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NSW is falling behind its National Housing Accord target to deliver 377,000 new homes by mid-2029.

The Sydney suburbs failing to meet housing targets

Sydney is more than 30,000 homes behind its target. Here’s how your suburb fares.

  • Megan Gorrey

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Canterbury pool construction.

Inside Sydney’s next pool facing cost and timeline blowouts

After finding asbestos, bikes, bottles and “a whole heap of things”, the reconstruction of the Canterbury Leisure and Aquatic Centre has reached a milestone.

  • Mostafa Rachwani
The United Services Union protest included the chant “Put some pork on your fork,” directed at Muslim mayor Ned Mannoun, last April.

Ex-council boss denies he fuelled protests sparked by job loss rumours

Hundreds of union members held a fiery protest as rumours swirled one Sydney council was poised to slash 150 jobs. There was no such plan, an inquiry has heard.

  • Megan Gorrey
Cammeray resident Steph McCullough pictured at one of the tunnel construction zones in Cammeray

Sydney was promised 6000 trees. There’s nowhere to plant them

Residents near Sydney’s newest motorway say they are being short-changed as construction workers wrestle to find space to replace thousands of trees.

  • David Barwell
Mariet Wezeman is disappointed at the council’s plan which would force visitors to shell out $50 to access the prime viewing spot.

‘We have little choice’: North Sydney Council to charge $50 for view of NYE fireworks

Locals are frustrated by North Sydney Council’s controversial plan to charge revellers $50 to view the fireworks at Blues Point.

  • Cindy Yin
The cost of administering local government elections has soared from $26 million in 2008 to $123 million in 2024.

Why the cost of holding an election in one Sydney council has nearly doubled

As costs of running local government elections soar, one south-west council is grappling with a bill that has ballooned by 90 per cent.

  • Cindy Yin
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The revamped North Sydney Olympic Pool has been years in the making.

Inside the North Sydney Olympic Pool revamp, $42,000 frogs and all

For years, the project to transform the famous venue has been frustrated by cost blowouts and delays. The council hopes the $122 million overhaul will be worth the wait.

  • Megan Gorrey
The green and golden bell frog was once plentiful in Sydney.

In the heart of industrial Greenacre, a frog sanctuary teems with life

Once plentiful, now endangered: Sydney’s green and golden bell frogs are coming back in the most unlikely of places.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Virginia Venn, Joey Pamment, and Louise Brandon pictured at the outdoor gym at Bondi Beach.

‘A bro area full of testosterone’: Tension over the Bondi Beach gym crackdown

A council decision to remove dumbbells and weights from Bondi Beach’s outdoor gym has sparked debate over the suburb’s fitness scene.

  • David Barwell
The plan to expand the marina opposite Cockatoo Island would allow double the number of vessels to moor.

The fight to stop a ‘parking station for oversized boats’ on Sydney Harbour

Residents say plans to triple the size of a marina for luxury vessels would disrupt views of a famed foreshore park, as well as prized heritage assets.

  • Megan Gorrey and Michaela Whitbourn

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