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Young Sydneysiders Matthew Thrum, Greens councilor Bonnie Harvey and Zachary Moore aren’t impressed with the major parties housing policies.

We asked young Sydneysiders about Labor and the Coalition’s housing plans. They weren’t impressed

Young people who feel locked out of the property market say neither of the major parties’ strategies will help solve Sydney’s housing crisis.

  • Jessica McSweeney and Cindy Yin

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Judy Mundey looks up at a mural that shows her late husband Jack Mundey - in the upper right with a loudspeaker - a leader of the Builders Labourer Federation and the green ban movement which saved the ’Loo for working-class people and defeated a proposal for highrise.

These murals honour Sydney’s hero of heritage. Will they be preserved themselves?

Murals depicting the Woolloomooloo community joining unions to save the historic area from development are fading. And not everyone wants them repainted.

  • Julie Power
Building defects across Sydney.

Search for buildings with defect notices across Sydney

Building defects cost homeowners north of $700m a year. These are the rectification orders issued in the past four years.

The builder has denied allegations of defective work.

Warning issued over ‘potentially unsafe’ homes in Melbourne’s south and west

The regulator has said allegations were so concerning it had taken the unprecedented step of naming a builder under investigation

  • Grant McArthur
Maria and John Tsolakis bought an apartment in 2021 but it has had multiple defects which have resulted in multiple water leaks and mould issues in their Ettalong Bay townhouse.

Maria thought her townhouse was ‘perfect’. Then her bedroom ceiling began to drip

Defects are being kept out of strata reports and the building commission is removing defects notices from public view - all of which creates a trap for prospective buyers such as the Tsolakis family.

  • Anthony Segaert
Manly West Public School will allow its oval to be used by the public after hours.

First a golf course, now schools. How NSW is reclaiming green space for apartment living

The NSW Labor government is on a crusade to find more green space as it forges ahead with a higher-density living agenda.

  • Alexandra Smith
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The Sydney councils failing to meet home approval targets

Despite the NSW government’s plans to solve the housing crisis with higher-density dwellings, fewer than one in four Sydney councils are meeting development approval targets.

  • Frances Howe
Traffic jams are frequent in Beveridge.

Sold a dream, left in gridlock: The isolated suburb begging for traffic fix

The isolated and car-dependent community of Beveridge is a planning disaster 10 years in the making, say residents of Melbourne’s northernmost suburb.

  • Adam Carey
There are competing plans for Moore Park golf course.

Teeing off: The turf war dividing Sydney’s eastern suburbs

The Minns government is forging ahead with plans to halve Moore Park’s championship length course for parkland, much to the chagrin of golfers.

  • Megan Gorrey
Melbounre’s CBD has more than 1000 unsold, new apartments.

The Melbourne suburbs with hundreds of cheap, brand-new apartments

The state government wants developers to build more housing, but they can’t even shift the units they already have.

  • Daniella White

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