Residents filthy over Covid hot spot cleaners
A lockdown ban on cleaners leaving hot spots means millions of Sydney residents living in units might have to put their own bins out for the next few weeks.
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Man banned from owning pets after ‘tail docking’ corgis
Bosley the corgi is lucky to have survived the “cruel” practice of tail docking, which killed some of his siblings. The owner who wanted to sell the pups for $7000 each has been sentenced.
Suburbs with buildings inspected for major defects
A major crackdown of building defects in NSW has infected almost every part of Sydney including some of our most exclusive suburbs. See the full list.
Developer tries to sell apartments despite ‘defect’ warning
A property developer has listed $3.8m worth of apartments for sale weeks after owners in the same block launched legal action alleging the building is beset with defects.
Hidden victims of Sydney’s property boom
Landowners around the new Western Sydney Airport are being slugged up to $24,000 in rates for land they can’t sell forcing some residents to come out of retirement.
Court backs Auburn mosque’s early prayer bid
A Sydney mosque has won the right to run amplified prayers at 5am with a court rejecting Cumberland Council’s claim that it would be a “noise nuisance”.
ICAC warning over church cemetery deal
Senior bureaucrats have warned handing the Catholic Church control of cemetery assets could land the government in hot water with the state’s corruption watchdog.
Council’s ‘abhorrent’ cash grab from Mascot Towers victims
Mascot Towers owners say it is “bordering on criminal” that Bayside Council would jack up council rates by 13 per cent next month when many residents are heading towards bankruptcy.
10 suburbs that have become trolley dumping grounds
Thousands of abandoned trolleys need to be recovered every year but in these suburbs they have become the scourge of the neighbourhood. Check out the list.
Little Bay’s big development plans sunk
A proposal to squeeze 5000 people into an eastern suburbs enclave has been sunk amid traffic and parking concerns.
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