Balmain
‘Disappointing’: Why Sydney’s oldest bowling club was forced to close
After almost 150 years, mounting losses have forced the closure of the historic community and sporting hub in Balmain and cast doubt over the site’s future.
- David Barwell
Latest
‘A bit nuts’: Families vie for $3.3m Balmain home, defying weak market
The auction date was brought forward from a five-week campaign to just 16 days due to unexpected interest in the freestanding home.
- Carmen Forward
- Opinion
- Life in the burbs
My suburb has caviar for pub grub and oodles of cavoodles but somehow keeps it real
This peninsula suburb is home, even if I’m a blow-in. At least my daughter can claim to be born and bred.
- Chris Taylor
Alleged killer cop’s mum to remain behind bars for at least two weeks
The mother of Beau Lamarre-Condon, the officer accused of murdering a couple in a Paddington house, allegedly influenced a key witness to change their evidence.
- Clare Sibthorpe and Perry Duffin
- Exclusive
- Crime
Woman accused of hospital hammer attack ‘terrorised neighbours’, locals say
Viki Graham is said to have attacked the door of an 80-year-old woman who lived upstairs in a public housing block.
- Perry Duffin
- Exclusive
- City life
Crackdown on tree poisoning as Sydney council takes alleged vandal to court
It is the first time the Inner West Council has been able to prosecute somebody for the offence that is “notoriously difficult” to prove.
- Cindy Yin
- Opinion
- Planning
This new waterfront suburb will reshape Sydney, but who will get to live there?
If we are sacrificing a working harbour to build this shiny new precinct, we cannot sacrifice working Sydneysiders too.
- Estelle Grech
Fancy living in Sydney’s next inner suburb? A one-bedder will set you back $2m
The NSW government wants to build 8500 homes west of Sydney’s CBD. The local MP warns it risks turning into “an exclusive waterfront enclave for the rich”.
- Megan Gorrey and Max Maddison
- Exclusive
- Development
Why a divisive plan to build 227 homes on the old Balmain Leagues site will be fast-tracked
Construction of three residential towers up to 16 storeys will begin within months on the languishing Victoria Road site.
- Megan Gorrey
- Exclusive
- Courts
Sydney man claims land in harbourside suburb under ‘squatter’s rights’
The owner of a home in Sydney’s inner west has successfully acquired a parcel of land next to his property.
- Michaela Whitbourn