Fire safety cladding risk uncovered at mega Sydney data centre
The owners of an inner Sydney data centre have been ordered to strip potentially combustible cladding from the multistorey site due to fears over fire safety risks.
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Sydney surfers frothing over electric board ban on city beaches
A push to allow electric surfboards on city waterways has sparked calls by some campaigners for similar rules that allow e-bikes to be extended to Sydney’s beaches.
Fight against CBD plan for $186m hotel tower
The NSW Electrical Trades Union is fighting plans for a $186m ‘green’ skyscraper in the CBD over fears it could leave its city headquarters without sunlight and privacy.
Sydney council to crack down on ‘galling’ driveway parking act
A Sydney council is taking tough action against drivers parking their vehicles across private driveways after receiving a staggering 4393 complaints about the ‘galling’ parking act in the space of just one year.
Prison guard gun rules set for overhaul after Indigenous inmate fatally shot
The ability for prison guards to use firearms is being overhauled in response to the shooting death of an unarmed Indigenous man who was killed while trying to make an escape from custody.
Brethren sect goes public with plans for $109m mega church
A secret brethren church which made headlines this week for backing Liberal candidates on the pre-election campaign trail have released plans to build a $109m mega church catering for up to 3500 people at a riverfront Sydney site.
‘Targeted’: Seaside restaurant owners fight back tears in venue stoush
The owner of a top northern beaches dining institution has fought back tears amid a battle over the venue’s trading hours and ability to host weddings ceremonies.
Slowest, fastest police response times revealed across NSW
Sydney residents are experiencing a postcode lottery when it comes to police response times with residents in parts of the city’s west waiting up to four times longer for emergency call-outs than those in the city’s east.
Battle over high-rise plan for ‘leaking’ Sydney shopping centre
A $309m redevelopment of an ageing Sydney shopping centre is sparking mixed reactions among the community with some fearing it will turn the suburb into “the next Chatswood” while others argue the revamp is desperately overdue.
Man’s box cutter sparks arrest outside Sydney polling booth
Another police incident has unfolded at a Sydney pre-election polling booth after a self described anti-Dutton campaigner was arrested for carrying a cardboard box cutter outside a polling centre in the city’s northern suburbs.
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