Development
Bat boom sparks backlash as 50,000 flying foxes descend on Sydney suburb
A colony of 50,000 bats has set up camp in a Sydney suburb, leaving residents battling noise, droppings and odour – and authorities searching for answers.
- David Barwell
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Bus routes axed, new ones added under sweeping changes to Sydney network
The shake-up will affect bus routes from the northern beaches and north shore to the Hills, north-west and city’s south-west.
- Matt O'Sullivan
Work to begin on nearly 500 homes in Brisbane’s north ‘within months’
The former Energex site in Banyo has sat vacant for 10 years, with the Crisafulli government announcing it for sale to private developers in February.
- Courtney Kruk
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Revealed: The Sydney suburbs quickly becoming sporting deserts
New research shows LGAs across Sydney’s east and west don’t have enough sporting facilities for their families.
- Mostafa Rachwani
‘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
‘I don’t earn enough to rent anything’: How Sydney’s grand housing vision was whittled away
Nurse Talei Williams should be benefiting from affordable housing. Instead, a 90-minute commute is her only option.
- Max Maddison
No to housing but yes to industry on chicken farm site, councillor argues
The councillor will argue the council needs to diversify its rates base, with more than half of Redlands residents leaving the city for work.
- Julius Dennis
Major spaghetti junction to Sydney’s new airport set to open to drivers
The opening of the interchange linking the new M12 motorway to the M7 comes four months before the first passenger flights take off at Western Sydney Airport.
- Matt O'Sullivan
Kew VicRoads tower to be bulldozed this week after eleventh-hour U-turn
Demolition at the site will commence in just days, after the state government turned away from a plan to retrofit the 1960s structure and transform it into apartments.
- Gemma Grant
‘Snozzle’ at the ready: State-of-the-art fire station set for Sydney’s new airport
Firefighters are readying the new station and gigantic trucks for the first cargo flights late next month, followed by passenger aircraft three months later.
- Matt O'Sullivan