Canterbury
The 8.04am train gets you from Canterbury to Town Hall in 33 minutes. The bus? Not so quick
The current bus route takes twice as long as the train does. Will the government find a solution before it closes the T3 line for the Metro conversion?
- by Anthony Segaert
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The seven best luxury properties on the market right now
We’ve travelled far and wide across the country to bring you our favourite luxury listings, from a Tudor-style home to a Hamptons-inspired retreat.
- by Kate Farrelly
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Crime
Bondi cocaine kingpin’s death triggers 100-strong police taskforce
A month-long round of shootings and killings followed Alen Moradian execution, as warring gangs vie to control Sydney’s drug market.
- by Perry Duffin, Sarah Keoghan and Angus Dalton
‘Big money’: Police arrest five men, seize $15 million worth of drugs in two-day blitz
Detectives executed 13 warrants, seized $15 million worth of drugs and froze $8 million worth of assets during the two-day blitz of international crime syndicates.
- by Sarah Keoghan
Pictures reveal devastation facing owners as Toplace empire crumbles
Frantic apartment owners will find out next week whether the construction company will survive after it was placed into administration amid ongoing concerns about serious defects.
- by Carrie Fellner and Sue Williams
Patrick’s apartment block has defects. He has nightmares of being buried beneath rubble
There’s cracking, crumbling and a crippling cost for repairs. Residents in Toplace’s troubled Vicinity apartment block fear for their safety after it was slapped with another rectification order.
- by Sue Williams
Embattled property developer Jean Nassif again banned from operating in NSW
The developer and his company Toplace have once more been banned from operating after dozens of defects were found in several apartment developments in Sydney.
- by Megan Gorrey
‘People tend to overlook it’: The best value suburb within 10km of Sydney’s CBD
Living close to the city centre isn’t cheap, but in some pockets house hunters will get much better bang for their buck - even by moving one suburb over.
- by Kate Burke and Elizabeth Redman
Canterbury-Bankstown mayor’s expenses ‘outside community expectations’, inquiry finds
A NSW parliamentary inquiry has called for a review of councillors’ expenses after it was revealed Canterbury-Bankstown mayor Khal Asfour spent thousands of ratepayers’ dollars on designer suits and spa treatments.
- by Alexandra Smith
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NSW councils
Armani, Hugo Boss and a Bally briefcase; Fix ‘loose’ council spending, inquiry says
A draft report from an inquiry into a major Sydney council says councillors’ overseas interests should be tracked after the mayor revealed a unit in the Philippines.
- by Jordan Baker
Piece of Sydney’s history given second lease of life
The Canterbury Olympic Ice Rink will receive a $18 million grant for urgent repairs after it was forced to close indefinitely last August due to structural issues.
- by Billie Eder