Carr flags end of Sydney Harbour as port

"Sydney Harbour will no longer operate as a container terminal, under a major overhaul of the New South Wales State port system.
Premier Bob Carr used his address to the state Labor Party conference to announce that stevedoring leases at Darling Harbour East, Glebe Island and White Bay, would not be renewed when they expire over the coming years.
But he says the plan is good news for Newcastle and Port Kembla, with both regions expected to pick up a greater share of trade.
Mr Carr says the decision to stop using Sydney Harbour as a container terminal would free up 33 hectares of unbroken foreshore.
"[It's] land for open space, housing employment and waterside entertainment," he said.
He says there will also be an expansion of Port Botany, but says a commission of inquiry will be set to examine the plans before any approval is given."

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Redevlopment steals piece of Sydney's culture

"Australia's urban landscape is changing dramatically. As our cities grow, new developments are springing up, replacing heritage buildings. And when the old buildings go, a piece of our culture goes with them.An old-fashioned boxing gym in inner-city Sydney will soon be gutted and redeveloped as units. It's no shining steel and mirrors affair, the Glebe Estate Community Centre is one of the last old-style boxing gyms left in Sydney. But as David Mark reports, boxing champions, rugby league and union players, Pat Rafter, and even the international media mogul Rupert Murdoch have trained there. ..."

Read the full transcript from the ABC's "The World Today" here.