Balmain
This inner west apartment plan has split opinion. The council predicts there’ll be more
One opponent argued that the 16-storey block proposed for the languishing Balmain Leagues Club site would be “as workable in Rozelle as a snowflake is in hell”.
- Megan Gorrey
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- NRL 2025
It’s time for real change at Wests Tigers. The fans deserve nothing less
It’s bizarre that in 2025 any registered club has such a closed-shop system of governance. Members and supporters have simply had enough of the backroom brawling.
- Darcy Byrne
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- Courts
Balmain Leagues site developer makes $97m compensation claim
The claim includes costs linked to a fire that tore through the property in 2022 while the land was occupied by Transport for NSW.
- Michaela Whitbourn
This Sydney ferry wharf was shut down 11 years ago. Soon locals will get it back
When the wharf closed in 2013, only 48 people used it daily. But with fresh development in the area, that number will skyrocket.
- Anthony Segaert
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- Public transport
Balmain to get 24-hour weekend bus service in timetable shake-up
The arrival of around-the-clock buses on the trainless peninsula coincides with plans to jump-start the area’s nightlife.
- Megan Gorrey
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- Courts
Multimillion-dollar Balmain properties at centre of inheritance lawsuit
The family patriarch wanted to leave properties to three of his children. A judge found his widow deserved more.
- Michaela Whitbourn
Rebel Wilson sells Hollywood mansion she never lived in for $5.6 million
The glamorous home served as a business base for producing social media content and holding meetings and came with personalised touches.
- Emily Power
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- Pollution
The big switch coming for cruise ships heading to White Bay
Cruise ships berthing in Sydney’s inner west will soon be required to hook up to onshore electricity while in port, following years of community complaints about pollution.
- Mary Ward
‘Complete idiocy’: Why the Balmain Leagues Club saga isn’t over yet
Plans to redevelop the languishing Rozelle site have had more stop-starts than the traffic that crawls past it on Victoria Road every day.
- Megan Gorrey
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