The inside story of how a serial complainant came to rule Palm Beach

The inside story of how a serial complainant came to rule Palm Beach

A Sydney restaurant invited locals to “sunset drinks” to celebrate its upcoming opening. It would sow the seed for a noise complaint that would come back to bite it.

  • byMichael Koziol

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‘It shouldn’t take a kid to be killed’:Warning over bridge cycleway choke point
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‘It shouldn’t take a kid to be killed’:Warning over bridge cycleway choke point

The southern Harbour Bridge bike ramp,promised in 2016,is still unbuilt,and parents at Fort Street public are in despair.

  • byNigel Gladstone
‘We take extra pride in it’:Inside the stadium that Sydney forgot

‘We take extra pride in it’:Inside the stadium that Sydney forgot

Leichhardt Oval faces a funding crisis after the government refused to pay for upgrades and the Wests Tigers threatened to leave. But why,exactly,is it so bad?

  • byAnthony Segaert
Housing backtrack:Councils swoop on wiggle room in development plan
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Housing backtrack:Councils swoop on wiggle room in development plan

New planning controls are due to be imposed in April,but documents reveal the government is prepared to allow councils another six months to devise their own plans around some train stations.

  • byMichael Koziol
Which Sydney suburbs are bearing the brunt of the population surge?
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Which Sydney suburbs are bearing the brunt of the population surge?

Sydney’s population is booming overall,but half the city’s suburbs still have fewer people than before the COVID pandemic.

  • byMatt Wade andNigel Gladstone
Cruise ship lost power in Sydney Harbour in alarming echo of Baltimore disaster
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Cruise ship lost power in Sydney Harbour in alarming echo of Baltimore disaster

A cruise ship suffered a blackout in Sydney Harbour in February in a scenario similar to that which led to the destruction of Baltimore’s Key Bridge.

  • byTim Barlass
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Do planning rules really affect house prices? The answer is clear

Do planning rules really affect house prices? The answer is clear

There was a fierce slanging match on Q&A when Housing Minister Rose Jackson clashed with Max Chandler-Mather from the Greens. Who was right?

  • byMatt Wade
The unexpected places where Sydney’s live music scene is surging back to life
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The unexpected places where Sydney’s live music scene is surging back to life

The number of NSW venues taking advantage of incentives to program live music has nearly doubled across the state in the past year.

  • byMichael Koziol
First of new ferries sails into Sydney weeks before starting services

First of new ferries sails into Sydney weeks before starting services

The Hobart-built ferries will carry fewer passengers than the vessels they are replacing,raising concerns they will be too small amid surging demand.

  • byMatt O'Sullivan
Sydney’s most controversial public toilet. A constipated story

Sydney’s most controversial public toilet. A constipated story

If it’s this hard for a council to build a single public toilet on land it owns,what hope do we really have of fixing housing,infrastructure,transport and the myriad other challenges facing our city?

  • byMichael Koziol
This venue offers ‘fickle’ Sydney something new. Will the city embrace it?

This venue offers ‘fickle’ Sydney something new. Will the city embrace it?

Late-night hours and live entertainment are all the rage,but some ideas still fail. The key to success may lie in a property adage:location,location,location.

  • byMichael Koziol