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Hundreds of rowers from community clubs and school groups use th

This Sydney council wants to build a new swimming spot. Rowers are up in arms

Rowers are fighting a rearguard battle to stop construction of a tidal pool close to the last Olympic-length rowing course near the harbour.

  • Megan Gorrey

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Construction continues at the Westmead metro station site on Friday.

Sydney’s three metro rail projects blow out by more than $6 billion

Disputes with contractors, skyrocketing construction expenses and design and scope changes have added to original cost estimates.

  • Matt O'Sullivan and Ellie Busby
Penrith’s proposed Winter Sports World, and its site.

This overgrown block of land will soon be an indoor snow resort. The price keeps going up

The developer behind Winter Sports World has celebrated a new partnership but it’s been marred by delays and a cost increase.

  • Ellie Busby
A render of the new design for the $200 million upgrade to the notorious DFO roundabout at Homebush.

$200m fix for Sydney’s worst roundabout to start in 2027

A type of signalised intersection has been ditched in favour of a more traditional design for the notorious DFO roundabout near Olympic Park.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
The areas make up about 14 per cent of the city.

Taller towers, fewer car parks in plan to boost housing supply

The plan affects about 14 per cent of Brisbane, with the lord mayor highlighting Morningside, St Lucia, Moorooka and Zillmere as areas that would see change.

  • William Davis
Ferres Wang worries about her future after buying off the plan more than a decade ago.

‘Risks to structural integrity’: Photos reveal Sydney apartment tower’s slab defects and leaks

Ferres Wang bought her Pyrmont flat off the plan. Photos show the nightmare it has been ever since.

  • David Barwell
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Illustration by Sam Mooy

In the right hands, AI can help solve the housing crisis

The Housing Delivery Authority should not be punishing employees for using AI. It should be encouraging them.

  • Allegra Spender
NSW planning official Aoife Wynter has been removed from her post for using an unauthorised AI tool to assess major housing projects.

Planning official used husband’s AI tool to fast-track hundreds of Sydney housing proposals

The government’s signature housing development agency is scrambling to reassess projects delivering more than 100,000 homes.

  • Alexandra Smith and Max Maddison
A bull shark swimming with fish in the ocean.

Yes, shark bites are becoming more common, but it’s complicated

More humans are in the water, while climate change is altering the natural range of many shark species.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
The golf course next to the Eatons Hill Hotel, bought by Comiskey Group, and Carolyn Taylor, whose family used to own the links.

Council forcibly bought the Georges’ land in 2012. They just sold it to the biggest pub in town for less

The City of Moreton Bay bought a family-run golf course to limit the risk of developers swooping in. They sold it last week to the pub next door.

  • Julius Dennis

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