Sydney’s Leichhardt Oval gets $40m to revive what locals call ‘the eighth wonder of the world’

There's nothing better than sitting on Wayne Pearce Hill,' prime minister says of stadium that has remained a fan favourite

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Sydney's Leichhardt Oval will get $40m in funding to upgrade its crumbling infrastructure, with the federal government joining state and local governments in a bid to revive what locals have called the eighth wonder of the world".

Anthony Albanese announced $20m of federal funding on Friday, with the Inner West council and the New South Wales government contributing another $10m each to modernise the stadium.

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