Mandy Taheri is a Newsweek reporter based in Brooklyn You can get in touch with Mandy via email: m.taheri@newsweek.com either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content A pro-Palestinian activist and constituent heckled Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez during an event in Queens repeatedly calling her a "war criminal" over her stance on the ongoing Israel-Hamas war Newsweek has reached out to Ocasio-Cortez's press team for comment via email on Saturday Ocasio-Cortez is often considered one of the moreprogressive members of the Democratic Party. She has recently been touring the country with Senator Bernie Sanders' holding rallies to mobilize and "fight oligarchy" and oppose President Donald Trump The ongoing war in Gaza, which has resumed after a temporary ceasefire, remains a flashpoint in U.S. politics. Trump has voiced his strong support for Israel, floated the idea of taking over the Gaza Strip, and has condemned pro-Palestinian protests on school campuses. He has also supported the arrests of some protestors such as Mahmoud Khalil The Democrat has accused Israel of carrying out a "genocide," claims the country has dismissed, but hasn't consistently used this characterization. In the early months of the war, she called for "conditioning aid to Israel," as a "responsible course of action," to ensure that "public resources do not facilitate gross violations of human rights and international law." She has also called out a pro-Palestinian protest in New York City as "unacceptable and harmful" for alleged expressions of antisemitism Pro-Palestinian activists have confronted Ocasio-Cortez before, saying she's not doing enough for the Palestinian cause. Many progressive voters in the 2024 presidential election were frustrated with then-President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris over the issue did not do enough to halt Israel's military campaigns and provide humanitarian aid to Gazans and I want to know what you're doing about the genocide in Gaza." She continued by calling the representative a "war criminal." Kings has shared videos and images from the town hall on her social media account. Her account features several other pro-Palestinian posts and videos, and recent Instagram stories calling out Representative Ocasio-Cortez Newsweek has reached out to Kings on Instagram for comment and confirmation via email on Saturday "At least with the Republican Party we know what we are dealing with you're a snake," she can be heard saying in another video but not before she told the congresswoman to "stop the genocide Ocasio-Cortez said: "I more than welcome people who disagree or are super pissed off at me for any issue to come Please wait for the Q&A because we don't want to deprive all of our neighbors of the ability to have information and hear them respond to it." Kings' posted an Instagram Story of the town hall with the words "Do you notice how Gaza isn't even on the agenda??? Shame on these fascists." She has over 53,000 followers on the social media platform The most recent conflict in Gaza, which began after Hamas launched a fatal attack on Israel on October 7 killing about 1,200 people and taking 250 people hostage The war has since spread across multiple fronts in the Middle East The Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza reports more than 52,400 people have been killed Israel has repeatedly bombed and blockaded the enclave and aid trucks have reportedly not entered the area since early March Israel has been repeatedly withheld and blocked humanitarian aid from entering Gaza Ocasio-Cortez wrote about the U.S.'s hold on ammunition to Israel "The United States has an obligation to uphold its own laws and to respect human rights globally withholding US military aid is a major development towards ceasefire." In November 2024, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in part finding him guilty of "the war crime of starvation as a method of warfare." Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wrote in an X post on Saturday morning: "Thank you to all our neighbors who joined us for yesterday's town hall—it was our largest district town hall ever the United Nations under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs and relief coordinator said in a statement on Thursday: "Aid It leaves them without basic medical support Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wrote on X on April 30: "Israel is waging a just war with just means against Hamas that murdered 1200 innocent people on October 7 and still holds 59 innocent people hostage." Ceasefire negotiations between Israel and Hamas have stalled Israeli media has reported that the country's security Cabinet has approved plans for an expanded operation in Gaza Ocasio-Cortez's current term ends on January 3, 2027. She has emerged as a prominent figure within the Democratic Party She has not indicated whether a presidential run is in her future though early polling indicates she is among the top contenders for the Democratic nomination in 2028 Newsweek is committed to challenging conventional wisdom and finding connections in the search for common ground Newsweek is committed to journalism that's factual and fair Hold us accountable and submit your rating of this article on the meter. 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The 4th Annual Alexandria Springtime Art Festival is taking place at John Carlyle Square, and the Lee-Fendall House Museum & Garden is putting on a Wine & Art Night Carlyle House Historic Park is getting in on the action with preservation tours and a Family Fun Day focused on garden activities you’ll also find farmers’ markets and live music performances scattered throughout various venues in Alexandria A complete listing of events, live music, and entertainment can be found below and here Stay in the know about Alexandria! Join 8,700+ residents who rely on the ALXnow free newsletter for the latest news, restaurant openings, and essential information delivered straight to their inbox. Sign Up For Our Free Newsletter The following are the most-read ALXnow articles for May 2 Here’s what’s happening today in Alexandria Organizing an event? Submit your event to ALXnow’s Event Calendar Planning ahead? Here’s what’s going on tomorrow Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) wants to get into a battle of wits with border czar Tom Homan and the Department of Justice (DOJ) over illegal immigration Ocasio-Cortez spoke with New Yorkers about how Homan has said that she could be deterring the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from deporting illegal immigrants Ocasio-Cortez is oddly quite alright with being an object of focus for Homan "When we first did one of these seminars… Tom Homan said that he was threatening to refer me to the DOJ because I'm using my free speech rights in order to advise people of their constitutionally guaranteed protections and to that I say: Come for me," AOC said I’m not so sure if that’s a bear you want to poke Those "seminars" she was talking about were the "Know Your Rights" webinars she hosted in February that informed illegal immigrants on how to challenge people who may want to deport them. According to Fox News "People were recommended to ask for warrants record searches if ICE came calling and were given tips on how to differentiate between different warrants ICE agents are likely to carry." That prompted Homan to say that Ocasio-Cortez could have been crossing a line "I'm working with the Department of Justice and finding out. Where is that line that they cross? So maybe AOC is going to be in trouble now," Homan said after the event "What she needs to do is read the statutes enacted by Congress… because it's a crime to enter this country illegally." AOC (left) wants Tom Homan (right) and the DOJ to come for her after she is finding ways to help illegal immigrants stay in America (Images taken from Getty) I’m no expert on the ins and outs of the immigration debate I’m pretty sure that means you don’t have the rights of a legitimate American citizen So if AOC keeps telling people how to avoid justice coming to them she will probably get the attention of the DOJ You are agreeing to OutKick's Terms of Use and Privacy Policy DISCLAIMER: This site is 100% for entertainment purposes only and does not involve real money betting. 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Kate Plummer is a Newsweek reporter based in London and she is particularly interested in the impact of social policy decisions on people as well as the finances of political campaigns Kate joined Newsweek in 2023 from The Independent and has also been published in multiple publications including The Times and the Daily Mail in History from the University of Oxford and an M.A You can get in touch with Kate by emailing k.plummer@newsweek.com "Don't let them trick us into thinking we are enemies," Ocasio-Cortez told the packed Ford Idaho Center in Nampa The rousing message made it into a 90‑second video of the event—shared on X last week—which pulled in 8.5 million views and reignited an old question: Could the youngest woman ever elected to Congress become the youngest person ever elected president who has represented New York's 14th congressional district since 2019 told reporters it was "just a video," but 2028 noise is already buzzing among social media pundits and political analysts "She is running and she is going to be more formidable than some Democrats seem to think," said media commentator Chris Cillizza in a post responding to the viral X video Newsweek contacted representatives for Ocasio-Cortez by email to comment on this story If the former bartender from the Bronx does decide to run she will first have to convince Democratic voters in what is likely to be a crowded primary Pollster Nate Silver, founder of FiveThirtyEight, argued earlier in April that Ocasio-Cortez's youth and media savvy could make her a strong 2028 candidate although he cautioned that she might choose not to run the minimum age required to be eligible for president Recent polls reflect a growing appetite among Democrats for Ocasio-Cortez's candidacy. A Quantus Insights survey of 700 Democrats found her to be the second-choice candidate for 2028 with 14 percent support. She was behind former Vice President Kamala Harris who lost to Trump in November and got 30 percent in the Quantus poll The poll was conducted between April 21 and April 23 and has a margin of error of +/- 3.1 percent told Newsweek that Ocasio-Cortez poses a "serious threat" for the nomination citing her "huge rally turnouts" and strong poll numbers an associate professor in the Department of Political Science at the University at Buffalo noted that her prospects hinge on how Democrats interpret their 2024 defeat—whether they believe Harris being "too moderate" hurt the party or not parties tend to 'double down' on whatever strategy they had in the previous campaign," he said this means being more conservative or more liberal if the perception among insiders is that they weren't sufficiently 'pure' enough to excite the base It's not clear what Democrats are thinking on this dimension If the internal narrative is that Harris tried to be too moderate then someone like AOC might have some appeal I simply don't know where the party is in terms of the narrative that they are constructing surrounding Harris' loss." While there has been much soul-searching and analysis about Harris' election defeat according to polling conducted after the election by J.L the two main reasons