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Sydney councils criticise NSW apartment rules; threaten to withhold approvals

"It's saying: 'We don't have a lot of confidence in councils to get it right and we are putting rules in place Sydney-wide'," Cr Jefferies told The Australian Financial Review. "If this policy means you create smaller apartments and more smaller ... >> view original

NDIS to be rolled out in NSW starting with Sydney's west, one year ahead of ...

Children with disabilities in the Nepean and Blue Mountains areas in New South Wales will soon have access to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), after an agreement between the state and federal governments was signed today. >> view original

NSW government backs more bike lanes for Sydney

Roads Minister Duncan Gay has jumped on Lord Mayor Clover Moore's bicycle bandwagon - and is riding it all the way to Sydney Airport. The Nationals politician boasted to broadcaster Alan Jones in 2013 that he was the state government's biggest bike ... >> view original

Death of woman in Sydney's north suspicious: police

A 68-year-old woman has died after she was wounded in the neck at a townhouse in Sydney's northern suburbs on Tuesday morning. Emergency services arrived at a house on Warringah Road in Forestville on Tuesday just before midday, where they found ... >> view original

Duncan Gay says no one would carry a fridge on a Sydney tram? Challenge ...

One reader, Vincent Su, has alerted us to what purports to approximate the Holy Grail itself ... a fridge on a Sydney train, though not a tram. It features on a Facebook page titled Railcorp memes. Elsewhere, on Twitter, the idea of a "Bring Your ... >> view original

Alleged forced adoption: Sydney mother Lynda Yarnold sues St Vincent de Paul ...

The allegations, contained in a recent NSW Supreme Court judgment, include the claim that Ms Yarnold was subjected to "continual duress and emotional abuse directed to persuading her to surrender her child at birth" both at the hospital and at the ... >> view original

Full House: Sydney's east puts up No Vacancy sign to NSW Government ...

asks a submission written by Waverley Council's staff to the NSW Planning Department. On the basis the eastern suburbs is approaching its capacity, council has pleaded a case to the NSW Government to curb or limit its future residential growth ... >> view original

Sydney primary school teacher accused of child grooming stood down

A NSW Department of Education and Communities spokeswoman said Mr Bosma had been stood down from Waitara Public School in the Sydney suburb of Wahroonga, but that he retained his job, pending the outcome of the court case. "The use of mobile ... >> view original

Parramatta Square development moves forward after demolition approvals

Plans to transform the heart of Parramatta into "western Sydney's Martin Place" have taken a major step forward after years of delays and cost blowouts. A path has been forged for the development of Parramatta Square's key sites, with the demolition of ... >> view original

Explore 300km oyster trail along the NSW South Coast

“When you say you want to grow Pacific oysters all the old guys wanted to kill ya! When I first started talking to my father about it he stopped talking to me for two months,” he says. “The Sydney Rock is a great oyster, it's a great species but ... >> view original