Declan Bowring

More than 40 years after he was diagnosed with HIV, the chair of Qtopia is being remembered as "a spectacular and selfless guy". 

Putney Beach at Putney Park in Sydney's north-west had its grand opening on Wednesday.

Four men including the landowner laid down Lapstone's red brick kerbs and they haven't changed in 70 years. 

All industries in the economy would be subject to the plan, although how the framework's targets would be met is unclear.

Seven years after being forcibly amalgamated and following a recent community survey rejecting the idea, Bayside Council has voted to only pursue a demerger if the state government will fund it.

Wildlife groups say thermal drone imagery has found more than a dozen koalas in an area that isn't recognised by the state's koala strategy.

Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek made the announcement on Friday as part of $107 million for urban river revitalisation projects around the country.  

The government announces Western Sydney's Penrith Beach can reopen this weekend as negotiations with the private land owner are finalised.

The presenter signed off in front of a live audience on Friday in the weekly segment he kicked off in 1988. 

Carevan Blacktown, which began as a mobile food service for people down on their luck a decade ago, is seeing the demographics of their clientele change.