the then-vice president lost was because of voter's reticence to elect a woman and because of economic concerns a political scientist who runs the Centre on U.S Politics at University College London (UCL) agreed and said Ocasio-Cortez was likely to come up against opposition similar to the opposition Sanders faced when he ran for the Democratic nomination In 2016, the Independent from Vermont garnered around 19 percent of the vote in the Democratic primary He dropped out in 2020 after receiving over 1,000 delegates "AOC is a celebrity with a near cult following," Gift told Newsweek. "However, the same problem that Bernie Sanders ran into is the one AOC will run into if she aspires for the White House It's hard for a quasi-avowed socialist to win a national election in the U.S it remains unclear whether she widen her circle of support and pick off a certain fraction of former Trump voters and moderate Democrats she'll be picked apart for fringe views on a litany of cultural issues and her big government approach to policymaking." If Ocasio-Cortez wins the Democratic nomination, she will then face the electorate at large and run for president against the Republican nominee—likely to be Vice President JD Vance A Siena College poll of 802 New York state voters found that 21 percent of Republicans now view her favorably—up from just six percent in 2019 Neiheisel said this "could just be a reflection of greater familiarity with her in the state" or because New Yorkers might "see her as one of the more reasonable" members of the so-called "squad", a group of progressives in Congress And a Gallup poll in January suggested she had a net favorability rating of -10 percent among Americans suggesting her popularity is far from assured told Newsweek Ocasio-Cortez was too progressive to win over the electorate "AOC has as much chance of winning the White House as the Las Vegas Raiders have in winning the Super Bowl immigration and healthcare will not appeal to swing voters in the battleground states especially more traditionally conservative suburbanites as two of the last three presidential elections have shown slightly left of center female nominees are not electable due to traditional culturally biased attitudes against women in positions of high authority an expert in American politics at the University of Surrey in the U.K. said Ocasio-Cortez doesn't play as well with "older more centrist Democrats" and is seen as radical by some states where "Democrats have to appeal to the center-right as much as the center-left." "The USA is an inherently conservative capitalist country and therefore it will always be hard for a true progressive to win the middle ground to a necessary extent to win the White House," he told Newsweek But some conservative voices are sounding alarms about Ocasio-Cortez's potential "Just a word of warning to the Republicans, to my party, do not underestimate AOC, she's young, she's vibrant, she's attractive," former Trump Treasury official Monica Crowley told Fox News last November. "I think she's wrong on everything And all the energy and activism in the Democrat party remains with the revolutionary left "She's going to run and her message of economic populism is more powerful than people are giving her credit for," conservative political commentator Meghan McCain predicted earlier this month Ocasio-Cortez raised approximately $15.16 million during the 2023–2024 election cycle for her 2024 congressional reelection campaign according to Federal Election Commission data The average for House members that year was $3.31 million Ocasio-Cortez achieved her strongest fundraising quarter to date bringing in $9.6 million from 266,000 individual donors she would become the first female president of the United States and the youngest ever person to hold the office A President Ocasio-Cortez would also beat the record for the U.S president with the longest surname in history That polysyllabic distinction currently belongs to former President Dwight D who served in office between 1953 and 1961 Hold us accountable and submit your rating of this article on the meter. The Vermont senator and the New York representative are rallying huge crowds with a message to reshape the Democratic party Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the courage to brawl for the working classThis article is more than 1 month oldThe Vermont senator and the New York representative are rallying huge crowds with a message to reshape the Democratic party But he is drawing larger crowds now than he did when he was campaigning for the White House with his shock of white hair and booming delivery is that his fears – a government captured by billionaires who exploit working people – have become an undeniable reality and people are angry “For years, I’ve talked about the concept of oligarchy as an abstraction,” Sanders, an independent who votes with Democrats and twice sought the party’s presidential nomination, said in an interview after a joint rally in Tempe, Arizona, with the New York representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez The Vermont senator recalled Donald Trump’s inauguration when the three wealthiest people on the planet – Elon Musk Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg – were seated in front of his cabinet nominees in what many viewed as a shocking display of power and influence “You gotta be kind of blind not to understand that you have a government of the billionaire class you’ve got Trump moving very rapidly toward an authoritarian form of society.” Two months after Trump was sworn in for a second term Democratic activists and an increasingly vocal chorus of voters say they are terrified the 83-year-old democratic socialist is stepping in to fill the void But his aim is not only to revive the anti-Trump resistance movement – he wants a bottom-up overhaul of the American political system Them just holding paddle boards up and staying quiet or wearing pink blazers is not enoughAlexandra Rodriguez, 20“It’s not just oligarchy that we are going to fight. It’s not just authoritarianism that we’re going to fight,” Sanders told an arena full of supporters at Arizona State University on Thursday night “We will not accept a society today in which we have massive income and wealth inequality where the very rich have never done better while working families are struggling to put food on the table.” voters have been showing up at town halls to vent their alarm and rage over the president’s aggressive power grabs and the Musk-led mass firings of federal workers But they are also furious at the Democratic leadership charging that their party spent an entire election season warning of the threat Trump posed to US democracy and yet now appeared either unable or unwilling to stand up to him “Them just holding paddle boards up and staying quiet or wearing pink blazers is not enough,” said Alexandra Rodriguez referring to the Democrats’ acts of protest during Trump’s address to Congress earlier this month “I think they do need to be willing to go to extremes.” The decision has unleashed a torrent of anger from his party’s base forcing him to postpone a book tour as he defends himself against calls to step down as leader On Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez’s western tour the New York representative was interrupted by intermittent calls to “Primary Chuck!” We need a Democratic party that fights harder for us She urged the crowd to help elect candidates “with the courage to brawl for the working class” Democrats “absolutely need to get stronger” said as she waited with her mother and aunt to enter the venue on Thursday night Robbie Lambert, 70, a retired special education teacher, said keeping up with the turmoil in Washington was beginning to feel like a full-time job. Just that afternoon, Trump had signed an executive order aimed at dismantling the Department of Education who was on vacation in Arizona and decided she had to attend the Tempe rally makes you feel like you’re doing something.” The Arizona representative Yassamin Ansari said she had been hearing similar calls for action from constituents across her district this week including at an event with LGBTQ+ business leaders and an at-capacity town hall where several people shared that it was the first political event they had ever attended “People are really fed up,” Ansari said in an interview makes you feel like you’re doing somethingRobbie Lambert Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez are the most prominent Democrats offering both a strategy to confront Trump and an alternative vision for the party In 2024, Democrats lost support among young people and Latino voters – core constituencies – and recent polling found that the party’s popularity is at an all-time low Few Democrats disagree that their party needs to course-correct but how and to what degree remains a topic of intense debate Supporters say the success of Sanders’ tour, which began last month in Omaha, Nebraska, is a clear sign that Democrats want the party to aggressivelyfight what they view as Trump’s encroaching authoritarianism – not “roll over and play dead”, as veteran strategist James Carville suggested in an op-ed They also view it as an endorsement of Sanders’ policy agenda arguing that his brand of economic populism is the right match for this turbulent political moment According to a memo by Sanders’ longtime adviser the senator has raised more than $7m from more than 200,000 donors since February and is drawing crowds 25% to 100% larger than at the height of his presidential campaigns in 2016 and 2020 more than 30,000 people attended a rally in Denver – the largest audience Sanders has ever drawn “We’re living in an intensely populist moment right now,” Shakir wrote It’s ‘very top versus everyone else’.” The title of his memo: “It’s a populist revolt The joint appearance by the 35-year-old New York representative and the Vermont senator who she has said inspired her to run for office naturally raised the question: is Ocasio-Cortez the heir to the progressive movement Sanders has been building since before she was born Several rally-goers in Tempe believed she had the potential to lead the party – and perhaps even the country “I hope she’s the first woman president,” said Norman Ellison There was also a tinge of wistfulness in the arena Supporters dressed in old campaign t-shirts and hats and one person sported a pin that said who has all but ruled out a third run for president 50-minute critique of the “top 1%” with the moral ferocity that has long endeared him to legions of politically disaffected supporters being working class in America is a death sentence,” he bellowed Ocasio-Cortez’s opening remarks were no less visceral were “taking a wrecking ball to our country” and “screwing over” working people “We’re gonna throw these bums out,” she declared While both Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez share a political vision their double act showcased the distinct styles of two progressive leaders at opposite ends of their career arcs Ocasio-Cortez offered a more personal touch weaving elements of her biography into her speech – something Sanders is typically loath to do whose death from a rare form of cancer plunged the family into economic uncertainty labor and human dignity because I’m an extremist,” she said pushing back on the rightwing caricature of her “I believe in these things because I was a waitress.” She said she empathized with Americans who felt overwhelmed and demoralized and encouraged them not to give in to despair “We won’t do that,” someone in the crowd yelled Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez left the arena to address an overflow crowd that hadn’t been able to get in “This is where the future is,” said Sebastian Santamaria gesturing toward the empty podium adorned with a “Fight Oligarchy” placard “As a person who has supported Democrats in the past I don’t want to keep supporting you if it doesn’t look more like this.” What Happened: Trump announced a pause in the tariffs in a Truth Social post around 1:18 p.m the founder of Tolou Capital Management and Unusual Whales a popular social media commentator and online suite for data feeds and tools on options flows showed that call volumes for various contracts started spiking around 1:00 p.m said that “Any member of Congress who purchased stocks in the last 48 hours should probably disclose that now.” AOC added that “We're about to learn a few things It's time to ban insider trading in Congress.” Unusual Whales highlighted that SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust SPY 509 calls expiring on Wednesday Series 1 QQQ 406 calls expiring on April 17 someone knew,” said Unusual Whales in its X post Join Plus500 today and get up to $200 to start trading real futures then jump into live markets with lightning-fast execution See Also: Ford, GM To Witness ‘Higher Demand’ As American Carmakers Set To ‘Reap The Fruit Of Protectionism,’ Says Expert: Here’s A List Of Potential Gainers And Losers From Trump Tariffs disclosed the purchase of several stocks that faced steep drawdowns last week The purchases were made on April 3 and April 4, according to the Benzinga Government Trades tracker and all trades reported in the filing have a reported value ranging from $1,000 to $15,000 Berkshire Hathaway Inc. BRK, Caterpillar Inc. CAT, Dell Technologies Inc. DELL, and FedEx Corp. FDX are some of the other 17 total stocks she purchased. Price Action: SPY rose by 10.50% on Wednesday, whereas QQQ advanced 12.00%. Nasdaq 100 rose to exit the bear territory and was down 13.85% from its previous record of 22,222.61 points. The S&P 500 was still in the correction zone, down 11.23% from its last high of 6,147.43 points. Whereas Dow Jones was 9.91% lower than its 52-week high of 45,073.63 points. On Thursday, the futures of Dow were down by 0.22%, and the futures of S&P 500 and the Nasdaq 100 index were 0.56% and 1.03% lower, respectively. Stock Score Locked: Want to See it?Benzinga Rankings give you vital metrics on any stock – anytime Benzinga does not provide investment advice Date of Trade▲▼ticker▲▼Put/Call▲▼Strike Price▲▼DTE▲▼Sentiment▲▼Click to see more Options updatesOptions ActivityIdentify Smart Money MovesSee what positions smart money is taking on your favorite stocks with the Benzinga Edge Unusual Options board free reports and breaking news that affects the stocks you care about “Unbelievable!” he declared upon reaching the microphone “There are people half a mile away!” Moments later he claimed 36,000 people were gathered before him which constituted “the largest rally that we have ever had.”  If I were forced to paint with a broad brush—and at 36,000 people a broad brush would be the instrument of choice—I’d say the crowd was a coalition of aging hippies and entertainment industry millennials but nobody in the throngs surprised me by their presence I did manage to find one woman who voted for Donald Trump in 2016 before voting for Biden in 2020 “I’m so thankful [Bernie] is doing this kind of thing.” This was a message I heard repeatedly from attendees: Those gathered were hoping for hope itself “I’m hoping for some answers about how to stay encouraged … I’m hoping this is a positive day and adds some clarity to the situation.” Moments later There were plenty of therapeutic aspects to the rally like Joan Baez crooning “Imagine” or Neil Young and Baez singing “Keep on Rocking in the Free World.” But despite Sanders’s promise that “we’re going to make our revolution with joy We’re going to sing and dance our way to victory,” it was hard to characterize the crowd as hopeful there was a determination among these 36,000 people A 32-year-old screenwriter named Brett told me: “The only way I know how to go on is to hope and believe—and certainly it won’t happen if we don’t come here and try to work together and listen to each other.”  And there was that other kind of determination as well—the determination to unite a left wing in the place of an official institutional party organ that feels incapable of much at the moment This was not the hardened Bernie crowd of 2016 I saw far more Harris-Walz shirts than Bernie 2020 shirts That determination to hope has seemingly expanded the tent there’s a precarious challenge that Sanders—and his younger protégés who will carry this movement into the post-Trump era—are going to have to face They have to unite a defeated half of the political spectrum and turn all of these determined sparks of hope into a structured movement “When something big happens in the country and people feel like something’s wrong they’ll pick one of two things—sometimes it drives them further into apathy We see this billionaire takeover of our country and now we have to stand at that crossroad and try to get people into something Because there’s also a lot of people in this moment who will fall more into apathy and our job is to make sure that doesn’t happen.” this crowd was far from apathetic; indifference isn’t a strong enough force to get the average person to stand in the Los Angeles sun all day the heat was punishing: Sanders had to stop his speech several times to call medics into the crowd the nurses’ union rushed off the stage to help And their assistance was limited to the people they could see: If there really were 36,000 people at this thing only about 10,000 of them were visible from the stage; the rest were on the other side of a treebank and the press riser.  That crowd stood in a dirt lot watching a Jumbotron The mood became more vague as you worked your way through the outer reaches; in the further orbit there was less of that sense of passion and determination even at the margins there was a consensus among the furthest-flung that this was Here on the periphery you’d encounter a hollowed-out dumpster with a younger group perched on the rim watching the event unfold on the big screen.  “This moment did not come out of nowhere,” she said “The destruction of our rights and democracy is directly tied to the growing and extreme wealth inequality that has been growing for years in America.” This was where the nerve was most visibly touched: Attacks against the encroaching oligarchy received noticeably louder responses even than attacks against Trump One union leader’s remark lambasting a “bone-spurred chicken-hawk commander in chief” didn’t receive quite the same boos as her line hitting the “one percent and the corrupt politicians who got richer out of the market manipulation we saw last week.”   as I did during the nascent stages of the Trump movement that enough of these people are pissed off about the same things that they might actually do something they might even do that radical thing where they all get together and vote there was a clear passing of the torch and a message taking shape Sanders’s argument was broad; he bashed “a corrupt campaign finance system” and Elon Musk generally Both of those were ripe objects of criticism but Ocasio-Cortez had a more finely tuned message While he criticized them for listening to “their billionaires,” she attacked specific practices like congressional stock trading and corporate lobbying Sanders attacked Trump’s billionaire coterie we must defeat the system that created him.” and if that movement becomes a tent big enough to win elections anti-corruption is the tentpole propping it up Our present shit show of a health care system can be tied to billionaire health care CEOs are corrupt by virtue of their obscene wealth alone The horror of the Gaza genocide can be tied to AIPAC’s influence in Washington which so often feels like naked corruption The housing crisis too can be blamed on billionaires—again corrupt by virtue of their wealth alone—buying up property just to drive up the price of living Corruption is quickly becoming the through line and the message from the Los Angeles stage hammered this home: Your life feels more difficult more 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THE PAGE YOU'RE LOOKING FOR HAS GONE ASTRAY GO BACK TO THE HOME PAGE The Province of Alexandria has held its first Synod since the election of its bishops and the endorsement of its archbishop Because of some international travel restrictions the meeting was held in Uganda last month in the hope that every Diocese could participate The meeting was also attended by Bishop Anthony who had been acting bishop of North Africa his successor who will be ordained bishop on May 11th Archbishop Samy gave an account of the meeting to the Friends of the Province of Alexandria in a zoom meeting on May Day He outlined the context as one of constitutional crisis and deep division in the Anglican Church and spoke of GAFCON (Global Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans) as a “remnant for the sake of the Gospel.” He outlined the basis of his faith with great conviction and clearly felt at ease that the Province should be aligned with those of whom he spoke as orthodox including GFSA (Global South Fellowship of Anglican Churches) As a member of the Anglican body that advises on matters of faith and order (IASCUFO) Archbishop Samy referred to its efforts to redefine what it means to be Anglican and stressed the need to pray for discernment of the truth The main business of the Synod involved working together on a vision statement and mission strategy for the Province In summary that vision was for a Church that is: rooted in Christ transforming communities and acting with the love and truth of the Gospel That translated into five practical mission objectives: To proclaim the Gospel faithfully in word and deed To shepherd the people of God through sacramental life To equip and empower local churches to serve their communities with compassion and justice evangelism and interfaith dialogue throughout the Province and To promote unity in diversity across cultures and dioceses Archbishop Samy identified this as “work in progress.” The Friends were also brought up to date with developments at the Alexandria School of Theology which is hoping to add to its accredited courses with a D coasters and canvases that Suzanne Williams She started watching YouTube videos on how to decorate coasters “I stepped out of my comfort zone and started doing it,” Williams said “I taught myself everything by watching videos and just trying.”  coasters and canvases are decorated with different themes a Christmas scene with an old red pick-up and steampunk scenes her favorite designs include those that have children in them The coasters she makes that have blue herons on them are a crowd favorite She tries to have different themes to grab someone’s attention What may not sell one week may eventually sell the next to someone who was looking for something just like it “You never know what people are going to be attracted to,” she said Willams started decorating cigar boxes because she wanted to see how they turned out “I try to make all sizes and anything I can think of to go in them,” she says  She also likes to use them because she can decorate them however she wants “And people really started liking them,” she said You could keep anything you want to in here,” Williams said “I just sit home in my little craft room and create,” Williams said She knows she won’t make a fortune selling her creations but making people happy is priceless to her She’s been a vendor at the the Cabrini Farmers Market for a little over a month.   “This is the only place I’ve ever been,” she said. “I love it here because it’s like a community.”  The market is held from 9 a.m. to noon Saturdays in the back parking lot of St. Francis Cabrini Church on East Texas Avenue.  Monday - Friday 9am-12pm / 2pm-6pm GMT + 1 All financial news and data tailored to specific country editions industrial giant Goodman has put its foot on a 12,530sq m freehold site with 9909sq m of building improvements.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut according to Colliers’ Michael Crombie and the team that inked the deal alongside CBRE the location has set the new benchmark price for the industrial core investment market.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe prime industrial site at 118-124 Bourke Road is a high-exposure site along a major thoroughfare through Alexandria an inner-southern suburb of Sydney.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe site formerly owned by an entity called 118 Bourke Road Pty Limited with directors listed as Lu Min Yong last changed hands for $19 million in 2014.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The pricing achieved for this Alexandria investment is testament that well-located good quality buildings always achieve superior pricing,” Crombie said.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“South Sydney has seen limited investment product come to market in 2024 as the majority of stock sold has been for a higher and better use.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The interest from the REITs was extremely strong.”\u003c/p\u003e\u003cdiv 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years CBRE’s Jason Edge said.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The South Sydney industrial precinct remains in high demand from both investors and global capital,” Edge said.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The bidding was extremely competitive due to the high-quality improvements and strong underlying land value providing groups various short and longer-term optionality.”\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGoodman Group has significant holdings within Alexandria 63 Campbell Road and 45-49 O’Riordan Street.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile shareholders may have voted down Goodman chief executive Greg Goodman’s pay package the industrial juggernaut is focused on the development of its infrastructure pipeline.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGoodman has large landholdings all over the world but it is currently concentrating on its 5gW pipeline of data centres Lendlease’s third residential building in the Collins Wharf precinct of Victoria Harbour.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 28-storey building at 971 Collins Street in Melbourne’s Docklands will deliver 312 homes in a mix of one two and three-bedroom apartments as well as townhouses and penthouses.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAccording to Lendlease the project has already secured more than 50 per cent in presales.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHickory is the construction contractor—it completed the precinct’s first development in 2019 and is also working on LendLease’s second tower Regatta.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor Ancora Hickory is implementing several technical construction methods including various piling techniques and precast concrete solutions that enable a parallel-track construction program.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe building’s facade designed by architect Warren and Mahoney uses a three-stage design incorporating double-glazed glass and textured precast concrete with Reckli and brick finishes.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe structural design transitions from a solid podium base to lighter upper levels “reflecting a maritime theme” aligned with the Collins Wharf design objectives.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAncora will connect to the neighbouring Regatta development via a podium allowing resident access to shared amenities.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDesigned as an all-electric building that includes electric vehicle infrastructure the development is targeting a 5 Star Green Star certification Completion is expected in 2027.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRegatta including build-to-rent and build-to-sell units.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eExtensive wharf works including remediation of pre-existing wharf piles installation of raker piles and construction of the extension to Australia Walk are also part of the project.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTechnical challenges include constructing on the finger wharf and co-ordinating extensive above-wharf road reserve and public parkland works.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Collins Wharf precinct will ultimately comprise six residential buildings of more than 1800 homes surrounded by over 5000sq m of parks and community space.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLendlease is developing the parkland concurrently with the residential components including the extension of Australian Walk that forms part of the City of Melbourne’s Greenline project.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLendlease executive director of development Adam Williams said Collins Wharf “is fast becoming a sought-after address .. which took just a handful of hours to emerge on Saturday night the Coalition’s failure to sway voters has come under intense scrutiny.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIts lack of policies around property that resonated with voters has been a large part of that criticism.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmong those policies was a $5-billion infrastructure program to unlock up to 500,000 new homes was greeted with no small amount of scepticism.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Coalition also campaigned on its previously revealed plan to allow first home buyers to draw down on their superannuation giving access to up to $50,000 to help fund mortgage deposits.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile that proposal had won some support it got the thumbs down from many of Australia’s top economists who said the measure could prove highly inflationary among other issues.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSimilarly its plan to allow mortgage interest for first home buyers to be tax-deductible was roundly criticised for its likely inflationary and regressive effects.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt has also been pointed out that the Coalition’s rejection of the Green’s policies around housing supply affordable housing and help for renters did it no favours.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe ALP went to the polls spruiking an extension of schemes introduced during its previous term including a $10-billion promise for its first-home buyers’ scheme to encourage 100,000 more homes.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt also had its Help to Buy shared equity scheme under which the Government pays up to 40 per cent of the house price to point to.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf it was these policies per se or the lack of detail and depth to the Coalition’s the nation's ready for the Albanese government to act.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat is clear been endorsed to follow through on its policies and fix the crisis that is crippling the Australian property sector.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Urban Taskforce Australia chief executive\u0026nbsp;Tom\u0026nbsp;Forrest has pointed out it is time for the Federal Government to get back to work.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Housing affordability and housing supply featured large during the campaign,” Forrest said.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The key now is for the Government to strike while the iron’s hot.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“If legislation is needed to support the delivery of Labor’s $10-billion 100,000 new homes commitment—then pass it through the parliament now and get on with it.”\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe states have made many changes to how they enable home development The Federal Government’s support of that is crucial to its success material supply assistance or any other factor that affects getting homes out of the ground.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis has been a pivotal election Then Cities for Total Fan Immersion\",\"slug\":\"billionaire-arsenal-rams-denver-nuggets-sports-anchored-precincts\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-30T00:00+10:00\",\"tags\":[],\"summary\":\"Why your next home might be stadium-adjacent; sports are the hook industrial giant Goodman has put its foot on a 12,530sq m freehold site with 9909sq m of building improvements But according to Colliers’ Michael Crombie and the team that inked the deal alongside CBRE the location has set the new benchmark price for the industrial core investment market The prime industrial site at 118-124 Bourke Road is a high-exposure site along a major thoroughfare through Alexandria last changed hands for $19 million in 2014 “The pricing achieved for this Alexandria investment is testament that well-located good quality buildings always achieve superior pricing,” Crombie said “South Sydney has seen limited investment product come to market in 2024 as the majority of stock sold has been for a higher and better use “The interest from the REITs was extremely strong.” The property has a strong income profile with a weighted average lease expiry of 4.2 years “The South Sydney industrial precinct remains in high demand from both investors and global capital,” Edge said “The bidding was extremely competitive due to the high-quality improvements and strong underlying land value providing groups various short and longer-term optionality.” Goodman Group has significant holdings within Alexandria 63 Campbell Road and 45-49 O’Riordan Street While shareholders may have voted down Goodman chief executive Greg Goodman’s pay package the industrial juggernaut is focused on the development of its infrastructure pipeline Goodman has large landholdings all over the world which reportedly could have an end value of more than $50 billion The developer is pivoting heavily into the data centre industry with estimations it would deliver more data centres than sheds within a year The ancient Mediterranean city is at risk as sea levels rise But most people in the vulnerable fishing village of El Max believe it will always weather the storms of time Ahmed Gaz is untangling his fishing net on the beach after landing his catch at dawn destined to fish for a living: “My whole life is in the sea thousands of kilometres of the Nile delta could be fully submerged by 2100 Like the rest of Egypt’s Mediterranean coast around the delta El Max also faces several other environmental risks earthquakes and water pollution from nearby petrochemical plants which all add to the increasing