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Blacktown City Council took builders to the Supreme Court over defects which emerged after the construction of the Tennis Centre in Stanhope.

The $5 million court battle over a defective Sydney tennis centre

A stoush between a council and builders over defects emerging in a sports facility has found its way to the Supreme Court.

  • Cindy Yin

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The Blacktown City Council building that the council is currently leasing back from developer Walker.

The Sydney council that sold its offices to spend the next decade renting them back

Blacktown City Council’s new offices were originally costed at $144 million. Now the project will cost $605 million and the council is running out of cash.

  • Ellie Busby and Anthony Segaert
Nathan Stafford.

Meet Nathan: he’s either the most popular or most irritating gardener in Sydney

Nathan Stafford has spent the past fortnight calling out Sydney councils, leaders and even the prime minister. Can he win the fight?

  • Anthony Segaert
Pork belly with mustard greens.

Ocean Treasure Asian Dining

The pyramid-shaped pork belly is a Sydney treasure.

  • Kevin Cheng
Development at Marsden Park, in Sydney’s north-west growth area.

Greenfield homes, empty streets: The ‘ridiculous’ reality of Sydney’s new sprawl

In some of the city’s fastest-growing areas there will be no pool, no library and no meeting hall as cash-strapped councils struggle to afford essential services.

  • Anthony Segaert
Former Soviet Union bus shelters inspiring Western Sydney gif

Western Sydney has a bus shelter problem. The former Soviet Union could help

There is a renewed push for more protection for commuters after a heatwave sent temperatures soaring and then rain soaked the suburbs.

  • Ellie Busby
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Abandoned housing projects in western Sydney.

The government planned to build 1500 homes in Sydney – so why did it quietly quit the projects?

The state-owned developer has admitted three housing plans are no longer feasible. It’s a growing problem developers are facing.

  • Ellie Busby and Anthony Segaert
Blacktown City councillors Bob Fitzgerald and Carol Israel resigned from Labor.

Sydney councillors quit Labor amid rate hike anger

Labor has lost majority control of Sydney’s largest council after two councillors accused their colleagues of “playing politics at an inept and dangerous level”.

  • Anthony Segaert
Sweltering Cities has decorated one of the many Blacktown bus stops without shelter to send a message to local MPs.

Tinsel and Christmas cards: Emma’s push for more bus shelters in western Sydney

Each summer, many western Sydney commuters get stuck waiting in extreme weather conditions without shelter for their bus to arrive.

  • Ellie Busby
Fire and Rescue NSW working to free a trapped police officer after a crash into a western Sydney home.

Officer freed from police car crashed into western Sydney home

A female officer was freed from the crashed police car after being trapped for more than an hour in Sydney’s west.

  • Jack Gramenz