Minns weighs new powers to bypass councils on major housing approvals

Minns weighs new powers to bypass councils on major housing approvals

The NSW premier is frustrated at the slow turnaround in new housing approvals despite making increased supply the centrepiece of his first term.

  • byMichael McGowan

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The text messages that reveal the pandemonium behind a cancelled music festival
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The text messages that reveal the pandemonium behind a cancelled music festival

The festival made headlines for being “disrespectful”. Now,the organisers are demanding compensation.

  • byHarriet Alexander
The buried treasure in NSW that could power a clean energy world

The buried treasure in NSW that could power a clean energy world

NSW is home to some of the world’s most in-demand minerals and metals needed for the world’s clean energy future,and the state is looking to cash in.

  • byAlexandra Smith
After scrap over $16 million UFC deal,premier fights for more

After scrap over $16 million UFC deal,premier fights for more

Premier Chris Minns pushed back on criticism of the deal from anti-violence campaigners,saying he had been “a fan for a long time”.

  • byMichael McGowan
Mass rezoning:Case for Sydney to embrace ‘Auckland solution’ to housing crisis

Mass rezoning:Case for Sydney to embrace ‘Auckland solution’ to housing crisis

Auckland raised the density of housing permitted on 75 per cent of its residential land,dramatically increasing capacity,which the Business Council says Sydney should copy.

  • byMichael Koziol
‘False and defamatory’:V’landys hits back at Latham claims,defends dual roles
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‘False and defamatory’:V’landys hits back at Latham claims,defends dual roles

The powerful sports supremo has said he’s personally delivered more than $500 million in benefits to racing in NSW,while batting away criticism of how he runs Racing NSW.

  • byAdam Pengilly andChris Barrett
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Lindfield proposal leads the race under state’s new housing reforms

Lindfield proposal leads the race under state’s new housing reforms

“We had a joke in the office that wouldn’t it be amazing if the first[one] was in Ku-ring-gai LGA,and it was,” Planning Department deputy secretary Monica Gibson told a developers’ conference last week.

  • byMichael Koziol andAnthony Segaert
The devices designed to save women’s lives rolling out across NSW

The devices designed to save women’s lives rolling out across NSW

From today,men who are charged with serious domestic violence crimes will be fitted with GPS-enabled electronic monitoring bracelets.

  • byMichael McGowan
Revealed:The untested tactic designed to revive a $1 billion NSW gold mine
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Revealed:The untested tactic designed to revive a $1 billion NSW gold mine

As the dust settles on a fierce political fight over the Blayney gold mine,Regis Resources has asked the Minns government for an expedited and unprecedented planning pathway.

  • byMax Maddison
‘Unethical cowboys’:RSL NSW president accused of ‘exploiting’ veterans by overcharging for legal advice
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‘Unethical cowboys’:RSL NSW president accused of ‘exploiting’ veterans by overcharging for legal advice

Independent senator Jacqui Lambie said RSL NSW had taken no action against lawyers who overcharged veterans for legal advice because some of the worst culprits sat on its board.

  • byHarriet Alexander
Revealed:The NSW housing reform that has disappointed most voters

Revealed:The NSW housing reform that has disappointed most voters

The NSW Labor government has focused its attention on building more homes. But voters feel it has let down one huge group of the state’s residents.

  • byAlexandra Smith