vulnerability of the area director of Alexandria University’s Research Centre for Adaptation to Climate Change says: “Part of the problem is that when people talk about the impact of rising sea levels in Egypt they are talking about what’s going to happen by 2100 “And with the economic situation,” he adds “people are not interested in the far future.” The fishing community in El Max is witnessing the effects of the climate crisis but often without the awareness of its long-term impacts “This year the sea is moving back behind the island [by the lighthouse of El Max about 50 metres from shore],” says a young fisherman on El Fanar beach Another adds: “We used to catch 50kg of fish [a day]; now it’s only 10kg.” Part of the difficulty with trying to get local communities to engage with the problem is that the threat of Alexandria sinking and disappearing is far from a recent phenomenon The city has suffered many climate-related catastrophes before and survived Earthquakes and a tsunami destroyed the lighthouse Illustration: Science History/AlamyEgypt’s second-largest city has experienced “seven or eight” tsunamis throughout history was caused by an 8.5-magnitude earthquake in Crete that had disastrous effects across the eastern Mediterranean “It caused water to go inside the soil and destroyed the entire ancient port Some archaeologists believe that the temples of Alexander the Great and Cleopatra are still underwater because the royal neighbourhood was completely sunk.” Another tsunami struck in 1303 and caused the Lighthouse, or Pharos, of Alexandria one of the seven wonders of the ancient world Concrete blocks were added to Alexandria’s corniche as the city faces ever bigger storm surges Photograph: Alexander Durie/The Guardian“People always say that life in Alexandria is a cycle just like the cycle of life,” Hussein says then it falls and slowly disappears completely A number of Alexandrians say they are worried about how rapidly the coastline is being developed by authorities Hussein describes how Alexandria has lost more than 40% of its beaches in the past 25 years from a combination of coastal erosion heavy construction and privatisation of coastal areas “This is happening at an unprecedented speed in the city,” she says She adds that while last year Alexandria was recognised by Unesco as Egypt and Africa’s first “tsunami-ready” community – meaning that it met key indicators for mitigating the risks of the devastating waves and other coastal hazards – Hussein and other local researchers feel that the city is not prepared at all Free newsletterGet a different world view with a roundup of the best news but I don’t know where to go … This sea is my soul and I cannot live without itUmm AmrThe local government has installed concrete blocks along Alexandria’s corniche to protect the shore but several experts say this is an unviable solution in the long term because water goes under the blocks and into the soil Some of the fishing community have already been moved to high-rise buildings farther inland after their houses were flooded settling away from the coast has been a challenge Umm Amr inside her kiosk on El Fanar beach in El Max but I don’t know where to go.’ Photograph: Alexander Durie/The GuardianAbdrabo says: “People in Egypt are very attached to their land.” It is an attitude that applies across the country particularly to those who make their living from fishing and farming He says people’s attachment to their local area ought to be recognised in any long-term plan for the region but ultimately: “Whatever you do in coastal areas will get back to you Umm Amr has been running a kiosk on El Fanar beach all of her life. She was initially sceptical about the climate emergency, but after learning about the catastrophic floods along the coast in Derna, Libya, in 2023, she was scared, thinking that if it could happen to “our neighbour”, it could happen to El Max too. Read more“They [authorities] want us to leave here “I grew up on the sand of El Max and lived here among good people who love each other To leave and abandon this bond with the area is not easy for local people “It’s better to stay and find ways to adapt,” Hussein says suggesting that people in sinking cities around the world could collaborate and share strategies on saving their home towns “All we’re asking for is that we’re given the tools to learn how to adapt.” Egypt’s Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation said: “The projects in Alexandria are part of the coastal-protection projects the ministry is implementing to counter the negative effects of climate change provide protection for citizens and facilities and stabilise residential and industrial areas and low-lying areas from the risk of rising sea levels.” This piece is being published in conjunction with the online magazine Magma Where to Find Australia’s Best Inner-City Bakeries By Katya Wachtel By Katya Wachtel By Matheus The Queensland-born wellness center has Mermaid Beach and West End locations in the sunshine state and one in Melbourne with a Bondi Junction location opening in late 2024 It has now announced plans for an inner-city site in Alexandria at the new $230 million Bourke and Bowden development (helmed by architect John Wardle) You can hop between the warm magnesium bath Website: soakbathhouse.com.au We do not seek or accept payment from the cafes bars and shops listed in the Directory – inclusion is at our discretion Venue profiles are written by independent freelancers paid by Broadsheet Sydney: Melbourne-Loved Pilates Studio Core Plus Lands in Darlo Nightclub Meets Cardio and Strength at Barry’s: What To Expect From the Famous Workout Class Six of the Most Beautiful Kayaking Spots in Sydney – And Where to Hire a Boat The Best Walks in or Near Sydney to Get Your Nature Fix (and Pit Stops for Food and Coffee Along the Way) Look out for your first newsletter in your inbox soon The best of Australia straight to your inbox We help you navigate a myriad of possibilities Sign up for our newsletter for the best of the city By entering your email address you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy and consent to receive emails from Time Out about news Sign up for our email to enjoy your city without spending a thing (as well as some options when you’re feeling flush) By entering your email address you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy and consent to receive emails from Time Out about news, events, offers and partner promotions. Australia It’s been more than a decade since I last visited The Grounds I had to convince my mum to drive me all the way across the Harbour Bridge for a pastry and I decided it was time for me to return and see if the café still lives up to the hype Judging by its almost 400,000 Instagram followers 123,000 posts tagged #TheGroundsOfAlexandria and 5,600 Google Maps reviews averaging four stars I got the gist that it was still going strong One clear takeaway from my research was to avoid visiting The Grounds on the weekend when crowds swarm in from all across Sydney – and the world only to find the car park completely full by 10am Those who enter through Bourke Road will first encounter The Grounds’ charming While I was disappointed to find that ‘Kevin Bacon’ (the café's infamous resident pig) was no longer there his old pen is now home to two cheerful goats and you’ll eventually find yourself in the gorgeous Garden Bar and BBQ chandeliers hang from the grand greenhouse arch while lush greenery and vibrant blooms make you forget that the café is actually located in the heart of an industrial hub.  You can grab a casual bite from the kiosk here but we opted to head indoors to the more bustling café warm lighting and an industrial flair nod to the café’s past life as a pie factory The space is dotted with seating across several rooms where their impressive miniature cakes and pastries are proudly on display The Grounds isn’t trying to reinvent the wheel The breakfast menu features all the classics from freshly baked pastries and toasted granola to bacon and egg burgers French toast and a big brekkie with the lot We went for the triple stack of buttermilk pancakes which can be made gluten or dairy-free on request but my stomach was equally satisfied once I tucked in.  Roasted at their brand-new Coffee Factory in South Eveleigh these beans can be found in cafés nationwide served up in The Grounds’ recognisable mint-green takeaway cups The Grounds of Alexandria is arguably best known for its whimsical installations that decorate the laneway outside the café it was adorned with a pretty-in-pink Sugar Plum Christmas theme that I couldn’t help but love The laneway leads you to a charming on-site florist This timber-clad hideaway is filled with hanging ferns creating a picturesque set-up to enjoy rustic share plates you’re pretty much guaranteed to face a wait for a table across The Grounds’ three distinct dining spaces there’s a kiosk serving takeaway coffee and food plus a cute lemonade stand for a refreshing treat.  I couldn’t resist snapping a few extra photos on my way out of The Grounds of Alexandria some elements of the café might be cliché but there’s no denying the attention to detail here is flawless and the aesthetic is pure Instagram gold you might have to dodge a few unintentional photobombers but your photos will still be very worthy of the 'gram.  Stay in the loop: sign up for our free Time Out Australia newsletter for more news Thanks for subscribing! Look out for your first newsletter in your inbox soon! tiktokfacebookAbout us Contact us including allowance for a below-ground Proton Therapy Cancer Treatment Centre.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo research buildings will house laboratories and patient facilities.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first will be stepped between seven and 11 storeys with another five-storey building along Wyndham Street.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt would house 850 full-time equivalent jobs once complete and fully occupied while the wider project could accommodate 1700 jobs.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKurraba said at the time it revealed the plans this year that the campus would drive investment in “advanced medical and health sciences industries creating a robust platform for local research and development (R\u0026amp;D) to be commercialised in Australia five-storey office block on Wyndham Street \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe campus is near major hospitals including Royal Prince Alfred and universities including the University of Sydney University of Technology Sydney (UTS) and Notre Dame as well as TAFE NSW.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe site is within the Botany Road Precinct which the City of Sydney rezoned in November creating an opportunity to deliver a “vibrant commercial precinct”.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe rezoning was triggered by the delivery of the Waterloo Metro on the new Sydenham-to-Chatswood line and opposite the development.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Botany Road Precinct rezoning is forecast to accommodate an additional 280,000sq m of commercial floor space and up to 14,500 jobs \u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe revitalisation of the site by Kurraba “realises the vision for the Botany Road Precinct to attract high quality knowledge-based employment” which won the NSW Government Architects Design Excellence Competition for the project.