Photo: ANDREW KACIMAIWAI MAJOR residential developers can now bypass local councils after the NSW Government’s Housing Delivery Authority (HDA) started operations on Friday (December 20). The Authority will speed up the assessments of major residential projects by bypassing council approval through a State Significant Development (SSD) pathway. The criteria by which Expressions of Interest (EOI)…
Picture: stock Rough sleeping in New South Wales has surged by 51 per cent in four years amid historically low rental vacancy rates. That is the finding of the new Australian Homelessness Monitor 2024, a report from the University of NSW and University of Queensland and supported by Homelessness Australia. The report counted 2041 rough…
Picture: stock The federal government is giving another $32.5 million to the Jewish community to bolster security in the wake of last week’s arson attack on a synagogue in Melbourne. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said yesterday (Sunday) the government will give the money to the Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) for security at Jewish…
A man was arrested at Melbourne Airport on November 29 after an international manhunt. Photo: AFP NSW, federal and Victorian police have arrested and charged a man with 55 drug and firearm offences after a manhunt across four countries. The 32-year-old man was arrested in Melbourne on Friday, November 29, after he was deported from…
Picture: stock THE NSW Government has taken aim at the state Nationals Party over their lack of support for a Great Koala National Park to save the animals from extinction. The Nationals, in turn, are claiming a serious conflict of interest by the government and want all correspondence on the project released. The government reaction…
John Strange (left) and Laurie Daley who will coach the NSW Origin sides in 2025. Picture: NSW Blues / X (Twitter) Laurie Daley is returning to coach the NSW Blues Origin side with the help of Melbourne Storm coach Craig Bellamy in an advisory role. And John Strange will take over the NSW women’s Origin…
One of the damaged homes in Carinda, NSW. Photo: RFNSW Fire and Rescue NSW have turned to drones to assess the storm damage done to homes at Carinda, near Walgett, last week. HAZMAT (hazardous materials) crews deployed remotely piloted aircraft (drone) to carry out an aerial survey of the town’s damaged properties; nine homes and…
One of the new boats that are being rolled out across NSW. Picture: FRNSW THE NSW Government is rolling out 19 new HAZMAT boats worth $1.58 million to Fire and Rescue NSW units across the state. The hazardous materials (HAZMAT) boats are to contain oil, diesel and other pollutant spills in rivers and lakes. Each…
Picture: NSW RFS/Flickr NSW homeowners are reminded to check their insurance policies as the bushfire and flood season approaches amid soaring living costs. The reminder came from Legal Aid NSW which says Australian Bureau of Statistics data reveals that home and car insurance costs rose by 16 per cent in the past year. Legal Aid…
Sydney is facing a citywide rail shutdown from Friday. Picture: ANDREW KACIMAIWAI Sydney residents will be without rail services for more than two days as of Friday due to industrial action by the Rail Tram and Bus Union. NSW Transport Minister Jo Heylan confirmed to media on Tuesday that there would be no train services.…