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Development
Premier questioned over City of Sydney development exemption
There are calls for Chris Minns to explain why a council won’t be included in the scheme to drive high-density housing across Sydney.
- by Max Maddison
Latest
‘The smell. Oh my God’: Anger grows over Sydney’s rubbish collection debacle
City of Sydney councillors say the ongoing waste collection woes caused by a protracted industrial dispute are the number one gripe of residents.
- by Andrew Taylor
63,000 people will live in this Sydney precinct, but public transport hasn’t matched the boom
The City of Sydney has ramped up pressure on the state government to extend the light rail network, and to include a stop on the Metro rail line at Zetland.
- by Megan Gorrey
The plan for trams to turn Broadway into Sydney’s ‘green gateway’
The City of Sydney wants light rail, trees and cycle paths to transform the busy stretch of road between Central Station and the University of Sydney.
- by Megan Gorrey
Opinion
Public transport
Next stop, Zetland: More metro stations will derail NIMBY gripes
Failure to add more stops to the Sydney metro map will leave us stuck with the same old “housing versus infrastructure” arguments despite having spent billions.
- by Michael Koziol
‘It’s not NIMBYism’: Locals fear parking, traffic chaos from new units
A public meeting about a Meriton development in Zetland heard from angry neighbours who claim their streets are being swamped by other people’s vehicles.
- by Michael Koziol
Crumbling and combustible: the long-abandoned ghost buildings of Sydney’s CBD
The inferno that destroyed a former hat factory in Surry Hills has put a spotlight on the abandoned and derelict buildings that dot Sydney’s CBD and surrounds.
- by Michael Koziol
‘North Korea would be proud’: Labor to unwind Coalition ‘get Clover’ laws
The laws give businesses and property owners in the City of Sydney two votes. They were widely seen as an unsuccessful attempt to oust Lord Mayor Clover Moore.
- by Michael Koziol and Michael McGowan
Editorial
City life
City and state should join forces to give Sydney the public square it deserves
Central Sydney has many great things going for it but one thing is missing - a proper meeting place.
- The Herald's View
City of Sydney Council’s housing affordability taskforce still MIA
Amid a historic rental and affordability crisis, the council’s Housing For All Committee will go a whole year between meetings.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Noel Towell
Vivid returns to the Botanic Garden – at a price
It will cost up to $128 for a family of four to see Vivid Sydney in the Royal Botanic Garden, in what was previously a free community event.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons