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The winners are in! 📷 This year’s Australian Life and Little Sydney Lives photography competition winners have been announced. Carly Earl took home first place for her photo titled “Riley Swanson on the Roma Southern Road” depicting young drovers on an old stock route in rural Australia. The winner of the under 18 category was Callum Poling for “February Boat Carnival”. Chloe Wiseman won Little Sydney Lives for her image titled “Home-made Mummy Double-Exposure”. Their incredible images along with all 30 Australian Life finalists are now on display at Customs House Square until 24 August. Australian Life and Little Sydney Lives is sponsored by OM Systems [Image description 1: 3 people stand in front of the Australian Life photography exhibition at night and smile to the camera. The illuminated images can be seen behind them even in the dark. On the left is Carly Earl, to her right is Callum Poling and in front of them both is Chloe Wiseman.] [Image description 2: Two men in wide-brimmed hats lean against a truck at sunset on a remote outback road, watching cattle and an oncoming road train. [Image description 3: A black and white photo of a crowded beach during a surf lifesaving event, with boats, competitors, and spectators lining the shore.] [Image description 4: A woman with curly hair smiles at the camera. The second exposure shows a portrait shadow cast behind her. The image is in black and white.]

Join us! We’ve got roles available in customer service, infrastructure and traffic operations, finance and major events and festivals. Customer service officer – People, Performance and Technology  Be the first point of contact for customer enquiries and requests, providing high quality, friendly, accurate and efficient service.   https://city.sydney/odf Senior engineer, electrical and lighting assets – City Services  Help us meet the community’s lighting needs through the renewal of our latest model LED technology and smart controls across the network.   https://city.sydney/xdw Finance business partner – Chief Financial Office  Work closely with senior leaders and cross-functional teams to help drive strategic decision-making and shape services that benefit our communities.   https://city.sydney/cp2 Sydney New Year’s Eve event staff – City Life   Support Australia’s largest New Year’s Eve event, with multiple casual positions available throughout December 2025 and January 2026.  https://city.sydney/mep We encourage all applicants, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability, and people of diverse sexualities and genders to join us. People from multicultural backgrounds are also encouraged to apply.      Don’t see something here for you? Explore all our current vacancies: https://city.sydney/38t [Image description: Two men opposite from one another, talking, smiling, with clear glass between them, a keyboard and computer on a desk with a screen in the background. Text reads: Want to work at the City of Sydney?]    #Hiring #SydneyJobs #GovernmentJobs #LocalGovernmentJobs

We've just added another floating wetland in Sydney Park. These wetlands give birds a safe place to roost and breed, while also filtering stormwater. Happy birds, healthy waterways, says urban ecologist Charlotte Fletcher. [Video description: Scenes from Sydney Park wetlands are shown, with a female narrator overlaid on the footage. She is wearing a black top, with a colourful scarf. Scenes include a man paddling on a kayak, checking on plants which have been installed on a floating wetland, and footage of the wetland area more broadly.]

Bike trips across our area increased by a massive 20% from March 2024 - March 2025, and Oxford Street is one of busiest bike routes in our city. With the opening of the new Oxford Street cycleway today, riding between the city centre and the city’s east is now easier and smoother. This cycleway is an important piece in the big bike puzzle. In the east it links with Bourke Street cycleway which can take you on to Moore Park, Zetland and beyond. In the west it joins the College Street, Liverpool Street and Castlereagh Street cycleways giving you access to the city’s north, west and south. The cycleway is also a buffer from traffic for people walking, plus we’ve added garden beds and street furniture, and improved the crossings on side streets, making Oxford Street just a nicer place to be. This project was jointly funded by the NSW Government through its Get NSW Active program.

