Let’s put some pride back in Oxford Street. We should be talking it up and delivering solutions, not talking it down solely for political gain.

NSW Premier Barry O’Farrell will not support plans for the state to become the latest to follow the lead of Tasmania and pursue state-based marriage equality laws.

The future of Kings Cross will be high on the agenda at a public forum in Potts Point tonight where City of Sydney lord mayoral candidates will discuss their plans for Council ahead of next month’s local government elections.

Sick of hearing constant negativity and pessimism surrounding the current state of Oxford Street by parties contesting the City of Sydney election, one high-profile candidate has come into bat for the city’s struggling gay mile saying it’s not all “doom and gloom”.

SYDNEY: Residents and businesses in the inner-city could be paying less council rates, with the Liberal Party announcing its plan for the City of Sydney involves massively reducing capital spending as well as a 10 per cent cut and freeze of rates.

As rumours abound prominent marriage equality advocate Alex Greenwich is being groomed for a career in state politics, the Australian Marriage Equality national convener has insisted he remains focused only on the continuing campaign for marriage equality and helping Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore’s team at the upcoming local council elections.

Having embraced her gay fans for the best part of a quarter of a century, pop songstress Kylie Minogue will extend similar themes of love and acceptance to the rest of the city as part of her role as Creative Ambassador for the City of Sydney’s 2012 Sydney New Year’s Eve celebrations.

The City of Sydney has angrily rejected claims it has stealthily decided to install a new bike lane along Oxford Street following attacks upon Lord Mayor Clover Moore’s infrastructure record by parties opposing her at the September 8 council elections.

Thousands of people took part in marriage equality rallies across Australia over the weekend, with optimism about the chance of same-sex marriage being legalised only growing after South Australia became the latest state or territory in recent weeks to indicate it would push for the reform. 

Sydney Mardi Gras will receive extra funding to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the parade in 2013, with the City of Sydney announcing an increase in cash sponsorship for the annual festival celebrating the LGBTIQ community.

SYDNEY: The Reg Murphy Centre in Elizabeth Bay will continue as a venue for theatre and the arts with the City of Sydney now accepting expressions of interest from applicants willing and able to run the performance space.

In the wake of the bashing murder of Thomas Kelly and concerns over drunken and anti-social behaviour in Kings Cross, a panel discussion jointly hosted by FBi Radio and Time Out Sydney will tomorrow night seek to explore what’s next for Sydney’s nightlife.

It was standing room only at a public forum at Town Hall held last night to discuss ways to curb alcohol-fuelled violence on the streets of Kings Cross, with the NSW Government announcing an immediate compliance audit of all 58 late-trading licensed premises in the precinct.

One of the country’s best known advocates for gay rights, Alex Greenwich, has decided to enter the world of politics with the Sydney local joining Lord Mayor Clover Moore’s team of independent candidates ahead of September’s City of Sydney council elections.

NSW Premier Barry O’Farrell has come under renewed pressure to help put an end to alcohol-fuelled violence on the streets of Kings Cross following a deadly unprovoked attack on a teenager on what was his first ever visit to the famous entertainment district.