The Sydney councils failing to meet home approval targets

Despite the NSW government’s plans to solve the housing crisis with higher-density dwellings,fewer than one in four Sydney councils are meeting development approval targets.

  • Frances Howe

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Liverpool mayor Ned Mannoun on Friday.

The Sydney council spending $300,000 on councillors complaining about each other

Staff say the rising number of complaints about councillors is getting in the way of business.

  • Megan Gorrey
The green and golden bell frog and Garfield Road East in Riverstone

The Sydney council,the vulnerable frog and the $7m lawsuit that backfired

A company that rejected the first offer of $2.49 million for a forced acquisition of land will receive much less.

  • Michael Ruffles
Ku-ring-gai council residents Michael Clayden,Samantha Bing,Peter Tulip,Jo Karaolis,Todd Cefai and Matthew Hayes on Clanville Rd Roseville where new developments are set to go up.

The great divide over this north shore council’s housing plan

There was only one item on the agenda at Ku-ring-gai Council’s extraordinary meeting on Monday,yet it was hours before councillors could debate it.

  • Frances Howe
Corflute tampering.

The case of the local council and the disappearing election corflutes

It is one of the oldest of political tricks – candidate puts up campaign signs,opponent takes them down. But in the case of Bradfield there was a curious twist.

  • Stephen Brook,Alexandra Smith andMegan Gorrey
Pickleball players Evan Bushell and Charlie Sutton

How a controversial plan for this 120-year-old bowlo is dividing Mosman

A proposal to replace a bowling green with pickleball courts has the backing of some locals,but others have raised concerns about the noise and whether it will just be a “passing fad”.

  • Emily Kaine andDaniel Lo Surdo
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North shore council unveils its own housing plan after fighting the government all the way.

This Sydney council has fought TODs all the way. Now it has revealed its own plan

Ku-ring-gai’s plans have been revealed months after the council took the state government to court in an attempt to block more intensive development.

  • Megan Gorrey
Korea.

This Sydney council was about to spend $70,000 on a trip to Korea. Until it changed its mind

The mayor,councillors and other staff are set to attend a three-day festival,but at a lower cost than first flagged.

  • Anthony Segaert
Pathways Cremorne Seniors Housing.

The fight against a seven-storey housing block in Sydney’s north

The government wants to build more seniors housing. Locals say this proposal will clog roads,drive down property values and impinge on heritage buildings.

  • Megan Gorrey
Central Coast seawall

‘People have been in tears’:How the Central Coast seawall fight turned ugly

Accusations of bullying and misinformation have been made as both sides say their opponents are running scare campaigns.

  • Nick Newling