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‘Plastic grass has no place here’: Why residents want to stop rugby precinct

Sydney councils

‘Plastic grass has no place here’: Why residents want to stop rugby precinct

The Hills Shire says concerns about the environmental impact of new sporting facilities are exaggerated, as opponents demand the federal government stop the project.

by Andrew Taylor

Pub baron Arthur Laundy (centre), with daughter Danielle and her husband Shane Richardson at the Red Lion Hotel in Rozelle.

Pubs

Pub barons call for end to tax slug on drinkers

by Andrew Taylor

Paddington boarding house residents are backed by their neighbours in a bid to save their homes.

NSW residential property

‘They’ll have to take me out in handcuffs’: Paddington developer stoush erupts

by Sue Williams

A dog in the Canidrome kennels.

Greyhound racing

How greyhound racing’s golden year went to the dogs

by Ben Cubby and Jordan Baker

Children who grow up with domestic violence may be affected by the experience their whole lives.

Domestic violence

The forgotten victims of domestic violence

by Jordan Baker

Transport

The new Metro station at Victoria Cross.

Sydney Metro

Firefighter ban casts shadow over Sydney metro line opening date

by Matt O'Sullivan

A bridge on the incomplete Maldon to Dombarton railway line.

Infrastructure

Why Sydney needs to bring back this abandoned ‘missing train link’ from the ’80s

by Michael Koziol

The NSW government will push ahead with an overhaul of the city’s patchwork of toll roads, putting it on a collision course with motorway giant Transurban. Pictured is an aerial view of the M7.

Roads

Sydney’s toll road shake-up is coming. The scene is set for a showdown

by Matt O'Sullivan

Siblings Jack 10, and Sophie 12, using lime bikes to explore Sydney, in Oxford st in Paddington, Wednesday 10th of July 2024. Photo: Dion Georgopoulos / The Sydney Morning Herald

Cycling

Geo-fence technology to be used in Sydney share bike crackdown

by Michael Koziol

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Crime & Courts

Building Commission NSW has issued He Co Pty Ltd with a work rectification order over an Engadine property the company built.

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Construction

The Sydney apartment building found to have serious defects

by Anthony Segaert

Former Canterbury player Jackson Topine.

NRL 2024

‘Unheralded civil case’: Text from Topine’s father to Bulldogs

by Adam Pengilly and Adrian Proszenko

Sydney businessman Mark Sarian is accused of 37 sexual crimes against 10 women after he allegedly failed to pay for sex work.

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Crime

Sydney businessman charged with sex crimes against 10 women in case ‘unlike any other’

by Perry Duffin

Police officers at the Marsfield home on Thursday.

Crime

Bodies of mother and teenage daughter found in Sydney home

by Clare Sibthorpe and Anthony Segaert

Local council

The Hills Shire Greens councillor Mila Kasby and volunteer wildlife rescuer Kerrie Sicard at the site of an elite rugby precinct proposed for Fred Caterson Reserve in Castle Hill.

Sydney councils

‘Plastic grass has no place here’: Why residents want to stop an elite rugby precinct

by Andrew Taylor

Chief executive John Ajaka, right, was dismissed after a bitter falling out with Mayor Ned Mannoun, left.

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Sydney councils

Claims of disappearing documents engulf Sydney’s Game of Thrones council

by Max Maddison and Kate McClymont

North Sydney is among the slowest councils for residential development application approvals.

Property development

Sydney councils that drag heels on housing DA claim there are good reasons

by Michael Koziol and Megan Gorrey

Georges River is the slowest council in great Sydney when it comes to determining housing DAs.

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Sydney councils

Revealed: How fast each Sydney council approves new homes

by Alexandra Smith

To get loan help over the line explain how you intend to turn your circumstances around and understand that nothing – ever – is free

Opinion

Housing crisis

Sydney mayor’s brazen attempt to annex half an LGA

by Michael Koziol

People driving in certain parts of Sydney will need to slow down to 40km/h.

Road safety

The Sydney suburbs where drivers will need to slow down

by Megan Gorrey

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City life

Sheridan Harbridge, Helen Dallimore and Max McKenna in the Sydney Theatre Company and Global Creatures production of Muriel’s Wedding the Musical.

Tax reform

The plan to turn Sydney and Melbourne into the ‘West End of the Asia Pacific’

The live entertainment industry wants tax breaks to prevent Australian shows being lured overseas.

by Andrew Taylor

Pub baron Arthur Laundy (centre), with daughter Danielle and her husband Shane Richardson at the Red Lion Hotel in Rozelle.

Pubs

Pub barons call for end to tax slug on drinkers

The Laundy family is plunging millions into Sydney’s ailing hospitality sector, defying the cost-of-living crisis.

by Andrew Taylor

The Hills Shire Greens councillor Mila Kasby and volunteer wildlife rescuer Kerrie Sicard at the site of an elite rugby precinct proposed for Fred Caterson Reserve in Castle Hill.

Sydney councils

‘Plastic grass has no place here’: Why residents want to stop an elite rugby precinct

by Andrew Taylor

Siblings Jack 10, and Sophie 12, using lime bikes to explore Sydney, in Oxford st in Paddington, Wednesday 10th of July 2024. Photo: Dion Georgopoulos / The Sydney Morning Herald

Cycling

Geo-fence technology to be used in Sydney share bike crackdown

by Michael Koziol

I even get angry at people like me, people who are grumpy all the time.

Opinion

Mental health

The world is a bin fire, so why am I angry at a sink?

by Kerri Sackville

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