Croydon
The Sydney suburb at war with itself
The state government’s railway station housing plan – and a local council’s alternative – is dividing an inner west heritage suburb.
- Mary Ward
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Inner West Council moves to reduce light, parking and floorspace rules for apartments
As a well-connected and desirable place to live, the inner west is at the centre of Sydney’s housing density debate.
- Michael Koziol
‘It would just ruin it’: The Sydney suburb wriggling its way out of the state’s housing policy
Croydon was one of 31 suburbs with train stations selected by the state government for higher density housing. Now that looks set to change.
- Michael Koziol
The Sydney suburbs where house prices soared most last year
Property prices in a handful of suburbs jumped more than 20 per cent last year, as Sydney’s property market rebounded.
- Kate Burke
Milestones and the mundane lived in dearest Croydon
Diversity and bygone charm make the quaint and peaceful neighbourhood unique in its own ways.
- Nicole Economos
Why a Sydney private girls’ school had to hastily redesign its garden
School staff were oblivious to what the garden looked like from above until they sent a drone to film the progress of landscaping works from the sky.
- Christopher Harris and Lucy Carroll
‘Like a bomb’: Fatal explosion in inner-west Sydney unit
About 30 people had to be evacuated after residents became trapped on upper levels of the apartment complex in Croydon.
- Jenny Noyes and Sarah Keoghan
Man shot after being stopped by police in Sydney’s inner west
A man with gunshot wounds has been taken to hospital in a serious but stable condition after an incident involving police.
- Jenny Noyes
No cases, mass confusion in ‘Paris end’ of Sydney’s pandemic hot zone
On Monday every resident seemed to have a different version of what the rules were in the eastern end of the lockdown zone.
- Carrie Fellner
Woman, 65, charged with attempted murder after domestic violence incident
Emergency services responded to reports of a 70-year-old man with serious head injuries. The woman was found in the backyard with stab injuries.
- Esther Han
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