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This new waterfront suburb will reshape Sydney, but who will get to live there?
If we are sacrificing a working harbour to build this shiny new precinct, we cannot sacrifice working Sydneysiders too.
- Estelle Grech
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Fancy living in Sydney’s next inner suburb? A one-bedder will set you back $2m
The NSW government wants to build 8500 homes west of Sydney’s CBD. The local MP warns it risks turning into “an exclusive waterfront enclave for the rich”.
- Megan Gorrey and Max Maddison
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- Development
Why a divisive plan to build 227 homes on the old Balmain Leagues site will be fast-tracked
Construction of three residential towers up to 16 storeys will begin within months on the languishing Victoria Road site.
- Megan Gorrey
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- Courts
Sydney man claims land in harbourside suburb under ‘squatter’s rights’
The owner of a home in Sydney’s inner west has successfully acquired a parcel of land next to his property.
- Michaela Whitbourn
This Sydney council wants to build a new swimming spot. Rowers are up in arms
Rowers are fighting a rearguard battle to stop construction of a tidal pool close to the last Olympic-length rowing course near the harbour.
- Megan Gorrey
Revealed: The plan to transform a rotting Sydney bridge into an ‘urban island’
Plans to build more homes west of Sydney’s CBD have intensified pressure on the government to reopen an old bridge. One architect has a different idea.
- Megan Gorrey
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- Title Deeds
The $27.5m estate that’s set to smash records for Sydney’s inner west
The heritage-listed, four-level, sandstone Ewenton House is set to hit the market for the first time in more than three decades.
- Tawar Razaghi
The new swim spot coming soon to inner west
After months of delays, the $3.8 million tidal baths at the heart of Callan Park will soon open to the public.
- Cindy Yin and Christine Lee