Traffic in the centre of Sydney will be slowed to 40 km/h and the City of Sydney council will introduce shared streets with top speeds of 10 km/h, under an agreement between the lord mayor, Clover Moore, and the NSW government. Councillor Moore and the Premier, Kristina Keneally, will release a read more

JULIA GILLARD has moved to stamp her authority on the Labor Party with an overhaul of her frontbench that will put Penny Wong in charge of the nation's finances and Peter Garrett in charge of schools. Ms Gillard has also elevated Craig Emerson and Greg Combet to cabinet and has promoted Bill Shor read more

Phil Down Under-Series Two Property guru Phil Spencer from C4’s ‘Location Location Location’ is taking his property finding and negotiating skills along with a large dose of English charm, down under. He’s heading to the other side of the world to help emigrating Brits find their perfect home in A read more

16 Aug Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has officially launched her election campaign in Brisbane, five days ahead of polling day. Ms Gillard made a Barack Obama-style Yes We Will pledge to help the workforce and "transform" health care. Opinion polls are suggesting a tight election, and read more

In the lead-up to Mary MacKillop’s canonisation as Australia’s first Saint in Rome on 17 October, the South Australian Tourism Commission (SATC) has been working with the Catholic Archdiocese of Adelaide, the Wattle Range Council, Limestone Coast Tourism and the Penola community to ensure they are p read more

Next Step Australia, in conjunction with professional immigration consultants Immigration2oz.com, are pleased to invite you to a FREE seminar on Australia’s new skilled visa regulations. This comprehensive seminar will explain in detail the mid-year regulation changes enacted as part of the Austra read more

Taronga Zoo is pleased to have retained the position as Sydney's most popular experience for the fourth year in a row. During the year ending June 2010, the Zoo received strong support from the community with nearly 1.5 million people visiting Taronga. Taronga's General Manager Marketing and Com read more

Commonwealth Games distance runner Ben St Lawrence is in top form ahead of October’s Delhi Games, having won today's Sun-Herald City2Surf event in a sprint finish to reverse last year’s result. St Lawrence, from NSW, finished in 41 minutes and five seconds, just one second clear of Queensland’s read more

Julia Gillard now appears to be the victim of a systematic attempt from within her own party to blow her campaign out of the water. Labor strategists must be terrified about what more there is to come. This introduces total unpredictability, and gives the opposition windfall ammunition. The verac read more

18 July Sydney Morning Herald  MOVING FORWARD Labor's campaign slogan comes with an obvious message: it is the party for the future, the one voters should look to for leadership on the big issues such as population and climate change. It is also a plea to voters to forget the events read more