High-speed rail,airport connections and more Metro stations:What Parramatta needs by 2050

High-speed rail,airport connections and more Metro stations:What Parramatta needs by 2050

The City of Parramatta could be a global city of five connected “districts”,according to the council’s new vision for the region.

  • byAnthony Segaert

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Boardwalk to nowhere:Council bungles upgrade of coastal path

Boardwalk to nowhere:Council bungles upgrade of coastal path

Waverley Council has been forced to revise its upgrade of a coastal walk after residents complained it would let tourists look into their bedrooms.

  • byAndrew Taylor
Let us DIY:This Sydney council wants to design its own housing plan on its own timeline

Let us DIY:This Sydney council wants to design its own housing plan on its own timeline

Labor-controlled Inner West Council is urging the Minns government to delay one of its signature housing policies,saying it can deliver the required density itself.

  • byMichael McGowan
Western Sydney council reverses controversial book ban after heated debate

Western Sydney council reverses controversial book ban after heated debate

A Sydney council’s controversial ban on a children’s book about same-sex parents has been overturned after hours of fiery debate.

  • byAnthony Segaert andMegan Gorrey
As it happened:Cumberland City councillors meet as same-sex parents book ban debate rages

As it happened:Cumberland City councillors meet as same-sex parents book ban debate rages

As councillors vote on plans to overturn a ban on a children’s book about same-sex parents,protesters are due to gather outside council chambers.

  • byAnthony Segaert andMegan Gorrey
We asked every Cumberland councillor about the same-sex book ban. Here’s what they said
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We asked every Cumberland councillor about the same-sex book ban. Here’s what they said

The Sydney council will probably overturn its controversial ban at a meeting on Wednesday night,as it is revealed the banned book was borrowed once in five years.

  • byAnthony Segaert
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ICAC investigating former Canterbury-Bankstown Council employee and contractor
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ICAC investigating former Canterbury-Bankstown Council employee and contractor

The NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption will hold a hearing next month after the council’s general manager reported conduct to the body.

  • byAnthony Segaert
Careless ‘fat bike’ riders are plaguing Manly. Police and the mayor are determined to stop it

Careless ‘fat bike’ riders are plaguing Manly. Police and the mayor are determined to stop it

More than 200 people have been booked for “fat bike” offences in the past year in one council area alone. At Manly,they’ve had enough.

  • byAnthony Segaert
Almost everyone passes the driving test in Inverell. In Willoughby and Ryde,most people fail

Almost everyone passes the driving test in Inverell. In Willoughby and Ryde,most people fail

Would-be drivers in parts of Sydney are far more likely to fail the practical test than counterparts in regional NSW.

  • byAndrew Taylor
When Brenna and her mums were on Play School the backlash was swift. That was 20 years ago.

When Brenna and her mums were on Play School the backlash was swift. That was 20 years ago.

Brenna Harding,who at age eight introduced Australia to her two mums,says Cumberland Council’s ban of a same-sex parenting book shows how little has changed.

  • byMary Ward
One-hour challenge:Council to vote on speedy removal of hate-speech graffiti

One-hour challenge:Council to vote on speedy removal of hate-speech graffiti

Jewish and LGBTQ groups are backing a push for speedier removal of offensive graffiti,following a number of slogans appearing in Sydney playgrounds.

  • byAndrew Taylor