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Millers Point has been identified as a short-term rental accommodation hotspot.

The plan to return hundreds of homes to inner Sydney’s rental market

Councillors say the city has become a “hotspot” for investors letting out dwellings that could be rented long-term but not everyone will like their proposed fix.

  • Megan Gorrey

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Robert and Eleni Bonanno live in Sydney’s tightly held suburb of Monterey.

‘A beautiful pocket’: The Sydney suburbs people never want to leave

Robert and Eleni Bonanno love their postcode so much that they are upsizing to live just 800 metres away from their current address.

  • Kristy Johnson
The proposed building envelopes for Central Barangaroo, which will rise above the soon-to-open metro station.

Barangaroo is getting a metro station within weeks. What’s built above is mired in drama

The state government is facing accusations of misleading the public over $2 billion plans to redevelop the final piece of the Barangaroo foreshore.

  • Megan Gorrey
Cathy Cao with her son Jaclyn Yang at her home in Roseville.

‘A hidden, beautiful area’: The Sydney suburbs people never want to leave

Cathy’s neighbours have all happily lived in their homes for 25 years or more, and she plans to stay for the long run.

  • Tawar Razaghi
Cyclists pass students and parents approaching the entrance to Fort Street Public School in Millers Point.

‘It shouldn’t take a kid to be killed’: Warning over bridge cycleway choke point

The southern Harbour Bridge bike ramp, promised in 2016, is still unbuilt, and parents at Fort Street public are in despair.

  • Nigel Gladstone
The historic Darling House at The Rocks has sold for $23.1 million.

Historic house at The Rocks sold by Moran family for $23 million

Dr Shane Moran has sold Darling House at The Rocks for $23.1 million, while tech billionaire Scott Farquhar settled on his $130 million new home with no mortgage.

  • Lucy Macken
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Fort Street Public School, located at Millers Point next to the Sydney CBD, is being rebuilt.

The 61cm school height increase that has inner-city residents up in arms

A last-minute tweak to the revamp of Fort Street Public School in Sydney’s Millers Point has angered residents and heritage advocates.

  • Michael Koziol
One-third of homes in Millers Point were empty on Census night.

In this Sydney suburb, one in three homes is empty. It’s not just a data error

There are 164,624 empty homes in Sydney, yet we have a five-figure waiting list for public housing. Experts say solving the city’s housing crisis will not be simple.

  • Angus Dalton, Billie Eder, Millie Muroi, Anthony Segaert and Angus Thomson
The 1875-built terrace is one of three in a row known as Winsbury.

ABC veteran Quentin Dempster lists historic Millers Point home for $6.6 million

ABC identity Quentin Dempster is cashing in on his historic Millers Point home; and Blanche d’Alpuget misses her timing on the sale of her Hyde Park pad.

  • Lucy Macken
Construction at Central Barangaroo.

Government heritage advisers lodge ‘strong objection’ to Barangaroo plan

The state’s own advisory council said the proposal would compromise the heritage of Millers Point and diminish Observatory Hill.

  • Michael Koziol

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