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Public pools are attractive offerings - but they can often come with a hefty price tag.

$10 a dip or free? The battle to lower the entry price at Sydney’s public pools

As councils across the country are reducing pool entry fees, three in Sydney are looking to follow suit.

  • Anthony Segaert

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Lane Cove Council: What your candidates said

Lane Cove residents have 30 candidates to choose from.

12 Delta Road, Lane Cove, NSW.

Soaring architect-designed home in the treetops fetches $5.4m at auction

Downsizers won the keys to a Lane Cove five-bedder with a studio, set in a private location next to bushland yet close to the city.

  • Carmen Forward
The auction crowd at 10/16-18 Roslyn Gardens in Rushcutters Bay.

A 33-square-metre unit in Rushcutters Bay sells for $582,500

Despite its size, half a dozen registered for the home because it ticked all the boxes, including the ability to be used as a short-term rental.

  • Tawar Razaghi
Lane Cove Mayor Scott Bennison.

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”.

  • Anthony Segaert
The home measured up at 81-square-metres but buyers were drawn to its location.

A dozen first home buyers miss out on one-bedder in ‘hot pocket’ of Redfern

The home was in a highly coveted location but not even the bank of mum and dad could nab the keys to it.

  • Tawar Razaghi
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Almost a dozen buyers registered to bid on the home that had been owned since 1990.

Lane Cove investment property bought in 1990 for $250,000 sells for $3.5 million

Eleven buyers – a mix of young families and developers, who were eyeing it for its knock down potential – registered to bid. But one group didn’t even get a look in.

  • Tawar Razaghi
The 294 bus will no longer run when the Metro opens

Revealed: The Sydney bus routes that will be axed and cut short when Metro opens

While there is bad news for some commuters, long-suffering Victoria Road bus passengers have had a win.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
Jenny Connah and her husband Dave with children Penny and Tim at Collaroy Beach on Sydney’s Northern Beaches where they have owned a house for 25 years.

‘It has everything you need’: What it costs to live in the Sydney suburbs with the highest wellbeing

A suburb’s wellbeing was measured on several indicators such as health, environment, jobs and income – but it comes at a price.

  • Elizabeth Redman and Tawar Razaghi
31 Cullen Street, Lane Cove NSW

Savvy bank of mum and dad buy as family joins forces for $3.48m home

The buyer and their parents are both selling their homes to live in this one together, rather than move further out of Sydney separately.

  • Carmen Forward

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