Day five of the 2025 federal election campaign

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Read all the headlines from day five of the 2025 federal election campaign on Tuesday,April 1.

  • Anthony Segaert andLachlan Abbott

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GP and Muslim community leader Jamal Rifi in front of his medical centre in Belmore,Sydney.

In Sydney’s west,division over Gaza action drives election debate

An activist group’s attempt to ban politicians from attending Muslim events has drawn criticism from some community leaders,but others insist politicians haven’t got the message.

  • Perry Duffin,Anthony Segaert andMatt Wade
Neighbours,including Rachmat Djajadikarta,second from right,are campaigning to adjust the proposed development.

The surprising reason this neighbourhood opposes a new development

Inner west residents are pushing back against the state’s largest ever build-to-rent development – because they want more affordable housing on the site.

  • Anthony Segaert
Korea.

This Sydney council was about to spend $70,000 on a trip to Korea. Until it changed its mind

The mayor,councillors and other staff are set to attend a three-day festival,but at a lower cost than first flagged.

  • Anthony Segaert
The scene of the burnt-out car at Chiswick Road,South Granville.

‘Caught in the cross-fire’:Innocent Sydney family’s home targeted in shooting

The target of the shooting is believed to have moved out of the house several months ago,police said.

  • Anthony Segaert
Clover Moore has slammed the Housing Delivery Authority for waving through Zetland and Surry Hills developments.

‘Blight Sydney for generations’:City unleashes on fast-tracked housing

Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore said the Housing Delivery Authority is a “step backwards” in the city’s plan to address the housing crisis.

  • Anthony Segaert
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The former dive sites for the WestConnex on Parramatta Road will eventually be turned into housing.

Everyone agrees these vacant lots should become units. But public housing? That depends

Former WestConnex tunnelling sites will be upzoned for units,but Greens and Labor councillors have clashed over how much should be devoted to public housing.

  • Anthony Segaert
Wild Mouse is set to reopen.

‘White-knuckled terror’:Luna Park’s most popular ride to reopen after years-long restoration

The Wild Mouse will return to operation at the amusement park after two years of major work.

  • Anthony Segaert
The much-maligned carpark’s days could be numbered.

Every attempt to fix Sydney’s ugliest building has failed. Might this plan just work?

The City of Sydney is considering it. The owner is happy. What is stopping the Goulburn Street car park from being turned into housing?

  • Anthony Segaert
Mark Da Costa in his new St Peters cafe,Bueno Eatery.

He called his cafe a ‘Trump safe zone’ but now he’s making a comeback

Mark da Costa says he’s a different man to the one who made a string of homophobic comments in 2020. But some inner west residents will boycott his new venue.

  • Angus Thomson andAnthony Segaert