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The Sydney football club fighting plans for 200 apartments
APIA Leichhardt FC fears it will be forced into curfews or noise restrictions if a planning proposal to build eight-storey unit buildings goes ahead.
- Jessica McSweeney
The plan to build more 11-storey unit blocks in Sydney’s inner west
The local council didn’t like the state government’s plans to boost housing stock around train stations and urban centres, so it came up with its own plan.
- Megan Gorrey
- Review
- Abe’s Comida Mexicana
Chip bags turned into portable bowls are the hot order at Abe’s Comida
The Leichhardt kitchen is filling Doritos packets with lime, guacamole and slow-cooked meat as per Mexican street-food tradition.
- Lee Tran Lam
The unlikely team sport left high and dry when Sydney dive pool closes
A difficult sport to watch is going to become an even rarer sight as underwater rugby loses a subaquatic pitch.
- Frances Howe
- Exclusive
- Development
The Sydney suburbs excluded from ‘missing middle’ housing plan
The “missing middle” reform was supposed to increase density in inner-city suburbs. Now the government will exclude most of the inner west and parts of other areas.
- Max Maddison
- Exclusive
- City life
The last Italian restaurant in Leichhardt’s Italian forum has sold
The sale of the restaurant – which will soon reopen under new owners – marks a sad milestone in the history of one of the inner west’s most peculiar developments.
- Anthony Segaert
Eastwood villa sells for $1.66 million, almost tripling since 2007
Four downsizers from the suburb and surrounds registered to bid on the two-bedroom, two-bathroom home that last sold for $570,000 less than two decades ago.
- Kristy Johnson
Team behind Burwood Chinatown opens hawker-style food market in surprising location
Eighteen market stands have taken up residence in an inner-west pub that’s been dormant for a decade.
- Scott Bolles
How much money you need to earn to buy a house in Sydney
Buyers in many parts of Sydney would need a six-figure income, and some neighbourhoods require a pay packet that’s astronomical.
- Kristy Johnson
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