‘Bad for the whole of NSW’:Inside the north shore’s NIMBY crusade

‘Bad for the whole of NSW’:Inside the north shore’s NIMBY crusade

Ku-ring-gai Council is taking the state government to court to block its planning reforms. But even in NIMBY central,attitudes about housing policy are starting to shift.

  • byMichael Koziol

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Ben was priced out of his first and second choice suburbs. Then he was evicted

Ben was priced out of his first and second choice suburbs. Then he was evicted

At one point in his near two-year search he tried to buy a house with asbestos but it sold for $240,000 more than the price guide.

  • byTawar Razaghi
This mayor says he’s ‘more YIMBY than NIMBY’,but his council will sue the state over housing

This mayor says he’s ‘more YIMBY than NIMBY’,but his council will sue the state over housing

Ku-ring-gai mayor Sam Ngai has come under fire from the planning minister for making a legal challenge to the state’s new laws.

  • byAnthony Segaert
Sydney won’t get 170,000 new homes at stations. Here’s why
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Sydney won’t get 170,000 new homes at stations. Here’s why

We’ve done the maths and,for 170,000 homes to be delivered,all 37 zones would require the density of Elizabeth Bay.

  • byMichael Koziol
‘Wood-fired Italian joint with oomph’:Why locals are flocking to this Gordon trattoria

‘Wood-fired Italian joint with oomph’:Why locals are flocking to this Gordon trattoria

Helmed by an ex-Ormeggio at The Spit and Firedoor chef,Bar Infinita has quickly become Gordon’s destination diner.

  • byTerry Durack
Gordon burger shop becomes an ambitious bar with a Firedoor chef stoking the flames
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Gordon burger shop becomes an ambitious bar with a Firedoor chef stoking the flames

This north shore suburb is now home to a handsome Italian bar-restaurant with retro flourishes,including a tiled wood oven.

  • byScott Bolles
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Choose your own omakase adventure or play sushi snakes at ladders at suburban gem Kame House

Choose your own omakase adventure or play sushi snakes at ladders at suburban gem Kame House

Callan Boys discovers a high-concept,smart-casual Japanese diner among the cake shops of upper north-shore Gordon.

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Cruisin’ for a pension
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Cruisin’ for a pension

Nothing’s impossible

The key compromise that can save Sydney home buyers up to $380,000

The key compromise that can save Sydney home buyers up to $380,000

Home buyers are feeling the pinch as their budget falls faster than property prices,while mortgage repayments and the cost of living get worse.

  • byKate Burke andJim Malo
Siblings and downsizing mum spend $2.7 million on Glebe house

Siblings and downsizing mum spend $2.7 million on Glebe house

Four locals competed for the original-condition Victorian house in Glebe’s prestigious Toxteth Estate.

  • byTawar Razaghi
Where Sydney house hunters can save by moving one stop along the train line

Where Sydney house hunters can save by moving one stop along the train line

Prices vary by hundreds of thousands of dollars between some neighbouring Sydney stations – and in some cases by more than $1 million.

  • byKate Burke