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The chicken farm in Mount Cotton.

Developers eye off land around chicken farm for rapid growth

The local council has met with two developers pushing for a fast-tracked transformation from rural farmland to urban sprawl.

  • Julius Dennis

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Photos of the building collapse at 780-786 New South Head Rd, Rose Bay

‘Freak accident’: Rose Bay villa partially collapses during luxury rebuild

A century-old harbourside villa has been partially reduced to rubble – the latest casualty in a development surge sweeping Sydney’s suburbs.

  • David Barwell
Frankston mayor Sue Baker stands on top of an apartment building overlooking Port Phillip Bay.

The property tax proposal dividing Frankston residents

As council looks to trebling property rates for commercial landlords, property taxes for new developments could be slashed.

  • Adam Carey
It’s not a park: the Ryde Civic Centre site opposite Top Ryde Shopping Centre that remains a grassed-over hole in the ground.

Ryde’s hole in the ground stays as council raises ‘serious probity concern’

Councillors were asked to report any discussions they had with developers after staff received information about the civic centre project.

  • Anthony Segaert and Cindy Yin
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese with Housing Minister Clare O’Neil and SA Premier Peter Malinauskas during the 2025 federal election spruiking his plan to build 1.2 million homes by mid-2029.

The big slow build: Labor’s 1.2 million-home plan already a year behind schedule

The Albanese government wanted 1.2 million new homes built by mid-2029. All states and territories are behind schedule, with NSW especially dragging the chain.

  • Shane Wright
A concept image of the co-living development at 399-405 Anzac Parade, Kingsford.

More than 5000 rooms are planned in these Sydney suburbs. None will count as a home

It was marketed as a solution to the rental crisis, but a Sydney council warns that the co-living housing “monoculture” is doing more harm than good.

  • David Barwell
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Karen Williams voted for the Fiteni development Shoreline in 2015.

Mayor sold farm to developer, then gave crucial support to billion-dollar project

Karen Williams did not step out of the council meeting as it voted on a developer’s housing project less than two years after she sold her family farm to the same developer.

  • Julius Dennis
The High Court last year ruled in favour of a land claim over the abandoned Paddington Bowling Club.

Why the battle for NSW bowlos and surf clubs just got bigger

A local Aboriginal land council had a major victory last year when it won a claim over land in Sydney’s east. But the government is moving to tighten the laws.

  • Alexandra Smith
An artist impression of the cobblestoned restaurant and shopping hub, inspired by Italian streetscapes.

Construction for new 110-metre tower and Italian-themed food hub begins

The Triffid music venue previously went to court to have the design plans altered.

  • William Davis

Housing approvals to be fast-tracked under new planning controls

There will be no recourse for neighbours, but the government says new regulations will make it easier to build in suburbs popular with families and young people.

  • Gemma Grant