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Labor’s Jerome Laxale at his election night party after he retains his Bennelong seat in Sydney.

‘We’ve made history’: Labor holds on to knife-edge seat of Bennelong

Labor MP Jerome Laxale trounced his opponent Scott Yung on Sydney’s north shore, where a boundary redraw had tilted the seat in the Liberals’ favour.

  • Megan Gorrey and Penry Buckley

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Inside Maggio’s Pasticceria in North Ryde.

This family-run cafe and pasticceria is an old Italian soul worth visiting

In a quiet suburban shopping strip, Maggio’s offers a cornucopia of maritozzi, sfogliatelle and excellent chicken schnitzel sandwiches.

  • Lenny Ann Low
Stuart Mclean and his waterlogged flat.

Stuart didn’t think much of a wet patch in his lounge room. Then he came home to a flooded flat

Defective buildings across Sydney are costing home owners and taxpayers $700 million a year. This is what is at stake as development accelerates.

  • Anthony Segaert
The development at 23 Halifax Street, Macquarie Park.

The Building Commission said this block was ‘at risk of collapse’. No one will tell you how it’s being fixed

A year ago, the developer of these 900 units in northern Sydney was issued with a damning rectification order, but details of the plan to fix it are being hidden from the public. We found out anyway.

  • Anthony Segaert
The T.G. Millner Field is now closed and bookings have been cancelled.

‘Nothing dictatorial about it’: Field closed in fresh clash over 132 townhouses in rugby heartland

T.G. Millner sports fields at Marsfield will cease to operate as a community asset after a bid by Ryde Council to rezone it as open space left the owners furious.

  • Chris O'Keefe
The home drew nine registered bidders, but only four place bids.

Outdated home in Sydney’s north fetches $2.52 million, last sold for £300 as an empty block

The auctioneer said there were very few cheaper alternatives for a house in the region.

  • Tawar Razaghi
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21 Howard St, Strathfield

Luxury home in ‘Mosman of the inner west’ sells for $6.45 million

The high-end house with its own home cinema and underground car park was a mortgagee-in-possession auction.

  • Carmen Forward
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It’s a thriving business hub. Now it’s rezoned for housing. Can this Sydney suburb really take both?

It seemed simple enough: build mass housing between two Metro stations in a suburban business district full of good jobs.

  • Michael Koziol
The apartment has three balconies and city skyline views.

Woolloomooloo apartment sells for $3.91 million in post-auction contest

The three-bedroom apartment failed to sell under the hammer, passing in at $3.8 million. But with three buyers still interested, that wasn’t the end of the bidding.

  • Kate Burke
Auctioneer Jake Moore prepares to sell the Balmain home for $1,686,000.

First home buyer nabs $1.68 million Balmain cottage

They outbid eight other buyers for the two-bedroom home spanning just 76 square metres. The cottage last sold for $395,000 in 2000.

  • Tawar Razaghi

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