Thousands of new homes on northern beaches
A large slice of undeveloped land on Sydney's northern beaches will be transformed into a new suburb with over 3,000 new homes in what is the latest bid by the Baird government to boost housing supply.
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Lisa Visentin
Lisa Visentin is an urban affairs reporter based in Sydney. She has previously worked covering courts and in federal parliament.
Council outshines government on affordable housing
Councils across Sydney are taking the lead on affordable housing by adopting targets more ambitious than those set by the state government in a bid to tackle the city's housing affordability crisis.
Councils respond to election delay: 'It's blackmail'
Councils embroiled in legal challenges with the NSW Government over forced amalgamations say they are more resolute than ever in continuing their fight, even as a deadline for holding council elections elapsed on Wednesday.
Labor slams 'disgraceful' affordable housing target
Labor has accused the government of leveraging state-owned land to fill government coffers rather than provide housing for low-income workers.
'Ambitious and interventionist': Baird urged to act on housing
A mixture of non-profit organisations, churches and academics want the Premier to tackle affordable housing.
Elderly man bashed after trying to stop teenage vandal
An elderly man was bashed by a teenage boy at a train station in south Sydney on Saturday after he attempted to stop another boy from applying graffiti to the station's platform.
The suburb that Sydney left behind
At the turn of last century, a suit maker in Sydney's George Street was offering customers a tempting deal. Buy a suit and get a free block of land in a subdivision in Riverstone, about 50 kilometres north-west of the city.
'Just too cosy': Viv the 'Vivisector' takes machete to council spending
Two weeks ago, scoffs rippled through an audience in Wollongong as premier Mike Baird told an annual conference of local government representatives it had been "a difficult year".
'David v Goliath' battle as Barangaroo casino challenged in court
The ongoing controversy surrounding James Packer's casino at Barangaroo has reached the NSW courts.
New Sydney housing policy could have 'a really dangerous impact'
The state government's plan to address the chronic shortage of affordable housing across Sydney has triggered alarm from the property development industry.
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