When life gives you Libertarians,you build a lemonade stand (with or without permission)

When life gives you Libertarians,you build a lemonade stand (with or without permission)

Got a development application? You’ll get a welcome carpet from the new wave of Libertarians elected to NSW councils.

  • byAlexandra Smith

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‘Bulldozer’ PM blasts Senate in election clash on housing and environment

‘Bulldozer’ PM blasts Senate in election clash on housing and environment

The Greens say Anthony Albanese is being a “bulldozer” like former PM Scott Morrison as Labor seeks to stare down the minor party over blocking reforms.

  • byDavid Crowe
How a home builder who didn’t finish the job collapsed,owing $4 million
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How a home builder who didn’t finish the job collapsed,owing $4 million

ANSA Homes had its building licence suspended more than two months ago. Now the liquidators have been called in.

  • byMax Maddison
Apartment slump spoiling efforts to boost housing supply

Apartment slump spoiling efforts to boost housing supply

Developers and financiers are apprehensive about starting projects,with pre-sales extremely slow and projects for the most part financially unfeasible.

  • bySimon Johanson
The hidden downside to Sydney’s love affair with shiny new trains
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The hidden downside to Sydney’s love affair with shiny new trains

NSW has fallen behind other states in delivering new housing – and our infrastructure boom is one reason why.

  • byMatt Wade
Nearly 3000 Victorian households apply for social housing in three months

Nearly 3000 Victorian households apply for social housing in three months

The fresh waiting list figures come as the state opposition has accused the Allan government of trying to make its data look better by changing the way it is reported.

  • byBroede Carmody andAnnika Smethurst
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More train station housing on the table as Labor says it’s ‘not done’ with planning changes

More train station housing on the table as Labor says it’s ‘not done’ with planning changes

Planning Minister Paul Scully wants to slash onerous and “absurd” conditions of consent that imperil construction and slow the delivery of new homes in NSW.

  • byMichael Koziol
‘Nothing dictatorial about it’:Field closed in fresh clash over 132 townhouses in rugby heartland

‘Nothing dictatorial about it’:Field closed in fresh clash over 132 townhouses in rugby heartland

T.G. Millner sports fields at Marsfield will cease to operate as a community asset after a bid by Ryde Council to rezone it as open space left the owners furious.

  • byChris O'Keefe
Booze,punts and fancy hats:What it’s really like at Rosehill on race day

Booze,punts and fancy hats:What it’s really like at Rosehill on race day

The proposal to sell Rosehill racecourse for housing has upset the punters who are loyal to the fortnightly races.

  • byKayla Olaya
‘Get with the program’:The issue holding back Sydney’s new homes
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Planning

‘Get with the program’:The issue holding back Sydney’s new homes

In the race to build 377,000 new homes in NSW over the next five years,Sydney Water is sometimes cast as the secret villain in the piece.

  • byMichael Koziol
House price growth slumps but Greens and Coalition want radical reform

House price growth slumps but Greens and Coalition want radical reform

Melbourne property values fell while Sydney’s rose less than inflation,according to fresh data,as the Greens push for a new renters’ advocate and the Liberals threaten to make housing a condition of federal funding.

  • byPaul Sakkal andShane Wright