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Sydney Airport taxi fares have faced scrutiny from the pricing regulator.

Revealed: The plan to stop Sydney’s airport taxi rip-offs and refusals

New taxi charge caps have been proposed at Sydney Airport as part of a major pricing shake-up in response to reports of cabbies hiking up fares by as much as $40.

  • David Barwell

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Protesters gather outside the Northern Beaches Council meeting.

Revealed: The winners and losers from the verdict on Sydney’s council rate hikes

Some Sydney ratepayers face a 25 per cent jump in their rate bills, while others have been spared an 87 per cent increase in payments.

  • Megan Gorrey
Big developers say North Sydney Council’s proposal to increase its rates will jeopardise the fledgling revival of the CBD.

Metro brought North Sydney to life. One decision could ‘devastate’ it

Developers are fighting North Sydney Council’s proposal to lift rates by nearly 90 per cent over two years, arguing the financial strain could force businesses to abandon its CBD.

  • Megan Gorrey
The pool is still not finished.

North Sydney councillors to consider 87 per cent rates rise

The council has mostly blamed the surging cost of its $122 million Olympic pool revamp for its “weak” finances. It wants ratepayers to help foot the bill.

  • Megan Gorrey
Many NSW councils have struggled to rebound from drought, floods and years of pandemic restrictions.

Independent funding probe risks becoming an attack on councils: Greens

Greens MP Amanda Cohn says most councils’ financial struggles are not caused by mismanagement, and instead they had been “set up to fail by the state government”.

  • Megan Gorrey
NSW Premier Chris Minns.

Sympathy runs dry as 80 per cent of NSW councils cry poor

Limited to a narrow base from which to raise money, it is perhaps little wonder that most NSW councils have been forced to put their hands out and dramatically increase rates.

  • The Herald's View
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Woollahra councillor Nicola Grieve has called for an overhaul of how the council in Sydney’s eastern suburbs calculates rate payments.

Greens councillor wants wealthiest eastern suburbs home owners to pay higher rates

A Greens councillor says Woollahra Council is forcing apartment owners to subsidise the council rates of residents who own harbourside mansions.

  • Andrew Taylor
NSW Transport Minister Andrew Constance.

Public transport fares to rise as $850m coronavirus black hole is revealed

Public transport fares will be increased next month as the NSW government faces a significant deficit in lost revenue from coronavirus restrictions.

  • Tom Rabe
Sydney residents have complained changes to the way rates are levied will mean skyrocketing rates bills for some homeowners.

Rates for four merged Sydney council areas to rise as regulator approves increases

Residents say rates will rise by up to 40 per cent in some areas, while neighbouring suburbs of the merged council areas will save hundreds of dollars a year.

  • Megan Gorrey
Coffins will be ordered through the members-only chain and then shipped within two days.

Pricing tribunal takes aim at funeral providers for not disclosing costs to grieving families

Fewer than half of NSW funeral providers had all the cost information they are legally required to provide on their websites.

  • Daniella White

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