How Petrol Is Pumping Sydney Motorists Dry Towards $2 A Litre

AS PETROL surges towards the previously unthinkable $2 mark, Sydneysiders are confronting a stark choice - alter their lifestyles or be prepared to scrimp to pay even bigger bills.

Metro Throws Planning On Its Head

YEARS of careful planning to link Sydney's housing, transport and employment hubs has been jettisoned by the decision to abandon a heavy rail line to Rouse Hill and replace it with an independent metro line, Australia's top planning body has warned.

Pop's Rising Star Dazzles In Whistle-stop Visit

AT the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney this week, there were oodles of B-grade celebrities, plenty of booze and, almost as an aside, a performance from arguably the hottest pop star in the world. So far, Leona Lewis' debut album Spirit has shifted almost 4 million albums around the world. In Britain, she boasts the record for the fastest selling debut of all time, a mantle she stole from rockers the Arctic Monkeys.