A surging crowd of people exercising along the Bondi to Bronte coastal walk has forced authorities to shut it down for the first time. Eastern suburbs Mayors Paula Masselos and Danny Said have blasted people for not observing social distancing rules and potentially spreading COVID-19.
The entire state is feeling the economic pain of the COVID-19 job losses. Now The Sunday Telegraph can reveal the 50 suburbs suffering the most from the mass closure. SEE THE LIST
Sydney’s tallest suburban tower will be constructed in city’s booming north west, with building giant Meriton granted permission to reach heights of 243m above sea level. But not everyone is happy about the controversial decision.
Sydney’s richest and most left wing council is locked in a bitter dispute with a major union over its decision to stop paying hordes of casual and part time staff because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Taller buildings, higher density living and a New York Highline-style walkway on the fringe of Sydney’s CBD – Pyrmont is heading skywards with the state government indicating the low-rise suburb once regarded as a slum is set for major change.
A Sydney mayor whose council is at the epicentre of coronavirus infections is calling on greater powers to allow rangers to move people on and issue fines to those failing to comply with social distancing.
Sydney councils are still issuing parking fines to motorists despite the economic crisis spreading across the state due to coronavirus, with many refusing to even turn parking meters off. HERE’S WHERE YOU’LL GET STUNG.
Residents of a 250-apartment complex built by developers Holdmark Property Group have been pushing for the company to fix ‘defects’ like rotting gyprock walls, leaking lifts and crumbling sandstone walls since it opened in 2018, it has been revealed.
Apartment behemoth Meriton has been forced to scrap a controversial $1100 ‘pet licence’ fee it was charging tenants after it was threatened with legal action by NSW Fair Trading.
Western Sydney will absorb the equivalent of five Newcastles on its fringes to accommodate unprecedented population growth. MULTIMEDIA SPECIAL: HOW IT IMPACTS YOUR SUBURB.
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