A country pub is in deepwater with its local council for allowing passing travellers in self-contained caravans to park on their lawn overnight. After publican Stuart O’Neil wrote a best selling book on mental health, he and his family bought the Deepwater Hotel in northern NSW. It is located highContinue Reading
The NSW anti-corruption watchdog has cleared a senior public servant at the centre of allegations which suggested she used insider information to purchase a $3.8m home in a Sydney suburb earmarked for high density developments. Under parliamentary privilege, Katie Joyner – who is a director at the Department of Planning,Continue Reading
A senior NSW planning bureaucrat stood down amid parliamentary allegations she used insider information for the purchase of a $3.8m home “was not involved” in direct discussions, the chief planning department boss has revealed in budget estimates. Earlier this month, Liberal MP Alister Henskens alleged under parliamentary privilege that aContinue Reading
A Western Australian man is facing a hefty fine and potential jail time under the state’s cultural heritage laws for allegedly disrupting the rainbow serpent after building a bridge over a creek on his property. Tony Maddox, a prominent local real estate agent in the town of Toodyay, 85 kilometresContinue Reading
Five large developments will be fast tracked by the New South Wales government to build thousands of homes under a controversial pilot program. Of the 100 projects submitted by developers to the Rezoning Pathways Pilot since it was announced last December, the Planning department has announced five will progress toContinue Reading
Farmers in Western Australia are furious about sweeping new cultural heritage laws that will require them to pay an Aboriginal consultant up to $160 an hour to obtain permits to do anything on their land that might disturb more than 50 centimetres of soil. Locals have warned that the AboriginalContinue Reading
Despite the fact his district is one of Australia’s major tourist hot spots, Byron Shire Mayor Michael Lyon says the impact of short-term rentals is causing more harm than good, with the council looking to place a 60-day annual cap on all short-term rentals in the area. The cap isContinue Reading
The parent company of Splendour in the Grass has been slapped with a massive fine after the music festival triggered traffic chaos earlier this year. The $100,000 sanction was charged to Bilinudgel Property for failing to comply with the event’s traffic management plan when it was held at Byron BayContinue Reading
The parent company of Splendour in the Grass has been slapped with a massive fine after the music festival triggered traffic chaos earlier this year. The $100,000 sanction was charged to Bilinudgel Property for failing to comply with the event’s traffic management plan when it was held at Byron BayContinue Reading