Capsicum foam recommended for NSW hospitals

A report recommends a suite of measures to prevent violence in NSW hospitals.

16 February, 2021

COVID crack team wins award

A NSW Health Pathology team that established COVID testing capabilities has won an award.

29 October, 2020

$5,000 fine for coughing at council staff

Anyone who spits or coughs at a council worker can be fined $5,000 on the spot.

20 April, 2020

Councils’ message to visitors: stay away

It’s feared an influx of city people to NSW regions over Easter will create a health crisis.

3 April, 2020

Sydney’s new Metro line to raze infamous Waterloo towers

“Suicide Towers” set for demolition in massive redevelopment.

16 December, 2015

Government planners blamed for Woolworths woe

Masters all zoned out.

18 June, 2015

Community Housing: from Struggle Street to Social Benefit

Lowest cost builds by developers replaced by local employment and training initiatives.

20 May, 2015

Developers call for new NSW Planning Bill to be demolished

By Paul Hemsley and Julian Bajkowski Angry property developers have called on the New South Wales government to junk its highly controversial new planning system reforms bill, claiming concessions granted to get the laws past the Upper House now make it unworkable. In a scathing attack on the range of concessions granted by the government, […]

29 November, 2013

O’Farrell compromises over development law battle with councils

By Paul Hemsley New South Wales Premier Barry O’Farrell has yielded, at least in part, to demands from councils that he keep his key election promise to return planning control to local governments after Minister for Planning Brad Hazzard indicated the Macquarie Street may now compromise over electorally unpopular new planning legislation. The Premier’s concession […]

19 September, 2013

Positions splinter on NSW planning overhaul

By Paul Hemsley and Julian Bajkowski Extensive changes to planning and development laws proposed by the New South Wales government have produced widely divergent positions among key stakeholders in the local government and property development sectors as negotiations with Macquarie Street start in earnest. NSW Minister for Planning and Infrastructure Brad Hazzard announced the proposed […]

18 April, 2013

NSW government puts council decision-making powers at risk

By Staff Writers Drastic changes to New South Wales planning laws have been tipped to slash the amount of time councils have to make decisions about crucial development matters within as little as 10 days or risk losing their decision making powers. The latest broadside against local governments across the state comes as the O’Farrell […]

16 April, 2013

New corruption scandal hits 14 NSW councils

By Julian Bajkowski The local government sector in New South Wales has been rocked by the findings of an Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) probe released today that has found 41 people participated in corrupt conduct, with many now council employees and officers now likely to face prosecution. The corruption watchdog has found that “22 […]

29 October, 2012