War on wrecks declared on Sydney Harbour’s ‘junkyard’
Concerns over environmental impacts and ‘visual pollution’ has sparked calls for tougher action to stop boat owners leaving their vessels to rust and decay on Sydney’s waterways.
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The meteoric rise of a Sydney baseball player who is on the cusp of landing a potential pay deal worth millions is inspiring a new generation of up and coming talent in the sport.
Parishioners revolt over church’s housing plans
Members of a Sydney church have raised questions over a council using heritage factors to block a townhouse development for the site as divisions among church members result in some resigning from their positions in protest.
War over woks fires up over council’s call for gas ban
A war of words over woks has fired up following a push by a Sydney councillor to limit gas stovetops being installed in new homes.
Royal Randwick’s mega hotel gets government green light
A multimillion plan to build a seven storey hotel and gaming areas at Royal Randwick has hit the home straight despite critics claiming it will lead to excessive traffic, noise and anti-social activity.
‘Tokenistic’: Councils battle over City of Sydney’s Israel stance
A battle of Sydney councils has broken out over a contentious move by the City of Sydney Council to investigate scrapping contracts with companies linked to Israel with neighbouring Woollahra councillors labelling the move ‘antisemitic’ and ‘tokenistic’.
Bondi parks, street to be renamed after Indigenous spelling blunder
Residents in a well-heeled Sydney suburb say they could be left thousands of dollars out of pocket over a council plan to change their street name due to an Indigenous spelling error that labelled the street ‘Cadigal Place’ instead of ‘Gadigal’.
17,000 calls: Sydney’s biggest council braces for food bin shake-up
Sydney’s largest council is bracing itself for thousands of potential complaints from households as it prepares to shake up weekly red bin collection services with organic food waste bins.
Neighbours sell up ‘super lots’ to cash in on Sydney’s density drive
Groups of Sydney neighbours are joining forces to sell their homes as combined ‘super lots’ to developers in a move agents say enables them to cash in the government’s push for increased density in residential areas.
‘Boring’: Backlash to plans for KFC in Newtown
Fast food giant KFC is set to become the sixth chicken shop to open its doors within a 100 metre radius in Newtown – but not all locals are loving the prospect.
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