Buy property in Sydney and you're 'pretty well set for life': NSW housing minister

A state policy on housing affordability will be announced in the "very near future", says new Planning Minister Anthony Roberts.

'Before it's too late': Plan to take music approvals away from councils

Pubs and other venues would be able to host acoustic music and other forms of "low impact" entertainment without the need for government approval, under a plan being pushed by a Labor MP.

How ratepayers got stuck with a hefty bill for a government delay

Ratepayers in Sydney's south-west will be slugged half a million dollars because of the state government's failure to implement its own laws.

What Sydney needs to do next

When Jan Gehl was hired by the City of Sydney in 2007 to help make the city a more attractive place to live and work, the renowned architect and urbanist focused on the fact that so much of Sydney's space was given over to cars.

Stokes' parting gift to make housing affordable

Randwick Council will become just the fourth local government in Sydney allowed to levy developers for affordable housing contributions across the council area.

People power pushes council mergers to the brink

It was a policy dictated from the heart of commercial Sydney but if the state's council amalgamations plans are defeated, it will have been because of political power exercised from RSL clubs, town halls, and showgrounds on the other side of the Great Dividing Range.

Bizarre decision: Berejiklian's housing focus off to a bad start

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In the days following Gladys Berejiklian's statement that she wanted to ensure "every average hardworking person in this state can aspire to own their own home," the premier's actions have served only to undermine that goal.

Plebiscite plan on the cards to head off council merger backlash

The Berejiklian government is considering using plebiscites to allow residents to decide the future of the state's councils, in a potential major about-turn from one of the Coalition's signature policies.

The Sydney council whose vehicle fleet is held together with gaffer tape

Trucks repaired with gaffer tape and ride on mowers without windscreens. These are examples of how Botany Bay Council's vehicle fleet has fallen into disrepair.