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Reusing their religion: The Sydney churches with eyes on high-rise futures

A century-old north shore church has won planning approval to redevelop the site into high-rise housing despite resistance from residents – and it’s not the only church eyeing a housing future.

  • David Barwell

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Sinking boats and Jonathan Frearson.

Sydney Harbour’s shameful secret – and a boat dealer in the spotlight

The bane of environmentalists and the scourge of maritime authorities, Jonathan Frearson is a dealer with a difference.

  • Harriet Alexander
Splitting a matcha flavoured daifuku with a piece of string at Sydney Daifuku Store.

Split your mochi with a piece of string at this hidden Japanese cafe

Our reviewer has never encountered a more expansive offering of these squishy pastry desserts than at this spot. It’ll cure your wish-I-was-in-Japan blues.

  • Lee Tran Lam
Norman Griffiths Oval in 2021 and in 2025, before the contractor was told to down tools by Ku-ring-gai Council.

Council fires contractor in synthetic turf saga as costs more than double

Ku-ring-gai Council has torn up a contract to build a much-delayed synthetic pitch, ordering tradies to down tools and pack up as an ongoing dispute heats up.

  • Jessica McSweeney
The Khudas’ latest purchase in the Crown Towers.

Billionaire pays about $20m for second pad in Crown Towers Sydney

AirTrunk’s Robin Khuda’s latest purchase takes the value of the couple’s residential real estate assets to more than $90 million.

  • Tawar Razaghi
A young family dropped $7.2 million at auction on Saturday for a deceased estate in Collaroy Plateau.

Family pays over $7m at auction for Collaroy Plateau fixer-upper

The young family from Freshwater dropped a cool $7.2 million on the deceased estate in Sydney’s Northern Beaches on Saturday.

  • Kristy Johnson
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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
Splitting a matcha flavoured daifuku with a piece of string at Sydney Daifuku Store.

Sydney Daifuku Store

Handmade Japanese mochi with a fresh fruit centre.

  • Erina Starkey
The unusual property is located at 5 Foss Street, Hunters Hill.

The north shore property that won’t cost millions

The pocket of land on the prized Hunters Hill peninsula is among a series of unusual Sydney properties intriguing buyers.

  • Michaela Whitbourn
20 Alder Avenue, Lane Cove NSW 2066

Twenty-something spends $2.15m on ‘really cheap’ home she only saw that day

A keen buyer made a final knockout bid to beat eight other registered parties for the three-bedroom home on a cul-de-sac.

  • Carmen Forward

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