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Secret review to decide on removing ports for housing at Glebe Island
The state government has commissioned a secret review from a former Treasury boss into whether the working ports at Glebe Island should be moved to make way for high-density housing.
- by Michael Koziol
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The unlikely Sydney suburb in line for new 30-storey towers
A plan to build 1200 apartments in Five Dock is one of dozens of major projects lodged under the Minns government’s new incentive scheme for affordable housing.
- by Michael Koziol
NSW needs a housing ‘supremo’ to override rival government agencies, says alliance
An alliance of business groups, unions and universities says the housing “sausage grinder” is not working quick enough, but the appointment of such a tsar could fix that.
- by Michael Koziol
‘I’m different’: The drastic changes made by Ray Hadley after 20 years at No.1
The shock jock has notched up 158 consecutive ratings wins. But over barramundi and steak, the 69-year-old insists he’s not as powerful as some people think.
- by Michael Koziol
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City life
‘It’s a heritage landscape’: Synthetic turf plan for Callan Park sparks anger
The $8 million project, funded through a state government grant, will reignite tensions over the 61-hectare site sometimes called “the jewel of the inner west”.
- by Michael Koziol
Move over Crown: First look at plans for Sydney’s tallest-ever buildings
Two proposed skyscrapers next to each other would transform the CBD skyline and effectively match the Sydney Tower Eye as the city’s tallest structure.
- by Michael Koziol and Julie Power
‘Huge waste’: Labor loses key supporters over inner-city housing plans
The Minns government has been criticised from all sides of the housing debate, including its usual supporters, over its plan for a prime piece of inner-city land that will be sold to developers for new homes.
- by Michael Koziol
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The Trump shooting in 160 seconds: Inside the assassination attempt, moment by moment
Before any shots were fired, people in the crowd knew something was amiss. What happened next was chaotic, deadly and over in seconds.
- by Michael Koziol, Matthew Absalom-Wong and Tom Compagnoni
Why Sydney needs to bring back this abandoned ‘missing train link’ from the ’80s
The government has been urged to resuscitate a long-lost railway line from Port Kembla to south-west Sydney or risk wasting the potential of the city’s new airport.
- by Michael Koziol
Sydney councils that drag heels on housing DA claim there are good reasons
Councils pinged as the slowest in Sydney at assessing development applications say there are several reasons why they rank poorly on a new league table.
- by Michael Koziol and Megan Gorrey
Geo-fence technology to be used in Sydney share bike crackdown
Riders are likely to be forced to park bikes in designated areas under a future regulatory regime being worked on by no less than 13 government agencies.
- by Michael Koziol