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- Sydney councils
The state MP, the new mayor, and the messages to ‘get rid of’ a council CEO
Text messages reveal the Liberal MP for Wahroonga Alister Henskens advised the then-mayor of Ku-ring-gai to sack the council’s general manager of 15 years.
- Cindy Yin
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‘Its identity is being erased’: Frustrated families speak out against Lindfield school changes
An alternative school with no uniforms or report cards is being subsumed into the mainstream education system and parents are not happy.
- Emily Kowal and Christopher Harris
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- Education
Sydney’s alternative school goes mainstream – and gets a new name
The north shore high school that parents have shied away from is preparing for catchment changes – starting with a uniform.
- Emily Kowal
‘Solidly built’: Downsizers make bold bids to secure $3.58m upper north shore home
While up to eight bidders were expected, four showed up for the auction and a downsizing couple from Roseville, wanting single-level living, won the keys.
- Robyn Willis
After fighting new housing, this Sydney council just voted for more
A north shore council is paving the way for a high-rise housing boom after voting on a contentious rezoning plan it claims will protect heritage and save residential streets from “overdevelopment”.
- David Barwell
Investors beat first home buyers to $1.68m Lindfield sub-penthouse
Two parties registered for the spacious luxury home with a rental return of $1300 a week and south-facing leafy views.
- Carmen Forward
The great divide over this north shore council’s housing plan
There was only one item on the agenda at Ku-ring-gai Council’s extraordinary meeting on Monday, yet it was hours before councillors could debate it.
- Frances Howe
This Sydney council has fought TODs all the way. Now it has revealed its own plan
Ku-ring-gai’s plans have been revealed months after the council took the state government to court in an attempt to block more intensive development.
- Megan Gorrey
This north shore school catchment shake-up blindsided parents. Now there’s a delay
A controversial change to the catchment zone of one of Sydney’s top-performing comprehensive schools, Killara High, has been pushed back.
- Nick Newling
It’s one of the north shore’s most prized school catchments - and it just shrank
Families pay a median price of $3.3 million to live in Killara. Now, many of them won’t get their kids into Killara High.
- Nick Newling