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In the first sentence (currently “Transport for NSW (TfNSW) has recently installed these around the Sydney CBD – a sticker on top of a pedestrian “beg button” explaining the button is redundant before 6am and after 10pm”) I think you mean it’s redundant between 6am and 10pm

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Cheers, this was a typo - just updated.

There are two betweens.

No.

"Between 6am and 10pm" means from 6am to 10pm. I.e. what the text on the sticker says.

"Between 10pm and 6am" means from 10pm to 6am. I.e. what the blog post mistakingly says.

There is no ambiguity in what "between" means when talking about hours of the clock.

Not in the case of this idiom.

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