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The plans include a sports field and exercise tracks with lighting on the main routes to boost safety.

First look at the $50m plan to slice Moore Park golf course in half

Putt-putt and playgrounds are in the detailed proposal to shrink the championship length course to nine holes – a move golfers have stridently opposed.

  • Megan Gorrey

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A James Packer-backed developer wants to knock down The Chimes in Potts Point and replace it with upmarket apartments.

How Morris Iemma helped James Packer get his way on a $100m Potts Point development

The controversial development, backed by the billionaire, was facing stiff opposition from the City of Sydney. So the developer called on the former premier for help.

  • Michael McGowan
Butchers Brew in Marrickville.

The plan to let more venues host live music ‘without the headache’

Entertainment hot spots can avoid lodging development applications for shows under a suite of reforms aimed at boosting the 24-hour economy.

  • Megan Gorrey
The government hopes the scheme will reduce risk in the residential construction sector and boost confidence for lenders and homebuyers.

The $1 billion plan to speed up construction of thousands of NSW homes

Developers say meeting presale targets to secure finance has become a hurdle to building homes. The government is stepping in to underwrite their projects.

  • Megan Gorrey
Native trees and plants will be planted to boost tree canopy cover and salve the impact of the nearby road.

A new lawn, events for 1500: The $27m plan to reinvent a Sydney landmark

The state government wants to hold more events at the sandstone building. Nearby residents say it will disturb their peace and create “traffic chaos”.

  • Megan Gorrey
Bushland in Belrose and Oxford Falls would be rezoned for housing and other development under the Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council plan.

To ignore RFS advice on housing isn’t just disrespectful. It’s stupid

Attempts to improve the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act are welcome in the current housing crisis. But disregarding advice from our emergency services is folly.

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A koala at Smiths Creek in Leumeah near the new Georges River Koala National Park earlier in 2025.

Will a new national park protect Sydney’s chlamydia-free koalas?

The protection comes as the state pushes ahead with the construction of 73,000 homes on the Cumberland Plain, but koala corridors and road crossings are lagging development.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Despite opposition from industry, Glebe Island is firming as part of the Minns government’s ‘plan b’ for a major housing boost.

Glebe Island firms as ‘Plan B’ for housing boost after collapse of ‘mini-city’

The Bays masterplan, which will provide the framework for rezoning the precinct surrounding the metro station, is expected within weeks.

  • Max Maddison and Michael McGowan
Bipartisan reforms of the Environmental & Protection Act are taking shape.

Momentum builds to overhaul major housing handbrake

Labor and the Liberals are working together to reform controversial planning laws, but suspicions of an ambush remain.

  • Max Maddison
GIF: Before and after for Rozelle development.

The Balmain Leagues site has been in limbo for 15 years. It’s about to get 227 new homes

The prominent site, which has been languishing since 2010, will be transformed, but some residents think it’s “as workable in Rozelle as a snowflake is in hell”.

  • Megan Gorrey

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