Inner West Council rejected the state’s housing plan. The PM gave them $2.6 million to do it again
Anthony Albanese has given his home council millions to redo housing plans already drawn up by the state Labor government.
- by Michael Koziol
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Revealed: The ‘missing middle’ Sydney housing changes delayed until after council elections
The major “stage 2” changes to permit more low- and mid-rise housing are now slated for the end of 2024 despite earlier indications they would be active by June.
- by Michael Koziol
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Medicine
Surgeon suspended for using patient ‘as a prop’ now operating under a new name
Colorectal surgeon Gary McKay legally changed his name to Barry McCabe this year, but a record of previous findings against him did not appear until the Herald inquired.
- by Michael Koziol
Church v state: The battle over density around Sydney’s metro stations
Everybody agrees Metro West will change Five Dock. But how much? A proposal by the Anglican Church for 20-storey towers has brought the question into focus.
- by Michael Koziol
‘Despicable’: Stadium stoush sparks legal threat from Chinese developer
Plans to rebuild Penrith Stadium have angered a major landholder next door which claims it was not consulted, and its 2000-apartment project is now under threat.
- by Michael Koziol
North shore council ordered to pay woman $283,000 over slip on mulch slope
Kathie Beatrice Salman successfully sued a Sydney council after she rolled her ankle while moving from a bark surface to spongy rubber in a children’s playground.
- by Michael Koziol
‘So dull’? ‘Dying’? ‘Glow-up’? What inner westies really think about their suburbs
A consultation run by Inner West Council has revealed overwhelming support for more late-night entertainment, fewer noise restrictions and more fun.
- by Michael Koziol
City of Sydney backs boycott of Israel, in bid to add pressure for ceasefire
The state’s wealthiest council will now review any investments and contracts with companies that might be involved in “human rights abuses in Palestine”.
- by Michael Koziol
‘Bad for the whole of NSW’: Inside the north shore’s NIMBY crusade
Ku-ring-gai Council is taking the state government to court to block its planning reforms. But even in NIMBY central, attitudes about housing policy are starting to shift.
- by Michael Koziol
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Planning
Can the powerful owl and a flying fox save this north shore zone from development?
In a summons filed in the Land and Environment Court, Ku-ring-gai Council claims the government failed to give due consideration to critical habitat and threatened species.
- by Michael Koziol
The people’s verdict: What you made of the NSW budget
From builders and electricians to health workers and concerned parents, here’s what the people made of Daniel Mookhey’s second budget.
- by Angus Thomson, Anthony Segaert and Michael Koziol
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