A widespread asbestos contamination has now impacted a popular annual festival in Sydney. Mardi gras Fair Day has been cancelled four days out from the event after asbestos was discovered in Victoria Park. The organisers, City of Sydney, were informed of the sites possible contamination on Monday with EPA officersContinue Reading
Syndey is facing a “homelessness tsunami” as the country battles a cost-of-living crisis. Scattered throughout Sydney’s most affluent suburbs are makeshifts homes set up on foothpaths, often next to empty buildings. And as rents continue to climb, an increasing number of people are just one rent rise away from homelessness,Continue Reading
Billionaire property developer Harry Triguboff has warned he’s “tempted to stop” building apartments in Sydney due to planning delays, as he predicts the government’s efforts to boost supply through rezoning will fail and the housing crisis will only get worse. The Meriton Apartments managing director has called on councils andContinue Reading
They’re mostly old, mostly rich and fiercely protective of their perfect patches of inner-city dirt, willing to mount formidable challenges against anything that disturbs their peace. Whether it’s rezoning neighbourhoods to allow denser development, applications to build townhouses and units, or talk of public and affordable housing, they’re firmly NIMBYContinue Reading
Australians in Japan are being urged to prepare themselves, monitor local media and follow the advice of authorities after a 7.6-magnitude earthquake triggered tsunami waves over a metre high. The death toll from the New Year’s Day earthquake in central Japan has risen to six, police confirmed on Tuesday. PrimeContinue Reading
While more than a million people packed the Sydney Harbour foreshore in a bid to enjoy the city’s famous New Year’s Eve fireworks – one woman had a brilliant idea to escape the crowds. TikTok user fayleyherris, who goes by Hayley, enjoyed uninterrupted views of the fireworks after hopping onContinue Reading
Land around eight train stations will be rezoned to allow for high density development in the hope of creating tens of thousands of new homes and affordable housing. Plans accidentally published by Transport for NSW on Tuesday revealed 45,000 new homes will be created within four years around the stationsContinue Reading
A new map will identify “creepy” streets and risky intersections, as well as well-lit walkways, in a bid to combat an issue that extortionately impacts women and gender-diverse people. This year’s NSW Safer Cities Survey found that 59 per cent of women surveyed feel unsafe most or all of theContinue Reading
Commuters across Greater Sydney will be slugged with another cost-of-living increase next month, as public transportation fares are set to increase 3.7 per cent on average. The NSW government says the increased fares on the Opal network, which covers Sydney’s bus, rail and tram lines, would add about $1 toContinue Reading
It’s one of the longest shopping strips in the southern hemisphere. But a proposal to take car parks off Sydney Road in Melbourne’s bustling Brunswick and replace them with separate bike lines is causing uproar. The catalyst of the proposal stems from Victorian government work on the Brunswick Level CrossingContinue Reading