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The bulk of Glebe Island’s working port facilities will be scrapped for high-density housing around the future Bays West metro station.

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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As many as 8500 homes will transform Bays West into a rare new suburb west of Sydney’s CBD.

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
The scheme means developers can secure funding earlier and projects slowed by pre-sale hurdles can proceed.

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
The Blackwattle Bay precinct west of Sydney’s business district will gain more than 7000 new homes.

1400 homes, 35-storey towers: The plan to transform Sydney’s old fish market site

Hundreds of apartments will replace the old fish market complex on one of the last undeveloped stretches of the harbour.

  • Megan Gorrey
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Last stand for maritime land

Or risk walking the public plank.

Young rowers on Iron Cove at dawn.

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
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A former industrial site in Berrys Bay, Waverton will be turned into parklands and could become a hotspot for firework viewers.

The new ‘local oasis’ you can watch fireworks from – but not until 2028

A park on Sydney’s lower north shore will provide stunning views of the city’s New Year’s Eve fireworks once it opens after a three-year delay.

  • Cindy Yin
The two fields at Waterfront Drive in Callan Park. One will be converted to an all-weather surface, the other will stay the same.

Callan Park’s crumbling buildings slated for demolition

Nine buildings in Callan Park will be demolished for more green space, but critics warn a concurrent push towards commercialising parkland could spell trouble.

  • Cindy Yin
St Augustine’s Catholic Church in Balmain is seeking to increase the number of bells in its tower.

Can Balmain get its groove back? Well, it depends

The pubs in Balmain and Rozelle can now stay open until 2am. NIMBYs, stand down.

  • Chris Taylor
Lindsay Egan, owner of Corner Bar in Rozelle, is looking to extend his trading hours to 2am and expand live music.

The Balmain and Rozelle venues allowed to trade until 2am

Late-night parties and more live music are coming to the inner west in a move to activate the night-time economy, following in the footsteps of Enmore Road.

  • Jessica McSweeney