Sewell Singer

We would like to say he began with what upcomers dream of, a big hit. He’d been a musician for years, but in 2014, Conrad Sewell wrote and sent the song Firestone to DJ Kygo. 1.3 billion plays later, along with two albums and a host of other hits, Sewell is still “loving what he does”, still singing the Sewell version of soul.

Australian singer-songwriter Conrad Sewell seems to possess a voice that serves as the perfect complement to modern electronic music. A song created digitally often needs the soul of a human voice so it’s perhaps the reason he has featured on hit after hit including Braver Love (2015), Who Am I (2019) and Kingdom (2020).

Stopping incidents before they happen: how video monitoring is changing security in Sydney

Proactive video monitoring combines live video with real-time human response to actively deter crime. Rather than relying solely on alarms, trained security operators verify suspicious activity as it happens and take immediate action. This can include issuing live audio warnings, escalating alerts, or contacting emergency services.

The $30,000 Tree

Sydney’s greenery is one of our city’s greatest assets – both for the environment and now also for homeowners’ wallets. A new study from the University of Technology Sydney has found mature street and park trees with larger canopies within 10 to 20 metres of a home can increase that home’s market value by up to $30,000.

FEATURES | ANZAC day: Remembering Courage, Loss and Lives

At 4:30 in the morning of 25 April 1915, men of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps poured out of landing crafts to scale the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey. Had they succeeded, it would have dealt a decisive blow and, perhaps, shortened World War I.