Where community meets culture

Susanna Montrone said Leichhardt locals want to see Italian culture celebrated and are “really supportive” of the not-for-profit. Photo: Sarah Goff-Tunks. When Viva Leichhardt launched two years ago, they hoped to bring spirit back to Leichhardt’s Little Italy, following the COVID-19 pandemic. The not-for-profit alliance unites local businesses to revitalise Little Italy as a thriving cultural precinct. Susanna Montrone, Viva Leichhardt’s district coordinator, said Leichhardt

Sections of the Cooks River remain constrained by rusting steel banks and polluted waters, prompting calls from the community for urgent restoration. Photo: Caitlin Maloney. A growing coalition of community groups have launched a campaign to “fix” the Cooks River and remove the crumbling steel that has lined its banks for decades. At a packed forum on November 8, nearly 150 locals gathered at the Rowers on Cooks River club in Wolli Creek, united by frustration that the river

Metro services currently run from Tallawong to Sydenham, with the line to be extended through to Bankstown. Photo: Caitlin Maloney. Commuters in the Inner West have expressed mixed reactions at another delay in the Southwest Metro. Although the project has reached 75 per cent completion at a station level, Premier Chris Minns confirmed the 11 stops from Sydenham to Bankstown will not open until the “second half of 2026”. Train services on the Bankstown Line, which included

Penny Gulliver has has taught self-defence for over four decades. Photo: Sarah Goff-Tunks. Penny Gulliver was making her way along the Bondi-Tamarama walkway one Sunday in 1990 when the sight of blood-streaked handprints on the cliff-edge caught her eye. From watching news crews at the scene, Gulliver learnt the handprints were of Thai national Kritchikorn Rattanajurathaporn. Rattanajurathaporn, a gay man who had only been living in Australia for four months had been attacke