Chinese developer reveals $1.5bn southwest Sydney housing expansion
More than 100 new residential lots are being proposed to transform pastures in Sydney’s southwest as part of an ongoing push to meet the state’s desperate need for housing.
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Mechanical fault likely cause for intense blaze in southwest Sydney
The RFS have delivered a warning after a dramatic blaze erupted on Monday morning when a car burst into flames in the middle of a paddock in Sydney’s southwest.
Video: Fire breaks out at Sydney high school as holidays start
A blaze broke out overnight at a high school in Sydney’s southwest hours after school broke up for the year. See video footage here.
Koala’s doorstep visit prompts community calls for action
VIDEO: Increased sightings of distressed and displaced koalas – and a climbing death toll – have prompted calls for action from a southwest Sydney community and animal activists.
Video: Police investigate pallet yard blaze in southwest Sydney
More than 50 firefighters worked through the night to battle a fierce fire at a pallet yard in Minto. The fire is being treated as suspicious and now under investigation. Watch the video.
Sydney’s priciest park benches just got more expensive
Swim for free, pay to sit down. That’s how it works at a recently opened southwest Sydney attraction… but not for much longer.
New evidence in search for mum missing since 1994
The son of a woman who vanished three decades ago has begged for answers ahead of Christmas, following revelations police found clothing during a search of bushland.
‘Proximity is poison’: Residents rail against plastic plant
Hundreds of locals have railed against plans to build one of Australia’s largest plastic recycling plants in the Southern Highlands, with one warning of inevitable fires.
Could southwest Sydney be getting its first Starbucks?
Fast food giant Hungry Jack’s wants to open in one of southwest Sydney’s newest suburbs — and the plans offer a hint at a potential companion.
Revealed: Expansion plans for huge estate near new airport
The developer behind an ambitious estate has unveiled plans for hundreds of new homes, as part of a precinct set to house more than 20,000 people near the new Western Sydney Airport.
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