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Sydney's growing pains

Investigation into the spread of housing in the greater Sydney area  

6 March 2023

  • Ingleburn Reserve in western Sydney

    NSW Labor vows to fix ‘broken’ environmental offsets system if elected

    Spokesperson Penny Sharpe says current system has ‘no red lines’ and party will deliver changes within first 18 months of government

3 March 2023

  • Koala in a gum tree. Eyre Peninsula

    NSW Labor pledges to protect koala population with new national park in Sydney’s south-west

    Georges River koala national park would be developed on publicly owned lands within three years

27 February 2023

  • Cumberland Plain woodland

    ‘Almost certain to fail’: the high-risk NSW plan to offset huge new urban growth areas

    Experts have raised serious doubts about the government’s plan to meet part of its offset requirements by attempting to reconstruct cleared bushland

26 February 2023

  • NSW premier Dominic Perrottet

    Rezone more land to get more housing, NSW government says – but that could be a recipe for disaster

    Fast-tracking development in the Macarthur region will give Sydney a massive new infrastructure challenge

25 February 2023

  • Aerial view of cleared land with new roads

    ‘It will be a disaster’: mayor’s dire warning over developer-led housing outside Sydney

  • Aerial view of the Picton interchange in Sydney's south-west

    Corruption watchdog warned NSW government of risks around plan to fast-track rezoning of land for housing

23 February 2023

  • Grahame Douglas

    ‘Just a disgrace’: experts condemn NSW use of public land to offset huge housing expansion

    The Perrottet government is being accused of ‘double dipping’ by using land that’s already been put aside for conservation

22 February 2023

  • The planned Powerhouse Parramatta musuem

    How the NSW government can still benefit from developer money despite political donations ban

    Property developers are banned from making political donations in NSW but can legally become major patrons of important government projects

21 February 2023

  • Aerial views over Wilton

    Sydney’s growing pains: land rezoning a potential billion-dollar deal for developers after local council sidelined

    Exclusive: Why has an area with no public transport, a water shortage and an endangered koala habitat been fast-tracked for rezoning to housing?
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