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt aimed to centralise life sciences and health research expertise in one place improve community health outcomes by proximity to the latest research and treatment facilities and support the development of the life sciences sector in Australia hospitals and independent research institutions focused on meeting the growing demands for laboratories facilities and office space from Australia’s rapidly-growing life sciences sector,” Smith said at the initial launch.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSubject to planning approvals construction could begin as early as the first quarter of this year.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAccording to Austrade Australia’s life science sector has grown by 43 per cent since 2019 with a focus on biotechnology and APAC leadership in vaccines The $219-million state significant development application details a facility for a site at 74-108 Botany Road and 86-100 Wyndham Street Kurraba Group has also submitted plans for associated projects including a five-storey office building at 78-82 Wyndham Street at Alexandria—collectively the project will cost $490 million The proposals outline plans for the site that include excavation to create two levels of basement with access from Wyndham Street including allowance for a below-ground Proton Therapy Cancer Treatment Centre Two research buildings will house laboratories and patient facilities with another five-storey building along Wyndham Street It would house 850 full-time equivalent jobs once complete and fully occupied while the wider project could accommodate 1700 jobs Kurraba said at the time it revealed the plans this year that the campus would drive investment in “advanced medical and health sciences industries creating a robust platform for local research and development (R&D) to be commercialised in Australia strengthening sovereign capabilities and ensuring that valuable IP is not ‘lost’ off-shore” The campus is near major hospitals including Royal Prince Alfred The site is within the Botany Road Precinct which the City of Sydney rezoned in November creating an opportunity to deliver a “vibrant commercial precinct” The rezoning was triggered by the delivery of the Waterloo Metro on the new Sydenham-to-Chatswood line and opposite the development The Botany Road Precinct rezoning is forecast to accommodate an additional 280,000sq m of commercial floor space and up to 14,500 jobs The revitalisation of the site by Kurraba “realises the vision for the Botany Road Precinct to attract high quality knowledge-based employment” according to the development application by Ethos Urban It aimed to centralise life sciences and health research expertise in one place Kurraba chief executive Nick Smith said he believed it would be a magnet for researchers “We’re excited that the project continues to progress through the planning process with the recent lodgement of the SSDA.” Smith said the lodgement of the State Significant Development Application (SSDA) was a “great milestone” for the Project and the life sciences eco-system facilities and office space from Australia’s rapidly-growing life sciences sector,” Smith said at the initial launch construction could begin as early as the first quarter of this year Alexandria is making waves in energy management earning a 2025 Better Practice Award from the U.S Department of Energy’s Better Buildings Initiative The city’s Building Performance Program for City Facilities caught officials’ eyes showcasing innovative energy efficiency approaches highlights Alexandria’s commitment to smart energy practices Director of the Department of General Services points out that the city has already cut energy use by about 16% in the last five years This new program aims to build on that success keeping Alexandria at the forefront of sustainability efforts “Energy performance has always been a priority for City facilities and we’ve reduced energy use by about 16% over the last five years,” said McPike “This effort builds on that success and positions the City to continue to be a leader in sustainability.” Teamwork is at the heart of this initiative. The Office of Climate Action and the Department of General Services have joined forces to drive deep energy efficiency improvements across city buildings Their approach is to look at building investments as a whole allowing managers to make high-impact energy-saving upgrades tailored to each facility face the challenge of maintaining occupant comfort and health with aging infrastructure and increasing utility costs,” said Freed “This program provides the City with tools to make long-term investments that improve quality of life for building occupants while reducing the overall energy use and costs for the City.” and Energy Project Specialist Charles Jackson To learn more, and how you can make similar improvements in your home, visit the Office of Climate Action’s website Expect social media feeds to be filled with snaps of this enchanted garden plus the themed dishes now on the menu for the next couple of months — and expect Harbour City locals and visitors alike to flock in With scenery that looks like it's been transported out of the film — greenery aplenty plus woodland creatures as well — and everything from red apple mocktails to sweet treats inspired by the movie on offer and to sip that Evil to the Core drink (made with red apple The Garden and The Potting Shed at The Grounds of Alexandria Waiting on a Wish (a toasted almond sponge with pear cream and blackberry compote) is on the menu in The Cafe and the Poison Apple for two (spiced caramelised apple dulcey crèmeux and mascarpone cream) is available in The Potting Shed over the same period 🌥️ Today’s weather: Showers and thunderstorms then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5 p.m New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch are possible Tonight – Showers and thunderstorms likely before 2 a.m. Southeast wind 5 to 7 mph becoming calm after midnight The chance of precipitation is 60%—new rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch Alexandria is rolling out a new volunteer program called the Green Team to help keep neighborhoods tidy and protect local waterways.Launched as part of Earth Month celebrations this initiative lets individual volunteers join the city’s year-round litter cleanup efforts The Department of Transportation & Environmental Services’ Resource Recovery and Stormwater Management Divisions spearhead the Green Team Individual Litter Cleanup Program This program aims to boost existing litter removal efforts working alongside the City’s Clean Team and Cultural Activities (RPCA) PARKnership Program It’s important to note that trash can easily make its way through storm sewers into local waterways The Green Team program recognizes the hard work of current volunteers and helps newcomers join the citywide effort to protect the Potomac River and Chesapeake Bay Want to get involved? Head to the Green Team website to sign up and receive a cleanup kit The city is handing out kits on a first-come Stay in the know about Alexandria! Join 8,700+ residents who rely on the ALXnow free newsletter for the latest news, restaurant openings, and essential information delivered straight to their inbox. Sign Up For Our Free Newsletter The following are the most-read ALXnow articles for May 3 Here’s what’s happening today in Alexandria Life science real estate developer and investor Kurraba has settled on the 5351 square metre Alexandria amalgamation it intends to build a $490 million asset (artist’s impression The priciest of the properties – 100-108 Botany Road and 98-100 Wyndham Street – collected $29.9 million Kurraba submitted plans to replace the blocks with Australia’s first life sciences precinct Kurraba is separately buying 74-82 Wyndham St for a five level office/laboratory also forming part of the precinct TGC Property Group’s John Romyn and Paul Hunter brokered the off-market sales more than a year ago Subscribe to our newsletter at the bottom of this page A former property analyst and print journalist Marc is the publisher of realestatesource.com.au Forgot your password? You will receive mail with link to set new password Back to login Soak Bathhouse promises a rejuvenating wellness escape in the heart of Sydney with a variety of rejuvenating treatments in a welcoming space it’s set to expand with a new site in Alexandria Poised to be one of Soak’s biggest locations yet the new bathhouse will feature a range of luxe amenities and a sensorial space to help you reset and unwind Here’s what we know about the new wellness spot the new bathhouse is poised to become your go-to wellness retreat providing a tranquil escape in the heart of the city Located in the new $230 Million Bourke & Bowden development the 700-square-metre bathhouse will feature warm magnesium-rich mineral pools along with a dry cedarwood sauna and a steam room Don’t forget to allocate some time to a massage which can be added to your soak session or booked seperately this will also be a communal bathhouse designed to encourage in-person connections where guests can relax together and build a sense of community Soak Alexandria is set to open in April 2025. Keep an eye on their website for updates After a firestorm of criticism from city leaders and student journalists over proposed oversight changes to Alexandria City High School’s student newspaper, Theogony the Alexandria School Board’s Governance Committee returned to the drawing board Theogony student journalists take their roles seriously with City Council members warning of potential “censorship” and “authoritarian” behavior from the school system student journalists are alleging a concerted effort from the administration of Superintendent Melanie Kay-Wyatt to suppress touchy or controversial stories from appearing in the monthly publication “Today’s meeting shows some movement in the right direction but it remains clear that the work is far from over,” James Libresco whether through explicit rules or vague language are not acceptable for a school district that claims to support student voice and equity or any school district for that matter.” Kay-Wyatt did not respond for a comment for this story Tim Beaty and Abdulahi Abdalla serve on the committee and couldn’t reach consensus on staff changes to create a structure where stories could be stopped from publication by the editor The trio agreed to pursue the issue in a work session in June which postpones the Board’s scheduled May 8 vote on the matter especially where we are with the budget and redistricting I don’t know if this is a work session that will happen before June,” Baird said “I know that we were really hoping to get this wrapped up by the end of the school year but I know a work session will take some time and there’s a lot on our calendar right now.” Abdalla said that the school principal should not have the final say on stories “I don’t think leaving it up to the principal as the final say is beneficial for the process of them learning to be journalists,” Abdalla said “I would love the principal to be involved in the process I don’t think the principal should have any say in editorial changes.” Baird said that the school system needs to facilitate a good educational experience for students “They are learning how to be writers how to be citizens in the world,” Baird said “My thinking is that the role of adults in supporting students’ education is to be there to help them think more critically to help them identify where there might be