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Concerns a Sydney apartment complex is at risk of collapse downplayed by NSW watchdog and planning minister

Building commissioner says he is confident defects at 900-apartment complex in Macquarie Park ‘will be rectified’, while minister says faults don’t pose a risk

The Guardian - AU

A proposal for a crumbling Sydney tower could free unit owners from debt – but leave others ‘effectively destitute’

A government-supported deal to let Mascot Towers owners walk away from their losses is also expected to return vastly less than the original purchase price

The Guardian - AU

Sale proposal could end Mascot Towers saga

The owners of a defective Sydney apartment building have received a proposal to sell their homes and clear their strata debt.

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Unit owners in Sydney’s Mascot Towers offered chance to wipe debts years after defects found

The Guardian - AU

'No chance': Hunter property chair's blunt assessment of housing targets

Builders are 'walking away', Neil Petherbridge says.

Newcastle Herald

Toplace and other dodgy developers are a key driver of NIMBYism

It’s hard to blame homeowners for NIMBYism when companies like the now-collapsed Toplace are behind property development in major cities.

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'Horrendous': building commissioner slams Newcastle work sites

'I saw young children sitting on the scaffolding... I said to him 'what sort of moron are you?''

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Premier announces new building commission to regulate NSW construction industry

The New South Wales government has fulfilled an election campaign promise to set up a building commission to oversee the construction industry.

ABC News

Hemisphere Constructions has building licence cancelled after partial collapse of Condell Park house

Three people had a "lucky escape" from a six-to-12-month-old home at Condell Park in the early hours of Good Friday when one corner of the house above the garage collapsed.

ABC News

Builder of Sydney house that partially collapsed was reported over safety breaches at another site a day before incident

New South Wales building commissioner David Chandler reported a building site over safety concerns only a day before a completed home it had built collapsed on Good Friday.

ABC News

Newfound asteroid is a long-term 'quasi-moon' of Earth

A newfound asteroid called 2023 FW13 has been Earth's companion for centuries, astronomers say.

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Meet the Nassifs: the Sydney property developer, a Lamborghini and a daughter on bail

A multimillion-dollar apartment complex found to have building defects is also now the centre of a police investigation

The Guardian - AU

Proposals by NSW major parties to fix Mascot Towers saga do not go far enough, owners say

NSW Liberals and the opposition pledge to help residents of the defect-plagued building, but for owner Rachael Williams it has taken too long and she is calling on the government to "fix what you've created".

ABC News

New promise for Mascot Towers owners after 'nightmare'

Owners of apartments in Sydney's ill-fated Mascot Towers will be given low-interest loans to repair the defect-plagued building if Labor wins the NSW election.

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Several Torrance police officers linked to racist text scandal no longer employed by city

LOS ANGELES — Several Torrance police officers linked to a racist text messaging scandal — including two who shot and killed a Black man in a controversial 2018 incident — are no longer employed by the troubled law enforcement agency, records show.

ABC News

Dominic Perrottet alerted about concerns over minister months before her sacking

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet admits to knowing about the bullying accusations against then-minister Eleni Petinos months before she was sacked.

AAP

Sacked NSW minister Petinos had issues

The secretary of the NSW Department of Customer Service was aware of issues with the former minister's behaviour within months of her promotion to cabinet.

AAP

NSW trade bureaucrat's future on the line

A senior NSW government official's job appears to be on the line after a review found failures in her oversight of the appointment of US and UK trade roles.

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The Guardian - AU

NSW building commissioner who raised concerns about minister and developer cancels resignation

State fair trading minister, Victor Dominello, welcomes David Chandler’s decision to stay in role, saying he’s ‘a big fan’

AAP

NSW building commissioner to stay

NSW building commissioner David Chandler has reversed his decision to quit less than two months after handing in his resignation letter.

ABC News

NSW building commissioner David Chandler to keep role for year after resigning

The NSW building commissioner David Chandler is persuaded to stay on in his role after resigning last month over concerns about a now sacked minister.

AAP

CFMEU weighs in on building commissioner

The construction union has criticised the treatment of the building commissioner who resigned over a "problematic" relationship with the now former minister.

The Guardian - AU

Demolition job: the Liberal party war surrounding NSW building commissioner’s exit

David Chandler’s job brought him into close proximity with developers. In NSW, that means politics is never far away either

The Guardian - AU

New documents raise fresh questions for NSW premier about sacking of Eleni Petinos

Hours before Dominic Perrottet sacked his fair trading minister, his chief of staff received a copy of letter now referred to Icac, according to documents released to parliament

ABC News

Resignation letter raising concerns about Eleni Petinos's link to developer sent to Dominic Perrottet's office hours before she was sacked

A resignation letter raising concerns about the relationship between minister Eleni Petinos and the developer that hired John Barilaro was sent to the NSW Premier's chief of staff only hours before she was sacked.

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