This north shore council just handed a golf club 21 more years on harbourside land
The decision followed suggestions that public golf courses in the area be repurposed as community green space, and went against council recommendations.
- by Anthony Segaert
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What this north shore mayor really thinks of his colleagues
One Sydney mayor has described three of his colleagues as “people who hate the world when they wake up”.
- by Anthony Segaert
As it happened: Global IT outage hits airlines, supermarkets and banks; CrowdStrike CEO apologises for outage
A major IT outage is affecting businesses across the country. Follow our live coverage for the latest updates.
- by Josefine Ganko, Lachlan Abbott, Anthony Segaert, David Swan and Eryk Bagshaw
In Sydney’s Little India, Raj has to close his food cart by 7pm – or face council’s wrath
Little India’s night-time economy is booming. But a zoning regulation means most street carts are forced to close by 7pm.
- by Anthony Segaert
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Building Bad
‘Good’: Albanese welcomes Setka resignation amid calls for CFMEU probe
Amid allegations that senior bikie figures and criminals have been handed lucrative union roles on government-funded projects, the PM said the former union boss’s alleged behaviour should be condemned, isolated and stamped out.
- by Annika Smethurst, Harriet Alexander and Anthony Segaert
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Greyhound racing
Urine samples, soft-serves and an empty grandstand: A night out at the greyhound track
A horror week of headlines for the greyhound racing industry didn’t deter regular punters from watching the dogs on Thursday. We thought we’d go along.
- by Anthony Segaert
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Construction
The Sydney apartment building found to have serious defects
The builder being prosecuted by the EPA over 10 tonnes of asbestos-riddled construction waste on his wife’s Southern Highlands property has been dealt a new blow.
- by Anthony Segaert
Bodies of mother and teenage daughter found in Sydney home
Police were called to the home in Sydney’s north-west on Thursday morning, responding to reports of a concern for welfare.
- by Clare Sibthorpe and Anthony Segaert
Inside the $14 million battle to fix a northern Sydney hole in the ground
Ryde councillors will vote on Tuesday night on the bill to clean up the hole-in-the-ground Ryde Central site before it is safe to open as a green space.
- by Anthony Segaert
This council job pays up to $633,852 a year. But there’s an easy way to lose it
Council general managers and chief executives are supposed to be non-political. However, they’re being hired and fired by councillors.
- by Anthony Segaert
NSW budget 2024 as it happened: State faces decade in the red as Treasurer Daniel Mookhey hands down budget
Health, transport, education and a shaky economic forecast: Follow our live coverage as NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey hands down Labor’s budget.
- by Anthony Segaert
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