The federal election is Saturday May 18.

It’s that time of the election cycle again when the various parties promise funds for varying issues across the community.

The seat of Sydney includes Surry Hills (north), Paddington, Potts Point, Ultimo (east) and Woolloomooloo.

The seat of Balmain includes Glebe and Ultimo (west).

The seat of Newtown includes Chippendale, Darlington, Erskineville, Eveleigh, Newtown, Redfern, Surry Hills (south) and Waterloo (north).

The seat of Heffron includes Alexandria, Beaconsfield, Erskineville (east), Rosebery, Waterloo (south) and Zetland.

One year out from the next state election people from all parts of Sydney and NSW issued a powerful call for clean, renewable energy.

Regional Forest Agreements are the legal means by which logging of public native forests takes place.

'We are Australians and we are ashamed. We are afraid that we are breaching international human rights agreements. These people are human beings.

Parallels with President Duterte at commemoration of 45th anniversary of Marcos declaring martial law.

Let us not repeat the past but do something new, working on the things that make for peace in our homes and communities.

Meet Erica Lui the only non-aligned independent standing as candidate for councillor.

Meet Linda Scott and the Labor candidates for 2016 City of Sydney Council election.

Meet Clover Moore and the Clover Moore Independent team candidates for 2016 City of Sydney Council elections.

Meet Lindsay Johnston and The Greens' candidates for the 2016 City of Sydney Council election.

Meet Angela Vithoulkas and Sydney Matters candidates for 2016 City of Sydney Council election.

Meet Christine Forster and the Liberal candidates for 2016 City of Sydney Council elections.

The SSH posed eight questions to the candidates announced...

Infrastructure Investment in public infrastructure is critical for Australia now...

Infrastructure Successive state and federal governments have failed to plan...

The SSH posed eight questions to the candidates announced by May 24, 2016. The responses of those who replied are included here.

In 2013, sitting member Tanya Plibersek, Deputy Leader of the Opposition, was elected with a two-party preferred margin of 14.7 per cent. In the latest boundary redistribution, the seat of Sydney became slightly less safe for Labor, but still very safe.

Can we really say we are a country that believes in a fair go? Social and political prejudices are contradicting our core Australian values, argues Peter Maher.

Greens MP Jenny Leong relishes the privilege of having been elected to serve the people of Newtown. The past month has seen her give an inaugural speech in parliament, set up an electoral office in King Street, and engage a host of constituents on key issues including the WestConnex project, the Central to Eveleigh development, affordable housing and the maintenance of “diverse, safe, vibrant community spaces”. It’s an exciting time for the newly elected MP who brings palpable enthusiasm and expertise in a range of fields well suited to her portfolio responsibilities: Arts and Creative Industries, Rental and Tenancy Housing, LGBTIQ and Human Rights.

The South Sydney Herald is distributed across four state seats: Heffron, Sydney, Newtown and Balmain. Since the state election on March 28, only Heffron is held by a major party.

Balmain is shaping up to be a hotly contested seat between sitting member Jamie Parker (Greens), former member and Minister Verity Firth (Labor), and 24-year-old Lyndon Gannon (Liberal), an office manager for a pro-Liberal lobbying consultancy.

Heffron is considered to be a safe seat for Labor but is changing rapidly, particularly in areas like Alexandria, Zetland and Mascot.

Alex Greenwich is opposed to the sale of inner-city...

The proposed changes to council elections have been met with strong opposition from many members of the City of Sydney. The changes, which are part of the bill introduced to the state parliament on August 14 by Shooters and Fishers MP Robert Bersak, would see businesses given two votes in elections.