Sydney councils
Revealed: The cost of Sydney’s most bizarre roundabout
The diamond-shaped roundabout, which confused Sydneysiders and vanished just days after opening, was also meant to be a different shape entirely.
- Cindy Yin
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From tacky tourist trap to treasure: What’s next for Darling Harbour?
For years, the divisive harbourfront west of the city centre has been derided as drab and outdated. There are plans to make Sydneysiders fall in love with it again.
- Megan Gorrey and The Visual Stories Team
The divisive plan to bulldoze 80 units to ‘make way for millionaires’
Developers want to raze a landmark building and replace it with high-end apartments. The local MP reckons they’re “having a laugh” at the housing crisis.
- Megan Gorrey
Wet weather reignites Sydney’s turf wars
The wettest August in 27 years has not only cancelled countless sporting matches, it has kicked a saga back onto the city’s playing fields.
- Cindy Yin
The anonymous email that plunged a council into chaos
Tensions were already flaring within the council when an email sent to politicians and the state’s anti-corruption watchdog raised the prospect of job cuts.
- Megan Gorrey
Why RBA’s Sydney office rebuild has landed it in trouble with a court
A redevelopment of the Reserve Bank of Australia’s asbestos-ridden headquarters has sparked fears noise and vibrations will affect a nearby courthouse and may lead to mistrials.
- David Barwell
‘He wants John gone’: Mayor ‘goaded’ council boss in fiery meeting
Ned Mannoun expressed frustration John Ajaka was “refusing to make the hard decisions” months before the CEO was abruptly sacked, an inquiry has been told.
- Megan Gorrey
The council job cut rumours, the Ray Hadley interview, and the ‘dead man walking’
A council worker claimed a tractor he was driving was shot at after the mayor posted remarks suggesting union members were racist, an inquiry has heard.
- Megan Gorrey
Battle of the benches: Popular bakery fights a Sydney council over outdoor seating
Northern Beaches Council says there are safety concerns but the owner of a Manly bakery is trying to save “a real social hub”.
- David Barwell
Developer who illegally cleared land to build $3 million mansion forced to replant native bush
After illegally clearing the site, landowners proposed to build a mansion which included a tenpin bowling alley and a man cave.
- Kayla Olaya