challenges to help them think about the implications of their writing.” said that the executive principal should have the final say be points in time where a particular topic something is on the borderline about whether or not it creates defamation or it creates some other kind of violation of the policies,” Beaty said “Somebody’s got to decide there and so I think designating the principal as that person is about right in my book.” In a draft proposal released three weeks ago news stories that “may be controversial” would have to be submitted by students to the “Campus Administrator who is responsible for ensuring the content will not cause substantial disruption of school activities.” The principal would also have to approve the republication of articles to outside news outlets like ALXnow The current proposal also removed a guideline that students should be instructed to follow the “Code of Ethics of the American Society of Newspaper Editors and help students and understand and follow it,” because the organization no longer exists “School publications faculty co-editors shall instruct students in the recognized practices and ethical considerations of journalism.” The amended policy also states that the “Superintendent may establish additional editorial levels between the faculty sponsor and the principal as needed to ensure the process is efficient and effective.” The ACPS policy on student publications has been in place since 1994 and hasn’t been updated since 2014 This policy is among several that are up for review by the school system The established policy lays out a structure where the School Board is the publisher of all student-created content the staff advisor is the equivalent of a co-editor and students are assistant editors and reporters Theogony students are led by two student co-editors and advised by a teacher the school principal has largely left the publication up to the discretion of the students and their academic advisor determine the stories,” Libresco said “We have a budget meeting at the beginning of each cycle where students pitch ideas and then our student reporters fill out a pitch form It’s reviewed by the co-editors in chief and then we sign it and it goes to our advisor our advisor does not decide the content we can cover or we cannot cover but not this person,’ and ‘Yes but not about that story.’ Those are all student decisions.” School Board Chair Michelle Rief says that the proposed changes are intended to protect students and the school division “The intention behind the proposed revision to Policy JP (journalism practices) is to ensure that student publications are supported with adult oversight that promotes accuracy and adherence to laws and policies that govern our school division regarding student privacy,” Rief said in a statement “This oversight is not meant to silence student voices but to help protect the rights of all students.” City Council Member Abdel Elnoubi was on the School Board until his recent election last fall and said that the new policy “crosses into censorship.” Elnoubi said that reasonable limits on students should be established but he was compelled to speak up because the “free speech of students is under attack” during a time “when democracy and free speech are under threat nationally.” “I grew up under an authoritarian regime (in Egypt) that used vague subjective terms like ‘controversial’ and ‘disruption’ to silence dissent,” Elnoubi said in a statement “I recognize these red flags when I see them.” A new draft proposal published on Thursday dropped the word “controversial” and replaced it with “material that the staff co-editor believes may be in violation of the ACPS Journalistic Principles or ACPS policy or regulation.” City Council Member John Taylor Chapman said that the language change seems unnecessary “I think the expansion of their policy doesn’t seem warranted,” Chapman said students haven’t violated any ACPS policies I do think it is interesting that ACS looked at this policy when they’ve had a number of articles in Theogony about some of the decisions that have been made I don’t get the sense that school board members are pushing this issue I really want to understand why this is coming up as something that’s on their docket It’d be great to see this policy come from the School Board versus a staff that has a bias on (what) they want to see printed and discussed in the community about ACPS.” City Council Member R. Kirk McPike told ALXnow that he’s ready to fight for the rights of ACHS student journalists. McPike said he was a student journalist in high school and was directly impacted by the U.S. Supreme Court’s 5-3 ruling in 1988 which allowed school districts to censor all school publications “When I was a high school journalist our principal attempted to prevent the release of an issue of our newspaper because a parent complained about a picture of their son smoking,” McPike said “It was part of an article about the challenges the school was having in preventing smoking by students So I take the impacts of prior review policies on the ability of student journalists to be real journalists very seriously.” McPike said that Theogony’s reporting has made a positive impact “School systems can adopt policies that give greater protection to student journalists,” he said “The ACPS School Board Members I have spoken to about the proposed policy changes recognize and value the great work of the journalists at Theogony They want to see these students thrive and improve their skills I hope they will respond to the concerns of the students who produce Theogony and adopt regulations that further empower these young journalists.” Libresco said he and his student reporters have felt pressured by ACPS central office staff to amend headlines and stories “It’s straight from the playbook of authoritarian governments and regimes,” Libresco said “This is not something that should be happening in Alexandria where we claim to have an equity focus and a student empowerment focus that is not reflected at all in this policy.” Libresco also launched an online petition that’s garnered nearly 700 signatures “All we’re asking for is the freedom to tell the truth of what’s going on,” he said “They’re not saying our articles haven’t gone through a proper editing process; they’re saying that they don’t like what we’re writing about and that’s a huge difference.” Libresco said that he and his student reporters were asked to alter their content several times since the end of the last school year In two recorded meetings held in May and June last year ACPS communications staff requested a more collaborative relationship with Theogony staff The newspaper’s students were asked to submit requests to interview any ACPS staff with the communications department and students who participated in those meetings were concerned that the new proposed measures were punitive the ACPS chief of school and community relations and her staff asked for closer collaboration with Theogony to ensure that staff being interviewed were providing accurate information we have remained focused on building a collaborative and respectful relationship with the Theogony team,” Burgos told ALXnow “At no point have we requested to review Our goal has always been to support student voices and uphold their editorial independence.” Libresco says that the Central Office is proposing the changes “I have a great relationship with our current principal and he has been very supportive of Theogony and all its efforts,” he said “I want to make clear that this policy change and this standard operating procedure this was directly from Central Office leadership That was not from our school administration at all Theogony reporter Isabelle Shultz said that the publication strives to be accurate “It should be of note that we are very happy to change anything that might be non-factual,” Shultz said “Every time we ask the superintendent to comment that is her chance to put her input in on our articles and that is where any input belongs — in our articles We are fully committed to making sure that we tell the full story.” Libresco and his staff of ACHS students have an alternative proposal guaranteeing students’ First Amendment protections. Their Voices Unbound policy is also backed by Mayor Alyia Gaskins and it largely prevents administrators from interfering with articles we have an opportunity to build the next generation of journalists and civic leaders,” Gaskins said “We have seen how their articles have pushed our community to ask better questions and critically examine our decisions The proposed changes put leaders in a position of editing critical and necessary coverage I hope the School Board will adopt the Voices Unbound framework which was designed to elevate student voice and thoughtful expression while respecting the responsibilities of school leadership.” A majority of the Board members need to support the policy Libresco still plans to speak at the May 8 Board meeting “We urge the school board to listen to the community to legal experts and to the students most directly affected,” he said “Adopt the entire Voices Unbound framework Guarantee full First Amendment protections for your students.” var pd_tags = new Array;pd_tags["15421370-src"]="poll-oembed-simple"; In front of a large crowd, the professional woman won the three-bedder at 57 Gerard Street, as agents across the city reported an upbeat mood on hopes of an imminent interest rate cut. The freestanding, single-fronted Alexandria home has been architecturally designed and was listed with a price guide of $2.3 million. Fourteen parties registered to bid and the first bid was made at the guide before the price jumped to $2.5 million and spiralled from there. Four parties made offers but it came down to a two-horse race after $2.8 million. The reserve was $2.7 million and the home sold $470,000 above reserve. The expat and her buyer’s agent first inspected the property on Wednesday. The Agency selling agent Brad Gillespie said the auction was positive, the crowd was in a good mood and there was not much of a delay to start. Secret suburb with cheap beachfront property sees prices rise by 191 per cent over five years ‘Really unknown’: Sydney suburbs that home owners never want to leave What cost-of-living crisis? Ex-Woolworths exec sells Mosman home for $19m Buyers are waiting to see if there will be an interest rate cut, he said, although he was not sure if they were already taking one into account. The Reserve Bank’s next meeting is on February 18. He thought the market was strong so far. “It has started a lot better than we finished November, December,” he said. “Buyers have got more interest, they are asking for contracts, wanting to make offers before auction.” Auctioneer Damien Cooley of Cooley Auctions was so excited about the result that he broke his hammer. “There is an absolute flight to good quality property, that is, finished, turnkey solutions,” he said. In Marrickville, a local couple upsizing from an apartment paid $2.5 million for a Victorian home with a bay window. 