voted not to buy the Metro Theatre building in Potts Point. The historic art deco building, originally built in 1939 and used …

Reclaim the bus stops

Are you waiting for a bus?’ I ask the young woman standing outside a King Street pharmacy as I cycle pass. “Yes,” she replies candidly. “How can you tell?” she laughs. “Well, not from signage that’s for sure – but I’m afraid …
Olympic walker struts her stuff

Olympic walker struts her stuff

Beki Lee, the London 2012 Olympics 20-kilometre walker, swapped her Olympic walking shoes for comfortable joggers when she took part in the 2013 Mount Druitt reconciliation walk held on Saturday, May 18. The 26-year-old local was invited to come home from Canberra …