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Sun shines on Fair Day
Thousands of community members, their families, supporters and pooches flocked to Victoria Park for a Fair Day of fun on Sunday. New Mardi Gras CEO Michael Rolik said the organisation was ... Read more
Wed February 24th, 2010 - 1 Comment
Harmonious relationship recognised
The City of Sydney dedicated Harmony Park as San Francisco Place on Thursday, commemorating the city’s links with the gay and lesbian community of San Francisco. “We really aren’t marking our ... Read more
Fri February 19th, 2010 - 1 Comment
Oxford St booze ban in place
A freeze has been placed on any new liquor licences or bar expansions along Oxford St for the next year. The Liquor Amendment (Temporary Licence Freeze) Bill 2009 was passed last ... Read more
Tue September 15th, 2009 - 2 Comments
More money for Mardi Gras
New Mardi Gras has secured a three-year funding agreement with the City of Sydney amounting to $150,000 a year. The new deal marks a significant extra investment following the previous three-year ... Read more
Mon August 31st, 2009 - No Comments
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Clutch your pearls, we’re thirty
This week Sydney Star Observer celebrates 30 years of publishing. We are the oldest gay and lesbian newspaper not only in Australia, but in the southern hemisphere. For 30 years we ... Read more
Tue July 7th, 2009 - 6 Comments
MPs join masses for 2009 NDA
Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore will join with Greens Senator Lee Rhiannon to take part in this year's National Day of Action on August 1. Starting with a rally on the ... Read more
Tue July 7th, 2009 - No Comments
Free cycling confidence courses
The City of Sydney is offering free cycling courses for members of the public who want to learn responsible, safer riding, and build confidence and traffic skills to cycle in ... Read more
Wed June 17th, 2009 - 1 Comment
Big three to face questioning
Three of the Darlinghurst area's most significant office-holders will face a question and answer forum at Slide on Tuesday May 26. Sydney Lord Mayor and Bligh MP Clover Moore will join ... Read more
Tue May 19th, 2009 - No Comments
Taxi rank for Oxford St
Oxford St has its first secure taxi rank to help revellers get home safely. The new rank will operate on the southern side of Oxford St, between Pelican and Riley Sts, ... Read more
Wed April 8th, 2009 - 4 Comments
Booze zones blasted
The city's alcohol-free zones are under review following a NSW Police application to increase by half the number of existing zones. City of Sydney councillors on Monday labelled the zones ineffective ... Read more
Tue March 31st, 2009 - 17 Comments
Cultre city
You know who I feel sorry for? Jack Brown, a Melbourne entrepreneur who moved to Sydney to take advantage of our new attempt to look cool. Brown has applied to ... Read more
Wed February 25th, 2009 - No Comments
Small bar eyeing Little Oxford St
The first small wine bar to be approved on Oxford St as part of Lord Mayor Clover Moore's laneways vision will begin fitout within weeks. But already the developer and the ... Read more
Wed February 18th, 2009 - 11 Comments
City gives UN a kick
Sydney City has become the first Australian city to provide official support for the Declaration of Montreal and the International Day Against Homophobia (IDAHO). City of Sydney councillors gave their unanimous ... Read more
Wed February 18th, 2009 - 1 Comment
Fun at the fair
Organisers say they are expecting record crowds at Fair Day 2009, with the popular day in the park playing host to the official launch of the Mardi Gras season for ... Read more
Wed February 11th, 2009 - No Comments
Moore seeks more consultation on lockout laws
The Minister for Gaming and Racing, Kevin Greene, says he would welcome more input from councils on the future of lockout laws, after receiving a strongly worded letter from City ... Read more
Wed February 4th, 2009 - No Comments
Beat stabbing ‘wasn’t gay panic’
The manslaughter conviction of a schoolboy for the fatal stabbing of Gerard Fleming wasn't downgraded because of a homosexual provocation defence, NSW Attorney General John Hatzistergos has said. Acknowledging community concerns ... Read more
Wed January 28th, 2009 - 6 Comments
Moore pushes pensions
Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore has called on the Rudd Government to disclose how many gays and lesbians will be affected by changes to pension entitlements following the introduction of ... Read more
Wed January 21st, 2009 - No Comments
Cycling renaissance possible
Lord Mayor Clover Moore has committed $70 million over the next four years to enhancing the city's cycleways, a move welcomed by GLBT cycling group Spokes Sydney. The City of ... Read more
Wed December 10th, 2008 - No Comments
Nightclubs under renewed pressure
Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore has backed the NSW Police Commissioner's call to cut back licensing hours in an attempt to curb alcohol-fuelled violence. At least half of all assaults in ... Read more
Wed October 15th, 2008 - 21 Comments
All about Oxford St
Sydney's largest public arts festival Art and About was officially launched at Taylor Square last Thursday night, in commemoration of the festival's greater focus on Oxford Street this year. Lord Mayor ... Read more
Wed October 15th, 2008 - No Comments
Christening a suburb
The unnamed precinct of Oxford St has been christened Three Saints Square following a public meeting attended by Lord Mayor Clover Moore and residents. The five-way intersection of where Oxford St ... Read more
Tue September 23rd, 2008 - 2 Comments
Oxford St bashing victim in a coma
One man is in an induced coma at St Vincent's Hospital and two men are facing court following another weekend of violence on the once-Golden Mile. Senseless and opportunistic could describe ... Read more
Sun September 21st, 2008 - 20 Comments
Greens get two seats
The Greens have picked up a second seat on Sydney Council. Mardi Gras -˜78er Irene Doutney will join Chris Harris on the council following a flow of preferences. An excited Doutney told ... Read more
Sat September 20th, 2008 - No Comments
Four Moore for Clover
It was an election campaign fuelled by one-upmanship on everything from environmentalism to safety strategies, but in the end, the voters of Sydney and Marrickville decided, essentially, to stick with ... Read more
Wed September 17th, 2008 - No Comments
Greener by the vote
Last weekend's local government elections should be taken as a serious wake-up call for both the major parties. Yes, Labor was hit hard, but the Liberals failed to reap the gains ... Read more
Wed September 17th, 2008 - 3 Comments
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Tony, please think before speaking
You have to feel sorry for Tony Abbott. He has been criticised for speaking without thinking, in his comments on women’s virginity, and on homosexuality “challenging orthodox notions of the right order of things”. The ... Read more
Talk to us, Tony
Manly Liberal MP Mike Baird has “strongly recommended” Opposition leader Tony Abbott break his ... Read more
Talk to us, Tony
Manly Liberal MP Mike Baird has “strongly recommended” Opposition leader Tony Abbott break his ... Read more
Gabbing with Glambert
Appropriately for someone whose goth-glam appearance is the subject of much tabloid fodder, out-and-proud ... Read more
Court rules in favour of trans teen
Transgender rights advocates have welcomed a Family Court decision to allow a trans teenager ... Read more
Police apologise to Blacktown victims
Police will do by better by gay and lesbian victims of crime, NSW’s top ... Read more