Committee for Sydney’s 2025 Sydney Summit is underway,follow along for all the updates.

Sydney Summit as it happened:City’s leaders discuss big ideas for the future

The Sydney Summit is under way,with the city’s finest minds collecting to face the big issues. Follow our live coverage to see what’s being discussed.

  • Nick Newling andFrances Howe

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Former Liberal councillors Karina Page,Stuart Sprott and Georgia Ryburn.

‘There’s no voice of reason’:Northern Beaches’ lost Libs blame party failure for rate hike

A former Northern Beaches Liberal councillor warns the proposed 40 per cent rate rise is just the beginning of contentious changes.

  • Nick Newling
Residents protested the 40 per cent rate rise,saying the council was voting against the wishes of the public.

Beaches council clears path for 40 per cent rate rise at fiery meeting

The special rate variation was approved by a single vote,as angry protesters repeatedly delayed the four-hour meeting.

  • Nick Newling
A 43-year-old man has been arrested over the alleged vandalism.

Man charged over police memorial vandalism,minister calls for ‘social harmony’

Steven Joseph Smith-Ince briefly appeared at court on Tuesday,where he failed in his bid to be released to a mental health facility.

  • Jessica McSweeney,Riley Walter andNick Newling
Northern Beaches residents could soon be fit with a 40 per cent rate rise.

Beaches residents voted for an 11% rate rise. Their council is considering 40%

Protests are planned for Tuesday’s Northern Beaches Council meeting,where elected officials are hoping to mend a broken budget.

  • Nick Newling
Young people are leaving Sydney at an alarming rate,as the community grapples with unaffordable housing costs.

‘A city with no future’:The real cost of Sydney’s housing crisis

Without bold and decisive action on housing,Sydney is hurtling towards being a city with no future,a panel of young experts has warned.

  • Nick Newling,Cindy Yin,Penry Buckley,Daniel Lo Surdo,Kayla Olaya andFrances Howe
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Resigning public psychiatrist Prachi Brahmbhatt

Prachi can’t advocate for her patients in NSW,so she’s leaving

Prachi Brahmbhatt is one of dozens of psychiatrists quitting the NSW health system. The body representing her and her colleagues say this will be disastrous.

  • Max Maddison andNick Newling
Coastal erosion at Wamberal Beach is a significant environmental issue to be tackled by the new council.

These houses were sinking into the ocean. Now a council wants to fix it

After four years in administration,the Central Coast Council is prioritising the environment,infrastructure and housing.

  • Nick Newling
Underutilised land in Sydney.

Are cemeteries,rifle ranges and greyhound tracks the future of Sydney’s housing?

A number of drastic actions to target the city’s pain have been suggested. Some might unlock the solutions to making housing affordable.

  • Nick Newling andCindy Yin
Nick Kyrgios

Kyrgios,Serena,Agassi and … more Kyrgios:The top 10 racquet-smashing tantrums

For every Roger Federer and Chris Evert to have graced the courts of the world,there lurks a racquet-wielding tinderbox.

  • Nick Newling