Lisa Visentin is an urban affairs reporter based in Sydney. She has previously worked covering courts and in federal parliament.
Woollahra Council will have its fight against the government's forced mergers heard before the High Court later this year, in a legal showdown that will decide the council's ability to remain a standalone entity.Â
An independent councillor has resigned over controversial plans to build a cultural centre on sporting fields.
The planning documents propose making Moore Park's Entertainment Quarter a commercialised sporting precinct.
Somewhere, amid the life she has been packing into boxes lately, Anna Kovic still has the receipt for her rent from 1971.
Last year, the NSW government unveiled its plan to transform land near Mona Vale into a new community.
A former Ryde councillor has been resigned from the Liberal Party following his conviction for tax fraud over the backdated tax returns of ex Macquarie banker Michael Carapiet.
How a pen stroke embroiled former senior banker Michael Carapiet in a councillor's tax fraud.
A Sydney council is considering urgent measures to reduce its gas bill, including lowering swimming pool temperatures, increasing entry fees and cutting subsidies to swimming programs.
Former Labor premier Barrie Unsworth has found an unlikely ally in his battle against perceived overdevelopment.
The 74-year-old has mounted a legal challenge to stop the NSW government from evicting her from her home of 40 years.
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