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The dream that grew into the GreenWay – a car-free corridor from Sydney Harbour to the Cooks River

Plans that evolved over more than two decades are about to become reality as a 6km cycling, walking and nature corridor opens through Sydney’s inner west

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Rally called as fans demand NRL intervention on Tigers

Beau Ryan and Aaron Woods have joined calls for the NRL to step in and intervene at Wests Tigers, with a rally launched to demand the club's owners resign.

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There’s a catch in the plan to build more affordable housing in Sydney – and tenants are feeling the brunt

As the NSW developer bonus leads to older buildings being knocked down to make way for new, low-cost renters fear being priced out of their neighbourhood

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War zone: battle over plans to ease housing crisis

In a scene playing out across the country, passionate locals have filed into a town hall and taken up battle positions to fix housing affordability woes.

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Sydney council narrowly backs controversial plan to build up to 31,000 new homes at fiery meeting

At a rowdy meeting, inner west councillors vote 8-7 for the scheme, which could allow high-rise blocks up to 22 storeys

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After four decades of stalled attempts, there’s a new plan to ‘transform’ Sydney’s ugliest road

NSW government to rezone Parramatta Road corridor and make room for 8,000 new homes – but plan omits mooted light rail

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Failure to tackle antisemitism should see organisations’ funding cut like subpar childcare centres, special envoy says

At a Gold Coast conference, Jillian Segal declined to address the presence of neo-Nazis at Sunday’s anti-immigration marches

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US group offers fares and accommodation for councillors to attend Gold Coast antisemitism conference

At least one councillor has accepted having costs paid, while the mayor of Sydney’s Inner West council says he will speak out against remarks by the organisers at the summit

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‘Everything’s slow in Callan Park’: despite ambitious plans, Sydney’s hidden treasure remains in limbo

Red tape, crumbling buildings and funding difficulties have beset the park for decades, but change may finally be in the air – though not to everyone’s liking

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Car-free green corridor connecting Cooks River to Sydney Harbour to open in 2025

Local mayor says inner west GreenWay and new Metro line will be ‘truly transformative’, getting people out of cars on to bikes, scooters and walking

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From Strictly Ballroom to Sydney’s saviour: how heritage town halls are staging a comeback

Inner West council has thrown open the doors of seven town halls to arts organisations free of charge as it tries to revive its buildings and address a performing arts crisis

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‘Boulevard of broken dreams’: could Parramatta Road really become Sydney’s Champs-Élysées?

A summit this week raised hopes that trees and light rail could breathe new life into the notorious ‘scar through the heart’ of the city. But after so many failed plans, the roads minister says he won’t rush into ‘another vision’

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Sydney’s Leichhardt Oval gets $40m to revive what locals call ‘the eighth wonder of the world’

‘There’s nothing better than sitting on Wayne Pearce Hill,’ prime minister says of stadium that has remained a fan favourite

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Leichhardt Oval works funded but Tigers yet to commit

A local council has voted to put $10 million towards a redevelopment of Leichhardt Oval, but the state and federal governments are yet to come to the party.

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Council spent 'reasonable amount' on housing attack ads

The mayor of a council labelled a "hold-out" over new housing plans by the NSW premier has defended his council's response to the development policy.

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Legal threat as asbestos-park hit by algae outbreak

An area of Sydney parklands found to contain asbestos will stay closed after a blue-green algae bloom was found in wetlands managed by toll company Transurban.

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Labor mayor and Indigenous groups to challenge NSW bail laws for children at party conference

Inner West mayor Darcy Byrne set to move motion to repeal changes that make it harder for teenagers to get bail

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'Gold-plated urinals': Tigers launch NRL stadium war

CEO Shane Richardson says Wests Tigers could abandon Leichhardt Oval by the end of this season if the club doesn't get funding for much-needed works.

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New asbestos find in Rozelle a ‘nightmare’, says local mayor

Darcy Byrne says discovery of friable asbestos at Rozelle interchange ‘outrageous’ after assurances mulch removal work would be completed by end of February

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Park overhaul call after asbestos found near playground

Seven pieces of asbestos have been found in new Sydney parklands as a local mayor takes aim at the contractor that built the park over a $4.6b interchange.

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'Beyond belief': asbestos found near Sydney playground

A young child's unearthing of bonded asbestos in garden mulch has led to the closure of a newly opened parkland near a controversial Sydney motorway project.

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Mulch containing asbestos found at Rozelle parklands may have been used at other Sydney sites

Testing reveals ‘low-risk’ contamination in samples taken from mulch near Rozelle playground, Transport for NSW says

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North Sydney mayor says Minns government overriding planning protections like a ‘totalitarian’ regime

Zoë Baker hits back after premier accuses Sydney councils of employing ‘strategies to stop all development’

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‘A tsunami of traffic chaos’: the new Sydney motorway prompting calls for a royal commission

Top expert says bungled opening of Rozelle interchange is bad enough to warrant a formal inquiry into the $20bn WestConnex project

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Yes campaign sheds tears for a brutal result – but also for the dark victory of misinformation

A subdued crowd of voice supporters in Sydney watched the results quickly turn against them

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