1 Bath2 ParkingView listing Seven parties registered and five made offers on 34 Anderton Street, which was listed with a guide of $2 million. Adrian William selling agent Adrian Tsavalas said buyers were tentative, beginning with a $1.9 million offer. A bid of $1.925 million was rejected, and the next bid of $1.95 million accepted before the price rose in mixed increments. It passed the reserve of $2.2 million and narrowed to two parties after the $2.3 million mark. Tsavalas said he had run three auctions so far on Saturday and all three sold above expectations. “The homes are selling for more than they would have in the last quarter of last year,” he said. “It feels like sentiment has recovered, there is a feeling of optimism out there from the buyer pool. “The buyers I am speaking to … are under the impression that interest rates will come down, including a drop this month, and some are hoping to get [in] before the market potentially picks up after some rate reductions.” In Vaucluse, an investor beat a single mother for a two-bedroom apartment at 8/11 Isabel Avenue, paying $1.19 million. A first-home buyer also competed for the top-floor unit, LJ Hooker Double Bay selling agent Aaron Del Monte said. 1 Bath2 ParkingView listing It had been listed with an initial guide of $1 million, later updated to a $1.05 million guide. Bidding began at $900,000, followed by a $100,000 rise and then spirited bidding, he said. The reserve was $1.15 million, but they were selling at $1.1 million, he said. “We are pretty bullish on the market,” Del Monte said. “October November December was pretty tough. “Every open home is packed, auctions have been strong. There is a lot of positivity with regards to interest rates coming down.” A Sydney dad paid $5.8 million for a development opportunity in Willoughby and hopes to build a duplex to create two homes for his family members. The winner of the keys to 16 First Avenue beat 11 developers for the two-bedroom brick house set on 809 square metres. Twelve parties registered for the Willoughby block which was listed with a price guide of $4.75 million and a reserve in line with the guide. 1 Bath2 ParkingView listing Bidding began at $4.5 million and six parties made offers in a fast-paced auction. But it wasn’t until proceedings lifted $1 million past the original offer that the dad entered the fray – and soon after won. Belle Property Willoughby selling agent Brandon Insuasti said the buyer hoped to build a duplex, so there would be two homes on the one block, and use them to accommodate his family. Insuasti said that process could cost about $3 million less than buying two established houses for his children in the same area. “The market for land and knockdowns and potential is strong,” he said. “The market at the high end is softening a little bit because there is so much stock.” He said some in the market had been holding off making decisions at the end of last year, but that was changing in the new year. “Now people are pretty much over it, and buying, or selling.” Elsewhere, a lower north shore family paid $3.86 million for a five-bedroom Roseville house. 2 Baths3 ParkingView listing The home at 12 Duntroon Avenue was in a conservation area and can be extended but not knocked down for a rebuild. Nine parties registered for the home, listed with a $3.3 million guide. The first bid was at $3.4 million and five parties competed in a fast auction, narrowing to three bidders after the $3.6 million mark, Ray White selling agent Jessica Cao said. The reserve was $3.5 million. She attributed the interest in the home to its potential and location near a park and schools. She thought the market was strong, with healthy numbers at inspections. “The last few weeks, the open home numbers have been very good, stronger than last year,” she said. “Everyone thinks [the cash rate] is going to drop, so are we going to be right?” The information on this website is intended to be of a general nature only and doesn't consider your objectives, financial situation or needs. where we are privileged to live and operate The Alexandria Police Department (APD) is inviting the community to participate in Alexandria Police Week a series of events that honor fallen officers and support their families The department shared details about the upcoming events on Facebook on May 3 we invite our community to come together for Alexandria Police Week — a time of solemn remembrance and deep appreciation We honor our brave law enforcement officers who have made the ultimate sacrifice and we stand in unwavering support of those who continue to serve with courage and integrity,” APD shares This week-long observance includes several memorial ceremonies and ways for the public to pay tribute to fallen officers The events start with a Waterfront Wreath Laying ceremony at 9 a.m there’s a Memorial Church Service at 11 a.m the APD will hold a Wreath-Laying Ceremony at 1 p.m at the Fallen Officers Memorial in front of APD Headquarters (3600 Wheeler Ave.) “Join us for memorial ceremonies and opportunities to pay tribute to our fallen officers and support the survivors and family members of those who paid the ultimate price for our safety,” APD shares Alexandria is a port city that sits on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea making it vulnerable to seawater intrusion Alexandria’s coastline has undergone significant changes with the western and eastern shores retreating dramatically between 1935 and 2022.  In the historic coastal districts of Alexandria buildings are sinking as rising groundwater seeps up from below.  Coastal erosion from rising sea levels has led to the collapse of 280 buildings across Alexandria The historic Egyptian city of Alexandria is crumbling due to rising sea levels 280 buildings in this 2,300-year-old port city — known for being the birthplace of Cleopatra and the ancient home of the famed Library of Alexandria — have collapsed due to coastal erosion and 7,000 more are at risk of collapsing in the future and 201 partially collapsed across the city "We are witnessing the gradual disappearance of historic coastal cities What once seemed like distant climate risks are now a present reality." The crumbling of coastal buildings results from sea level rise and the subsequent intrusion of seawater into the ground under the city As saltwater creeps farther inland due to rising sea levels it increases groundwater levels beneath buildings and other infrastructure and erodes the soil which makes buildings unstable and at risk of collapse saltwater corrodes the steel reinforcements of building foundations sea levels could rise by as much as 7.2 feet (2.2 meters) by 2100 compared with the levels seen in 2000 Get the world’s most fascinating discoveries delivered straight to your inbox "Our study challenges the common misconception that we'll only need to worry when sea levels rise by a meter," Heggy said what we're showing here is that coastlines globally especially Mediterranean coastlines similar to California's are already changing and causing building collapses at an unprecedented rate." the researchers mapped collapsed buildings around Alexandria between 2001 and 2021 and compared satellite images from between 1974 and 2021 with maps of the city from 1887 they determined that Alexandria has seen its coastline move inland by tens of meters over the past few decades with some regions experiencing up to 79 to 118 feet (24 to 36 m) of soil erosion per year The researchers also analyzed chemical isotopes in the soils to determine the degree of soil erosion "Our isotope analysis revealed that buildings are collapsing from the bottom up, as seawater intrusion erodes foundations and weakens the soil," study co-author Ibrahim Saleh a soil radiation scientist at Alexandria University but the ground underneath them that's being affected." —Parts of San Francisco and Los Angeles are sinking into the sea — meaning sea-level rise will be even worse —Ancient seafloor spreading 15 million years ago caused sea levels to plummet —Scientists identify tipping point for Greenland's ice sheet — and it's not far off The researchers suggest several ways that Alexandria could prepare for the oncoming onslaught of seawater These steps include building sand dunes and other barriers along the coast and relocating people who live in the highest-risk areas which represent the cradle of cultural exchange are crucial for safeguarding our shared human heritage," Heggy said "As climate change accelerates sea level rise and coastal erosion protecting them isn't just about saving buildings; it's about preserving who we are." 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comprising five three-bedroom apartments with a total GFA of 611.6 square metres Each would be single-floor units with a ground-level terrace-style unit and an upper dual-aspect apartment part of the plans The top floor apartment would have private rooftop access while the remaining apartments would have access to shared space at the western end of the rooftop The plans by Ethos Urban which were designed by Studio SC (formerly Scott Carver Architects) would transform the vacant site at 158 Wyndham Street and is “envisioned to develop into a vibrant mixed-use and commercial precinct” A 23-apartment project was approved for the site in 2015 after a trip to the Land and Environment Court and buildings on the site demolished Blueshore has also filed an application for an adjacent site Cushman & Wakefield has successfully secured new tenants for Goodman in two premier industrial assets located in Alexandria This achievement highlights the resilience of the Alexandria market and the strong demand for top-tier industrial space in the area A prominent hotel development site in the heart of Randwick is set to hit the market offering a rare opportunity to capitalise on a DA-approved project in one of Sydney’s most tightly held Eastern Suburbs pockets Jess Freeman • 05/05/2025 Frasers Property Industrial has today announced our first capital partnership in Australia with an investment vehicle sponsored by Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing (“MSREI”).  Victoria’s dairy regions are facing growing challenges in accessing housing affecting workforce attraction and retention and threatening the long-term sustainability of the state’s $3 billion dairy industry Jess Freeman • 28/04/2025 © Copyright Cushman & Wakefield 2025. 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Read MoreOfficeWisetech GlobalSydneyLatest In CommercialFetching latest articles “Drnks was born on the internet,” Amos tells Broadsheet “We feel the shop has become so all-consuming that it has had a negative impact on what we do on the internet and the service and ranging we offer around this … unfortunately the costs of running the business far outweighs the reward.” The announcement follows Amos receiving notice of a 25 per cent rent increase at his Alexandria joint, which he moved into in 2021 With online sales making up 80 per cent of the shop’s total travel spots and more – curated by those who know The final day of IRL trade is yet to be locked in, but Amos is expecting to be outta there by mid-April. Before he hands his keys in, he’s throwing a farewell party at the Alexandria warehouse, with details hitting the Drnks socials soon “I also don’t want to have to move all the wine,” Amos says “So keep an eye out for a fairly hefty in-store sale.” “Moving things 100 per cent online [is] what we know a wine-fuelled takeover at The International on Saturday April 19 there’ll be DJs all arvo and a pop-up bottle-o More good news: once the Drnks team is settled in to its new home a bigger range and extended delivery regions (like same-day sends to Parramatta and Cronulla) Drnks final day of in-person trade is slated for mid-April 2025 @_drnks_ Charcoal Chicken and Rosewater Desserts: A Local’s Guide to Merrylands Where Chefs Eat: Peter Gilmore Really Knows Crows Nest Ex-Tradies Grill Hard-to-Find Mexican Street Snacks First Look: Berta’s Deli Knows “Everyone Loves a Sandwich”