Inner West Council moves to reduce light,parking and floorspace rules for apartments

Inner West Council moves to reduce light,parking and floorspace rules for apartments

As a well-connected and desirable place to live,the inner west is at the centre of Sydney’s housing density debate.

  • byMichael Koziol

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‘It would just ruin it’:The Sydney suburb wriggling its way out of the state’s housing policy

‘It would just ruin it’:The Sydney suburb wriggling its way out of the state’s housing policy

Croydon was one of 31 suburbs with train stations selected by the state government for higher density housing. Now that looks set to change.

  • byMichael Koziol
The Sydney suburbs where house prices soared most last year

The Sydney suburbs where house prices soared most last year

Property prices in a handful of suburbs jumped more than 20 per cent last year,as Sydney’s property market rebounded.

  • byKate Burke
Milestones and the mundane lived in dearest Croydon

Milestones and the mundane lived in dearest Croydon

Diversity and bygone charm make the quaint and peaceful neighbourhood unique in its own ways.

  • byNicole Economos
Why a Sydney private girls’ school had to hastily redesign its garden

Why a Sydney private girls’ school had to hastily redesign its garden

School staff were oblivious to what the garden looked like from above until they sent a drone to film the progress of landscaping works from the sky.

  • byChristopher Harris andLucy Carroll
‘Like a bomb’:Fatal explosion in inner-west Sydney unit

‘Like a bomb’:Fatal explosion in inner-west Sydney unit

About 30 people had to be evacuated after residents became trapped on upper levels of the apartment complex in Croydon.

  • byJenny Noyes andSarah Keoghan
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Man shot after being stopped by police in Sydney’s inner west

Man shot after being stopped by police in Sydney’s inner west

A man with gunshot wounds has been taken to hospital in a serious but stable condition after an incident involving police.

  • byJenny Noyes
No cases,mass confusion in ‘Paris end’ of Sydney’s pandemic hot zone

No cases,mass confusion in ‘Paris end’ of Sydney’s pandemic hot zone

On Monday every resident seemed to have a different version of what the rules were in the eastern end of the lockdown zone.

  • byCarrie Fellner
Woman,65,charged with attempted murder after domestic violence incident

Woman,65,charged with attempted murder after domestic violence incident

Emergency services responded to reports of a 70-year-old man with serious head injuries. The woman was found in the backyard with stab injuries.

  • byEsther Han
Daughter finds parents with critical stab wounds in domestic incident in Sydney's inner west

Daughter finds parents with critical stab wounds in domestic incident in Sydney's inner west

The woman returned home after work and discovered her 70-year-old father upstairs with critical head wounds. Her 65-year-old mother was found in the backyard with critical upper body wounds.

  • byJosh Dye andLaura Chung
Tens of thousands of homes lose power in Sydney's inner west

Tens of thousands of homes lose power in Sydney's inner west

A blackout in Sydney's inner west left more than 40,000 homes and businesses without power on Saturday afternoon

  • byJustine Landis Hanley