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North shore council unveils its own housing plan after fighting the government all the way.

This Sydney council has fought TODs all the way. Now it has revealed its own plan

Ku-ring-gai’s plans have been revealed months after the council took the state government to court in an attempt to block more intensive development.

  • Megan Gorrey

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Korea.

This Sydney council was about to spend $70,000 on a trip to Korea. Until it changed its mind

The mayor, councillors and other staff are set to attend a three-day festival, but at a lower cost than first flagged.

  • Anthony Segaert
Pathways Cremorne Seniors Housing.

The fight against a seven-storey housing block in Sydney’s north

The government wants to build more seniors housing. Locals say this proposal will clog roads, drive down property values and impinge on heritage buildings.

  • Megan Gorrey
Central Coast seawall

‘People have been in tears’: How the Central Coast seawall fight turned ugly

Accusations of bullying and misinformation have been made as both sides say their opponents are running scare campaigns.

  • Nick Newling
The former dive sites for the WestConnex on Parramatta Road will eventually be turned into housing.

Everyone agrees these vacant lots should become units. But public housing? That depends

Former WestConnex tunnelling sites will be upzoned for units, but Greens and Labor councillors have clashed over how much should be devoted to public housing.

  • Anthony Segaert
Commuters wait in a snaking line for B-line buses to the northern beaches at Wynyard station.

Fleet of new buses to be ordered for Sydney’s north after commuter hell

The state government will buy dozens of new buses in a bid to end long queues at stops along northern beaches and north shore routes.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
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Ku-ring-gai Council is in disarray after reinstating its general manager less than 24 hours after his contract was terminated.

After a $20,000 retreat, north shore councillors to vote on spending audit

Following fiery rate rise debates across the city, two Ku-ring-gai councillors will file a motion to examine the council’s spending.

  • Nick Newling
Rich Lister property developer and wellness entrepreneur Tim Gurner tapes his mouth shut at night to improve his health.

Tim Gurner keeps making everyone mad

The baby-faced property developer wants to live forever. This will give him ample time to respond to everyone he’s annoyed.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman and Tom Cowie
Mayor Sue Heins and state MP James Griffin at the ribbon cutting ceremony at Northern Beaches Council’s Freshwater Beach Playground, before it was abruptly shut.

This northern beaches playground opened in November. So why has it spent three months shut?

The $1.05 million Freshwater Beach Playground was opened with great fanfare last year – but it abruptly closed after a piece of equipment broke, injuring a child.

  • Anthony Segaert
Workers in the new $11 billion metro rail line to Western Sydney Airport.

These Sydney metro rail extensions have been pushed out to the 2040s – if they go ahead

Those crying out for metro extensions in Sydney’s west face a long wait before construction starts - even if the government commits to them.

  • Matt O'Sullivan and Michael McGowan

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