See the current opportunities to work with us – from services, to creative programming and special events. https://lnkd.in/gmpGWME2 [Image description: A view of the Archibald Fountain in Hyde Park. Lush, green trees surround the border of the park, separating it from street traffic. Skyscrapers, including Centrepoint Tower, stand tall in the background. It is an overcast day. Text reads: open tenders.] #Tenders #LocalGovernment #Sydney

Our libraries are vibrant community hubs, run by passionate people who genuinely love helping others. Meet Sarah, one of our incredibly talented (and ridiculously funny) librarians here at the City of Sydney. Step into a day in her life at Green Square Library and see how our team helps keep things organised, welcoming and wonderfully fun. [Video description: Video opens on librarian Sarah standing outside Green Square Library smiling at the camera in a colourful dress. She then enters the library holding an energy drink and smiling to the camera. The video continues to follow her throughout her day as she shelves books, helps customers with books and printing and other duties.] #CityOfSydney #PublicLibraries #GreenSquareLibrary

Not your average soup kitchen, this project in Erskineville does double good. Food at The Soup of Human Kindness is prepared by asylum seeker and refugee chefs in Parliament on King’s commercial kitchen. They're paid for their work. It's then distributed by volunteers for free to people going through a tough time in our local community. Learn more about the project here: https://lnkd.in/g5G-Vh37 In the 5 years since it began, the program has delivered thousands of meals, along with support and opportunities for connection. It’s funded by proceeds from Parliament on King’s social enterprise catering project and a City of Sydney food support grant. #Sydney #Volunteers #FoodRelief [Image description 1: A man and a woman are shown standing in front of a bar and coffee machine. They are smiling broadly while holding boxes of baked goods.] [Image description 2: A man is shown smiling while ladling soup into a white takeaway container.] [Image description 3: A street is shown at night with a large white van parked on it. Two men are shown from behind walking towards the van carrying a red crate filled with white containers.] [Image description 4: The interior of a van filled with crates of soup in takeaway containers and blankets. A man peers in from the side door.]

We’re on the lookout for a diverse range of food and drink vendors to join us at our major events, including Christmas concerts and Sydney New Year’s Eve vantage points. Bring your flavour, flair and sustainability focus to some of Sydney’s most-loved events. Apply by 5pm, Friday 1 August.

We have $29 million in cash funding and in-kind support available through grants and sponsorships this financial year. Right now you can apply for: - Food support grants 🥑 Support for projects that help our communities access affordable and healthy food. - Green building grants ✅ We support building owners and owners’ corporations to make buildings in our area more resource efficient and achieve net zero emissions. - Festivals and events sponsorship 🎪 Funding to support festivals and events that bring our communities together. They can be one-off, yearly or a series of recurring events over a set period. - Innovation and ideas grants 💡 Support for projects that foster innovation, expand opportunities, showcase local expertise and test new ideas to address local and global issues. - Creative live and work spaces🎨 We offer creative studios and living spaces for people working in a creative field in Ultimo and Waterloo. - Accommodation grants🏘️ We have spaces at Joynton Avenue Creative Centre and Banga Community Shed for creative and community sectors to use for up to 100% of rent subsidised for up to 5 years We also have grants that are open year-round until funding is exhausted: - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander collaboration fund ✅ Supports local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander led projects that build stronger communities - Dixon Street improvement grants ✅ Supports the revitalisation for the heart of Chinatown through matched funding for works to shop and building frontages - Quick response grants ✅ Support for small-scale, time-sensitive projects that meet urgent community needs Plus, we’ll have more grants opening early next year. Check out eligibility and find more information on how to apply at https://lnkd.in/gyNsB4S [Image description in comments]

Brrr…. This chilly weather has got us thinking about cold weather adventures. Did you know there used to be an ice-skating rink in Prince Alfred Park in Surry Hills behind the pool? ❄️ The rink was built in 1959 and demolished in the mid-1990s.   It wasn’t the first in our area. The Glaciarium opened on George Street near Central Station in 1907 and closed in 1955. It’s believed to be the first indoor ice-skating rink in New South Wales. Another rink known as the Ice Palais operated in the Hall of Industries at the old Sydney Showground in Moore Park from 1938 to 1951. Fancy a skate yourself? There’s a temporary open air ice-skating rink in front of IMAX Sydney at Darling Harbour until 20 July. Image descriptions in captions. #SydneyHistory #Sydney