Frenchs Forest
The public school with ocean views catching the eye of parents
Students will walk in for the first time on Monday morning, marking the beginning of a new era for secondary education on the northern beaches.
- Sally Rawsthorne
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‘Left in limbo’: Sydney council backflips on housing rule to entice developers to ‘failed’ suburb
Ann Attwater wants to sell her home, but she can’t. Nor does she want to risk renovating in a suburb where homes are hard to sell.
- David Barwell
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- Northern Beaches Hospital
Deal struck to bring Northern Beaches Hospital under government control
The NSW government has reached an agreement with private operator Healthscope and receivers to bring Northern Beaches Hospital under government control costing taxpayers $190 million.
- Kate Aubusson and Jessica McSweeney
The Northern Beaches councillor who’s racked up $31,866 in expenses
Councillors spent more than $200,000 on expenses and $150,000 sending staff to conferences even as ratepayers faced big hikes in rates.
- Cindy Yin and Max Maddison
‘Would Joe be alive?’ Family demands answers after scathing audit
The Minns government says it is committed to ending its agreement with private operator Healthscope despite rejecting two offers to take the hospital into public hands.
- Angus Thomson and Kate Aubusson
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- Hospitals
‘It hasn’t worked for Joe’: The law change that will end the Northern Beaches Hospital model
The parents of Joe, who died at the controversial hospital, have welcomed a major shake-up that will reset “our moral compass”.
- Michael McGowan, Angus Thomson and Frances Howe
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- Austrian Club Sydney
This ‘raucously cosy’ club serving schnitzels and schnapps is still going strong after 45 years
The pokie-free Austrian Club has an infectiously warm vibe, deer-based taxidermy and excellent apple strudel.
- Callan Boys
Dad helps daughter in her 20s buy $1.6m Marrickville home
All three active bidders for the run-down Marrickville house with no kitchen were first home buyers, assisted by the bank of mum and dad.
- Kristy Johnson
Minns urged to lift affordable housing on former school site
Labor’s commitment to build at least 30 per cent social and affordable housing on public land projects is being tested at a planned northern beaches town centre.
- Michael Koziol