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Developer Toohey MIller is leveraging the state government’s affordable housing to build a luxury apartment block opposite Victoria Barracks.

‘It’s Paddo, not Rio’: The cheap Sydney units being replaced by penthouses with rooftop pools

Fancy a lavish apartment with its own rooftop pool in Sydney’s eastern suburbs? The existing block of flats will need to be bulldozed first.

  • Megan Gorrey

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Anne Schofield at lunch at the Centennial Hotel.

‘Overrated’: A surprising admission from Sydney’s antique jewellery queen

Cher, Liza, Cate were all clients, but now Anne Schofield is shutting up shop and speaking candidly.

  • Katrina Strickland
Clockwise from top centre: David Turner, Colin Milne, Langdon Germanotta-Mills and Mark Sendecky,

‘Depraved’ Sydney satanic child abuse ring ‘the most extreme’ police have seen

The allegations against six men accused of running the paedophile network have shocked detectives, prosecutors and even the courts.

  • Perry Duffin
Simeon Boikov in the Russian consulate in Woollahra in April 2023.

Aussie Cossack welcomes baby… from inside Russian consulate in Sydney

Simeon Boikov, a pro-Russian agitator, has welcomed his first child while self-imprisoned in a consulate in Sydney’s eastern suburbs.

  • Perry Duffin
New data shows the cost-of-living crisis hitting western Sydney harder than the rest of the city.

Forget the latte line. There are now four Sydneys

Sydney’s haves and have-nots used to be divided roughly by a line running from the airport through Parramatta. It’s not so simple any more.

  • Mostafa Rachwani
A photo of Double Bay residents concerned over the new low and mid-rise house policy.

The eastern suburbs homes and the sinking feeling that has residents on edge

A surge in new developments is triggering calls for an overhaul of multistorey housing reforms in a bid to stop “building cracks” appearing in homes surrounding construction sites.

  • David Barwell
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Wood-baked halloumi with pear and Malfroy’s Gold honey at Chiswick.
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Chiswick

A new chef means this garden-to-plate classic feels as fresh as spring dew.

Cafe Cressida in Woollahra.
14.5/20

Cafe Cressida

All-are-welcome neighbourhood cafe.

Pamela Massie Greene fears that Rose Bay will lose its village feel and the traffic congestion will overwhelm the local streets.

Pamela is part of a $55m mega-lot – but she’s not smiling

Housing reforms have sparked a frenzy of interest in the sale of megalots for development. But sellers need to be aware of the many pitfalls.

  • Lucy Macken
The proposed train station in Woollahra has prompted keen interest in the surrounding streets by developers.

Revealed: How long it will take to turn Woollahra into a train station housing hub

First the government defended not including Edgecliff in its transport-oriented development plan. Then it had another idea.

  • Max Maddison