Killara
After fighting new housing, this Sydney council just voted for more
A north shore council is paving the way for a high-rise housing boom after voting on a contentious rezoning plan it claims will protect heritage and save residential streets from “overdevelopment”.
- David Barwell
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The great divide over this north shore council’s housing plan
There was only one item on the agenda at Ku-ring-gai Council’s extraordinary meeting on Monday, yet it was hours before councillors could debate it.
- Frances Howe
This Sydney council has fought TODs all the way. Now it has revealed its own plan
Ku-ring-gai’s plans have been revealed months after the council took the state government to court in an attempt to block more intensive development.
- Megan Gorrey
This north shore school catchment shake-up blindsided parents. Now there’s a delay
A controversial change to the catchment zone of one of Sydney’s top-performing comprehensive schools, Killara High, has been pushed back.
- Nick Newling
It’s one of the north shore’s most prized school catchments - and it just shrank
Families pay a median price of $3.3 million to live in Killara. Now, many of them won’t get their kids into Killara High.
- Nick Newling
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- Title Deeds
Former Commonwealth Bank exec lists delightful $12m Killara home
The family bought the elegant upper north shore property, which dates to circa 1918, for $1.27 million in 1999.
- Tawar Razaghi
North shore council reaches secret deal over housing plan
Planning Minister Paul Scully accused the council of wasting ratepayers’ money to stop development in the middle of a housing crisis.
- Megan Gorrey
‘Bad for the whole of NSW’: Inside the north shore’s NIMBY crusade
Ku-ring-gai Council is taking the state government to court to block its planning reforms. But even in NIMBY central, attitudes about housing policy are starting to shift.
- Michael Koziol
Six of the best homes for sale in Sydney
Looking for your next home within Sydney? If you’re looking in South Coogee, North Curl Curl or Concord, we’ve got you covered.
- Pauline Morrissey and Lou Sweeney
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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