Dining next to death:Residents object to funeral home neighbouring restaurant

Dining next to death:Residents object to funeral home neighbouring restaurant

A proposal for a funeral home next to a restaurant in Woollahra has put some residents off their food.

  • byAndrew Taylor

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Royal Sydney Golf Club:Removal of trees will restore original coastal heathlands
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Royal Sydney Golf Club:Removal of trees will restore original coastal heathlands

The Royal Sydney Golf Club revised development application increases the number of trees,and makes a case for the re-wilding of about a quarter of its greens to allow more diversity of flora and fauna to return to the area.

  • byJulie Power
'Intrusive and bulky':Uproar over Sydney Grammar's $54m sports facility

'Intrusive and bulky':Uproar over Sydney Grammar's $54m sports facility

Sydney Grammar School says its new $54.4 million sporting facilities in Rushcutters Bay will be “a polite addition"to the area.

  • byAndrew Taylor
Bowling greens become battlefields as club takes council to court

Bowling greens become battlefields as club takes council to court

Double Bay Bowling Club is taking legal action against Woollahra Council over compensation from the sale of a townhouse.

  • byAndrew Taylor
The 569 trees in the way of plans to revitalise Royal Sydney Golf Club
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The 569 trees in the way of plans to revitalise Royal Sydney Golf Club

The world's golfing elite are fighting Rose Bay locals over plans by Royal Sydney Golf Club to chop 569 trees,mostly healthy,to restore the club to its glory days.

  • byJulie Power
Royal Sydney Golf Club's renovations could find more Aboriginal remains

Royal Sydney Golf Club's renovations could find more Aboriginal remains

Archaeologists have recommended exploratory work to identify whether more culturally sensitive Aboriginal remains and artefacts are located under the site that Royal Sydney Golf Club plans to redevelop.

  • byJulie Power
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Rose Bay golf course proposal'would remove entire urban forest':planner
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Rose Bay golf course proposal'would remove entire urban forest':planner

Royal Sydney Golf Club has put in a DA to Woollahra Council to remove 569 trees,which would decrease the canopy cover,even with its plan to plant 700 more,critics say.

  • byJulie Power
How a Vaucluse property grew 200sq metres overnight,sparking a war over harbour view

How a Vaucluse property grew 200sq metres overnight,sparking a war over harbour view

A block of land that mysteriously grew 200 square metres overnight has sparked a war over prized views of Sydney Harbour.

  • byCarrie Fellner
Four men injured after wall collapses in Sydney's east

Four men injured after wall collapses in Sydney's east

Emergency services were called to Oxford St in Woollahra on Wednesday morning following reports of a wall collapsing.

  • byLaura Chung
'An outbreak in backpackers':NSW to search for undetected COVID-19 cases in Sydney's east

'An outbreak in backpackers':NSW to search for undetected COVID-19 cases in Sydney's east

Health authorities are increasingly concerned about the community transmission of coronavirus in the city's eastern suburbs.

  • byAlexandra Smith,Angus Thompson andMichael Koziol
Sidney Nolan widow's favourite paintings to go under the hammer

Sidney Nolan widow's favourite paintings to go under the hammer

More than 120 paintings by Sidney Nolan from his wife's estate,including 34 depicting Ned Kelly,go on show ahead of their sale.

  • byDebbie Cuthbertson