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Paul Paynter and John Moores were picked to run as Liberals for in the council elections until a major administrative mistake stopped them.

NSW Liberals launch class action over botched council nominations

Two Liberal party members who missed out on contesting last year’s council elections are behind a class action suing the party. 

  • Alexandra Smith

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Korea.

This Sydney council was about to spend $70,000 on a trip to Korea. Until it changed its mind

The mayor, councillors and other staff are set to attend a three-day festival, but at a lower cost than first flagged.

  • Anthony Segaert
Central Coast seawall

‘People have been in tears’: How the Central Coast seawall fight turned ugly

Accusations of bullying and misinformation have been made as both sides say their opponents are running scare campaigns.

  • Nick Newling
Mayor Sue Heins and state MP James Griffin at the ribbon cutting ceremony at Northern Beaches Council’s Freshwater Beach Playground, before it was abruptly shut.

This northern beaches playground opened in November. So why has it spent three months shut?

The $1.05 million Freshwater Beach Playground was opened with great fanfare last year – but it abruptly closed after a piece of equipment broke, injuring a child.

  • Anthony Segaert
A documentary directed and produced by award-winning local filmmaker Bruce Walters about a campaign to save two trees in Ruskin Rowe, Avalon.

The smashed Mercedes and a community fight over two trees

Residents have put “a stake in the ground” to save two towering 60-year-old gums in a majestic tree-lined street on Sydney’s northern beaches.

  • Michaela Whitbourn
Ratepayers urged the council to cut spending, sell off assets, or peddle the naming rights to North Sydney Oval, rather than slugging them with a rates rise.

‘Sack them all’: North Sydney councillors vote for 87 per cent rate rise at rowdy meeting

A hostile crowd of protesters shouted “shame” and “liar” as councillors debated the proposed rates rise at a meeting on Monday night.

  • Megan Gorrey
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Former Liberal councillors Karina Page, Stuart Sprott and Georgia Ryburn.

‘There’s no voice of reason’: Northern Beaches’ lost Libs blame party failure for rate hike

A former Northern Beaches Liberal councillor warns the proposed 40 per cent rate rise is just the beginning of contentious changes.

  • Nick Newling
Residents protested the 40 per cent rate rise, saying the council was voting against the wishes of the public.

Beaches council clears path for 40 per cent rate rise at fiery meeting

The special rate variation was approved by a single vote, as angry protesters repeatedly delayed the four-hour meeting.

  • Nick Newling
Coastal erosion at Wamberal Beach is a significant environmental issue to be tackled by the new council.

These houses were sinking into the ocean. Now a council wants to fix it

After four years in administration, the Central Coast Council is prioritising the environment, infrastructure and housing.

  • Nick Newling
NSW’s DA system is a maze holding up housing supply.

‘As confused as it is confusing’: The big handbrake holding back housing in Sydney

If Sydney can ever tackle its housing crisis and become affordable for young people, addressing the development application system needs to be at the top of the list of reforms.

  • Daniel Lo Surdo and Kayla Olaya

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