‘Digital twin’ opens new horizons in planning

The Digital Twin provides 3D and 4D visualisations of future planning scenarios.

25 February, 2020

Report wants 20 per cent recycled water target

Sydney is lagging behind other metropolitan centres in water efficiency.

9 December, 2019

Parramatta Council flags ‘grave concerns’ over Powerhouse

Recommendations not to move the Powerhouse Museum to western Sydney have alarmed the council at the centre of the stoush.

4 March, 2019

What the UK can teach Australia about City Deals

Three Australian cities chosen for early deal.

31 March, 2017

NSW government shelves pop-up prison after community backlash

Emu Plains site a no-go.

20 December, 2016

Pop-up prison could flood: Labor

Flood plain risk.

1 December, 2016

Life after NSW council mergers: Outsourcing and asset sell-offs?

Cumberland Council eyes pools and rubbish.

5 October, 2016

Moore, Moore, Moore: Clover back in

Western Sydney swings to Labor.

12 September, 2016

Suburban Utopia? New ‘City Deal’ gets strong stakeholder support

More than the sum of its parts.

20 June, 2016

Boom time for Western Sydney?

Plan to create 200,000 jobs by 2020.

7 December, 2015

CBA vacates Mike Baird’s Parramatta “dual CBD” dream

Parramatta City Council lashes CBA.

25 November, 2015

Blacktown to Turnbull: fund crisis services not reality TV trash

Mayor accuses Canberra of taxpayer-funded vilification.

4 May, 2015

Baird faces internal demands for ‘clawback’ of transport corridors around Sydney airport

The federal government’s plan to build a second airport in Sydney has prompted a key state Liberal MP to push for his own government to reclaim key transport assets previously sold to developers under Labor.

29 April, 2014

Liverpool’s managerial dismissal sparks job hunt

By Paul Hemsley Sydney’s Liverpool City Council has confirmed it is looking for a new deputy general manager following the sudden departure of Matt Daniel. The Western Sydney local government declined to detail the circumstances surrounding Mr Daniel’s exit, however a spokesperson told Government News that “his contract has ended with council”. The spokesperson said […]

2 October, 2013