Jacob Saulwick is City Editor at The Sydney Morning Herald.
The NSW government will ramp up a program of encouraging major housing development near rail stations in Sydney, as well as pushing for new schemes that make it easier for renters to buy their own property.
Two commercial towers would be built above a remodelled Martin Place train station, under a proposal by Macquarie Group that is being taken increasingly seriously by the NSW government.
Premier Gladys Berejiklian will take personal responsibility for major inner city development projects at the Bays Precinct and along the Central to Eveleigh rail corridor, following an administrative reshuffle.
A $1.4 billion accounting hole is the latest anomaly to be flagged by one of the state government's hand-picked council mandarins.
The premier has announced the creation of a trust to help secure the future of Wendy Whiteley's garden, a much-loved reclamation project in Lavender Bay created by Ms Whiteley on RailCorp-owned land.
The City of Parramatta Council is proposing to push ahead with an ambitious scheme to make property developers help subsidise the $1 billion in infrastructure needed for the fast-growing area.
The minister for Local Government Gabrielle Upton has referred a report into Auburn Council to the Independent Commission Against Corruption, after a public inquiry ordered by her predecessor was unable to compel witnesses to answer questions.
Lucy Turnbull's Greater Sydney Commission faces an uphill battle to convince Sydney councils of the merits of its vision for the city.
Plans for Sydney's former Olympic precinct have bureaucrats wondering what all the new residents will be able to drink.
One of the leaders of the opposition to council mergers in Sydney's lower north has emerged as a primary challenger to the Berejiklian government's chance of retaining the seat of North Shore.
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