A 100-megawatt solar farm is the latest flashpoint over the construction of renewable energy projects in regional Australia.
The Minns government wants to close roads for more festivals,concerts and markets to boost local shopping strips.
Half of the councillors have complained to the state government about dysfunction under its mayor.
A NSW council has had to slash its budget,cancel events and sell its own land to make ends meet after suffering 15 natural disasters in just five years.
Council general managers and chief executives are supposed to be non-political. However,they’re being hired and fired by councillors.
An outraged Philip Ruddock,the Liberal mayor of Hornsby,said he was “as disappointed as I am flabbergasted” by the government’s decision to recall the funding.
A council whose spending includes $1 million a kilometre on footpaths was among those to appear at a parliamentary inquiry on Monday asking for permission to raise rates.
Some parts of Sydney’s north and east have had their housing targets tripled and quadrupled under figures released by the state government today.
The 78-year-old Sydney lord mayor rejected the suggestion it was time to give someone else a go after 20 years in the job,citing maxims from Buddha and Teddy Roosevelt.
Residents of one of Australia’s most exclusive beach enclaves are pushing for new rules to stop oversized mansions swallowing their neighbourhood amid a post-COVID building boom.
It was 10 days before Christmas. The tiny town of Adaminaby had gathered to celebrate the 50th birthday of a giant fibreglass trout. But what they saw that day left them horrified.