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Journalist Oliver Wen with Limin Zhou, former Consul General of PRC in Sydney. Photo: Oliver Wen Reports of scammers posing as Chinese police to target international students have more than doubled, prompting a Chinese ambassador to call for action to protect vulnerable …

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 …

The horse statues at West Ryde Plaza have come under attack again for causing multiple injuries to shoppers, with locals pushing for their removal. The Horses sculptures – by Stonehouse & Mills – reflect the history of the suburb’s beginnings in the …

With a horde of leather clad bikers and the constant thrum of motors, the annual Brighter Days Festival in Bright, Victoria, is an oasis for car and motorcycle enthusiasts. The free charity event filled the town with music across the long weekend …

NSW Police will be out in force this Easter long weekend hoping that harsher penalties for high-range and repeat drink driving offenders will prevent the escalating road toll. From February 1 this year, people convicted of high range, repeat and serious drink driving …

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 …

  It’s one of those perfect autumn mornings in Bondi. The air is crisp and clean; the sun is still low in the sky without a cloud for company. A fresh breeze blows in off the ocean. Surfers dot the wave break …

Sydney’s inner west parents are concerned that Marrickville Council is putting dogs before children after a dog attack in Henson Park. Police are looking for the red cattle dog’s elderly female owner who left the scene refusing to give her details. The dog …

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 …

This year for the first time the New South Wales Government granted overseas students travel concessions for first semester but the verdict is that the measures are “not enough”. Although international students can buy quarterly or annual tickets at a discounted price, …