Series
Sydney’s growing pains
As Sydney grapples with the twin tasks of accommodating another 85,000 people a year while trying to take some pressure off the relentless growth of housing costs, we examine just how housing development in local communities does - or doesn’t - take place, and the impact it will have on the city.
Overdevelopment ‘bludgeons’ us out of our homes, say residents
In the first story in a week-long series, the Herald examines the vexed question of housing development in Sydney, and whether planners, residents or buyers should call the shots.
- Michael Koziol
The supply myth: Why solving the housing crisis is more complex than developers will admit
Some suggest planning reforms to increase the supply of new homes is the panacea for Sydney’s housing woes. But is boosting supply all it’s cracked up to be?
- Michael Koziol
‘Like some sort of giant, concrete zombie’: Meriton makes new bid for redevelopment of Little Bay
The apartment giant is making its third attempt at a high-density redevelopment in south-east Sydney, using a new state government scheme that bypasses councils and independent planning panels.
- Michael Koziol
Yes, in my backyard: inside Sydney’s fledgling YIMBY movement
In California, a group of mostly millennials has taken on so-called NIMBYism. Could it take off here?
- Michael Koziol
The development sagas that show why Sydney’s planning system is broken
After 10 years, authorities are no closer to deciding whether this prime block of inner west land should stay as a warehouse or be turned into housing.
- Michael Koziol
The diabolical development dilemma of the Crows Nest metro station
It’s just one of 46 metro stops open or planned for Sydney, and it poses a big question: how much housing density should one train station support?
- Michael Koziol
Other series
Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2026
This year’s laugh fest has kicked off, with more than 2000 performers stepping up to the mic. Here, our writers take a closer look
- 10 stories
Hate of origin: Inside football’s most intense rivalry
Essendon and Hawthorn have hated each other for more than 40 years, from some old-fashioned thuggery and a fake drug scandal in the mid-80s to last year’s failed bid by the Hawks to poach the Bombers’ captain.
- 5 stories