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Get SydneyMonday, July 24th, 2017 at 5:27pm

Battles against takeaway coffee cups, marine plastic pollution and energy wastage will get support from the City of Sydney’s latest round of environmental knowledge exchange sponsorships.

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Get SydneyFriday, July 21st, 2017 at 6:16pm

For 35 years Art Gallery of New South Wales head packer, Steve Peters, with 51% of the vote, has maintained that the Packing Room Prize should be awarded to a portrait “that’s good and looks just like the sitter”.

In 2017, his final year judging the prize, Peters announced a portrait of journalist and television personality Lisa Wilkinson AM, by Central Coast artist Peter Smeeth, as the winner of the Packing Room Prize.

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Image details: Peter Smeeth Lisa Wilkinson AM oil on linen, 100 x 150 cm © the artist. Photo: Felicity Jenkins, AGNSW

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Get SydneyThursday, July 20th, 2017 at 6:27pm

Transport for NSW confirmed the next step in naming the 19 future stops along the new Sydney CBD and South East Light Rail route, with the Geographical Names Board set to review the proposed names at its meeting.

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Get SydneyWednesday, July 19th, 2017 at 6:18pm

Alert biosecurity officers at the Sydney Mail Centre intercepted two packages containing 13 live Helix pomatia snails from the Ukraine—commonly known as Roman snails or escargot, and delicious smothered in garlic butter.

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Get SydneyTuesday, July 18th, 2017 at 6:34pm

The Sydney Cherry Blossom Festival is making a stunning return to Auburn’s Japanese Botanic Gardens in August 2017.

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Image credit: Cumberland Council

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Get SydneyMonday, July 17th, 2017 at 6:20pm

Collaborate NSW, an online resource designed to encourage the inclusion of Aboriginal communities in local council decision-making, service development and delivery, has been launched by Local Government NSW.

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Get SydneyFriday, July 14th, 2017 at 5:30pm

To help ease traffic congestion, more than 750 extra weekend services will be added to the Sydney train network.

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Get SydneyThursday, July 13th, 2017 at 6:34pm

The major upgrade of Australia’s oldest park continues as the City of Sydney confirms construction of a stunning new open-plan café in Hyde Park South to begin in 2017.

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Get SydneyWednesday, July 12th, 2017 at 5:56pm

A four-day Aboriginal sports event in Redfern, drama workshops for refugees and a program to help people with disability attend music gigs are some of the latest projects to receive City of Sydney funding.

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Image credit: Gig Buddies/ACL Disability Services.

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Get SydneyTuesday, July 11th, 2017 at 6:11pm

For Australia to reach its full productive and economic potential, it will be crucial that we build a strong scientific understanding of our groundwater resources, and the knowledge to manage them sustainably and with long-term vision.

That was the message from Assistant Minister to the Deputy Prime Minister, Luke Hartsuyker, at the Australasian Groundwater Conference in Sydney.

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