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The planned MetroWay cycling and pedestrian route, linking Sydenham to Bankstown, will pass through Dulwich Hill station.

First GreenWay, now ‘MetroWay’: Sydney’s next cycling route revealed

The 13.8 kilometre bike and pedestrian route will “unlock” suburbs along the M1 metro rail line corridor but residents face a long wait for it to be ready.

  • Megan Gorrey

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Jo Haylen revoked her support for plans that would’ve slashed safety upgrades at Sydney Park Junction while she was transport minister.

Former transport minister was misled over ‘massive’ safety promise, secret emails reveal

A controversial decision to axe safety upgrades at a major Sydney intersection was based on a briefing that lacked clarity about the true extent of the cuts.

  • Daniel Lo Surdo
Former transport minister Jo Haylen has made her first foray back into policy debates after she resigned from cabinet.

Former transport minister Jo Haylen returns from purgatory with a plea

NSW Labor MP Jo Haylen has been muted on the backbench but has made a return to political debate with a speech aimed at her government.

  • Alexandra Smith
Inner West Council announce new opening date for a Parramatta River swimming bath planned for the embankment adjacent to the Callan Park Sporting Ground.

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
Eugenio Tarantola rides an e-bike to the office in Sydney.

You’re paid to cycle to work in France and the Netherlands. Sydney could be next

Sydney commuters could be compensated for riding an e-bike or e-scooter to work, under a creative financial incentive scheme that has worked wonders in Europe.

  • Daniel Lo Surdo
Inner West Mayor Darcy Byrne with the Prime Minister at the opening of an affordable housing development.

Labor faces internal housing battle in PM’s heartland

Inner West Mayor Darcy Byrne made his own housing plan after rejecting the premier’s. But his density push still hasn’t satisfied everyone.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
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Former federal health minister Michael Wooldridge said he supported laws limiting vaping to people with a prescription.

By the skin of his teeth: Former health minister avoids bankruptcy

ASIC sought to bankrupt Michael Wooldridge over legal costs, thought to be in excess of $2 million, stemming from the collapse of a retirement village company.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman and Madeleine Heffernan
Plans to slash Sydney Park Junction upgrades were circulated within Transport for NSW four days after then Transport Minister Jo Haylen (right) promised that no such cuts would be made, after she and senior minister John Graham (left) were urgently briefed.

The transport minister made a safety promise. Four days later, it was torn apart

Plans to slash critical upgrades for a major Sydney intersection were shared between Transport bureaucrats four days after the minister ruled out any such cuts.

  • Daniel Lo Surdo
Local Government Minister Ron Hoenig, Health Minister Ryan Park and Attorney-General Michael Daley.

Revealed: The NSW ministers who used drivers for family holidays

Both sides of the political divide will be trying to out-do each other over use of taxpayer-funded chauffeurs.

  • Michael McGowan, Max Maddison and Alexandra Smith

To be a political cleanskin, here’s a tip: Abstain from wineries

Both sides of politics have skeletons in the wine cellar. Now the door is being flung open.

  • Alexandra Smith