From a musical about conversion therapy to the Australian debut of an East London grime star, Sydney Festival 2025 was full of music, performance and a little bit of magic.

“The experience was so powerful that we felt compelled to help support the legal development of psychedelic-assisted therapies in Australia and start a charity to ensure safe and equitable access to these transformational treatments,” Tania told Salon.

Sydney restaurateur Judith Lewis couldn’t save the mezuzah, a framed parchment inked with Hebrew prayers, that was hanging in her family’s café when arsonists set it alight in the early hours one Sunday in late October.

It’s the first time the MCA will be charging a general entry fee since 2000. The move reflects a global trend of museums facing financial pressure.

Sydney is luxury’s gateway to Australia. Brands are touching down, and those already there are growing their footprints. Here’s everything you need to know about setting up shop in the Aussie entry point.

Australia stand-in captain Steven Smith is looking to put the 10,000 Test runs milestone out of his head in the first Test of the two-match series against Sri Lanka. In the final Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against India,

Police in Australia launched an investigation on Friday after a statue of British naval officer James Cook was found vandalized in Sydney. The hand and nose of the statue of Cook, who charted Sydney’s coast in 1770,

The vandalism unfolded in Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra. Australia Day is a divisive holiday that critics see as a symbol of racism and oppression.

The largest Australian flag was hoisted on Australia Day at a mosque in Sydney, surpassing the flag currently flying on top of the Australian Parliament House.

Tens of thousands of Australians protested over the treatment of Indigenous people on Sunday as the country celebrated a national holiday marking the 1788 arrival of British colonisers.

Thousands soaked in the sand, sunshine and waves as Sydney turned on a glorious summer day with temperatures in the high 20s.Visiting from Czechia, Marie Chybova and Milos Chyba, with son Martin Chyba and his partner Aneta Rohlikova draped themselves in Australia attire and waved the Australia,

A measure of Australian business activity rebounded in December as Christmas demand helped the down-beaten retail sector, a survey showed on Tuesday, though confidence remained poor as firms faced rising costs.