Prominent Entertainment Quarter investors could fund extra metro station
Entertainment Quarter chairman Tony Shepherd said it was “within the realm of possibility” the consortium could finance a station that would serve the precinct and Moore Park.
- by Michael Koziol
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Analysis
State Parliament
Minns acted swiftly, but premier’s first ministerial casualty has come all too quickly
Just four months in and Labor has suffered its first ministerial sacking over the smelly combination of property interests and improper disclosure.
- by Michael Koziol
Analysis
Sydney Metro
This is what the premier doesn’t want Sydney’s new metro rail line to look like
Chris Minns has given his strongest signal yet that under his leadership, Sydney’s metro system will be as much a housing policy as it is a transport policy.
- by Michael Koziol
‘This is a test’: Labor mayors rebel over Minns’ refusal to back Metro West
Burwood mayor John Faker is leading the charge, saying the metro is a test of Chris Minns’ mettle, and he is willing to campaign against the government if needed.
- by Michael Koziol
Opinion
City life
There’s nothing wrong with raising kids in apartments - let’s embrace it
The old mythology about quarter-acre blocks and Hills Hoists persists, even if it doesn’t match our modern reality or the intentions of policymakers.
- by Michael Koziol
With $8 billion already gone, Minns faces a huge test of his premiership
Premier Chris Minns faces one of the biggest tests of his premiership, after casting huge doubts on the future of Australia’s largest public transport project.
- by Matt O'Sullivan and Michael Koziol
‘Massively disruptive and damaging proposal’: Eastern suburbs cycleway under siege
The cycleway was to run from Taylor Square to Centennial Park along Oxford Street. It is now facing an assault of opposition from locals, including high-profile politicians and small business owners.
- by Michael Koziol
Labor stands by Parramatta light rail promise but can’t name due date
As Premier Chris Minns stirred conjecture about Metro West, the government affirmed it would begin work on the light rail extension during this term of parliament.
- by Michael Koziol
If Sydney’s Metro West needs more stations, where would they go?
Planning documents showing why certain stations were rejected from the Metro West line may provide clues to how the government plans to “salvage” the project.
- by Michael Koziol
Metro West hangs by a thread as Minns flags project review
Nervous stakeholders in western Sydney – many of whom are braced for the worst following recent meetings with ministers – criticised the government for turning its back on the region.
- by Alexandra Smith and Michael Koziol
It started as a mailing list. Now Sydney’s pro-development activists are mobilising
Six months ago, they were on the fringes. Now the Yes In My Backyard movement is mobilising at council meetings and in the corridors of power to fight NIMBYism.
- by Michael Koziol