Sydney councils
Inside the $14 million battle to fix a northern Sydney hole in the ground
Ryde councillors will vote on Tuesday night on the bill to clean up the hole-in-the-ground Ryde Central site before it is safe to open as a green space.
- by Anthony Segaert
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This council job pays up to $633,852 a year. But there’s an easy way to lose it
Council general managers and chief executives are supposed to be non-political. However, they’re being hired and fired by councillors.
- by Anthony Segaert
‘Bad for the whole of NSW’: Inside the north shore’s NIMBY crusade
Ku-ring-gai Council is taking the state government to court to block its planning reforms. But even in NIMBY central, attitudes about housing policy are starting to shift.
- by Michael Koziol
‘Forced from their homes’: Inner city threatened by luxury apartment developers
Federal Teal MP Allegra Spender wants stronger heritage protections in Potts Point and Elizabeth Bay to stop developers knocking down ageing residential blocks for luxury apartments.
- by Andrew Taylor
Struggle streets: The fight to keep Sydney’s suburban shopping strips alive
Changing tastes and online retailing have left our urban shops in the doldrums. Some retailers think they know how to bring the good times back.
- by Andrew Taylor
Bankrupt former Sydney council worker ‘too busy’ to declare $253,000 payments
The ex-Canterbury-Bankstown employee has denied to the ICAC that he accepted money from a friend in return for help winning valuable local government work.
- by Megan Gorrey
Darlinghurst Theatre goes into administration owing ticket holders
The Darlinghurst Theatre Company will be offered free rent in a desperate bid to prevent it going bust.
- by Andrew Taylor
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Planning
Can the powerful owl and a flying fox save this north shore zone from development?
In a summons filed in the Land and Environment Court, Ku-ring-gai Council claims the government failed to give due consideration to critical habitat and threatened species.
- by Michael Koziol
‘Game of Thrones’: Council axes 10th CEO in eight years
The spectacular falling out between two Liberal heavyweights over a $537,000 per year post is set for court-ordered mediation.
- by Kate McClymont and Ben Cubby
Former council contractor admits he took kickbacks for Sydney projects
Pietro Cossu’s company was paid hundreds of thousands of dollars. Some of it was reward for helping his friend win council work, a corruption inquiry heard.
- by Megan Gorrey
This north shore council was ordered to repay $36 million for unbuilt park. Instead, it wants to sue
An outraged Philip Ruddock, the Liberal mayor of Hornsby, said he was “as disappointed as I am flabbergasted” by the government’s decision to recall the funding.
- by Michael Koziol