The article about Elizabeth Bay residents fighting to stop yet more low-cost housing being demolished for fewer luxury apartments highlights one step the state government could and should immediately undertake as a small part of addressing the housing affordability crisis . A statewide policy, similar to that on exhibition by the City of Sydney, which bans a reduction in dwelling density on all sites needs to be implemented.
This scenario, like so many others throughout NSW, is symptomatic of the way we view housing and community. It’s no longer a home but a property for wealth creation. We laud speculators, actors, influencers and rich-listers for adding another bauble to their bloated property empire. We sanction expensive short-term rentals that deprive essential workers of permanent and affordable accommodation and hollow out established and vibrant communities.
There are too many pollies and ex-pollies taking on “jobs for friends” across all fields - super, media and accounting companies, defence industries. Call me cynical.Your article gives a painful description of the day-to-day drug dance of deceit and destruction that the whole Biden family has lived through . Hats off to a loving father for giving the best and only answers he could give to both questions. That alone should win him a few votes, even if it is playing out in America.
Unfortunately, Vivid became a victim of its own success, which is a shame because the light displays are for the most part fantastic., June 13). Your correspondent says that it was much hotter when they arrived from the UK and cooler now. It may have been warmer some days in 1982 – that is a change in the weather. The trend has been for each year to be hotter than the previous one – that is a change in the climate.”, June 12).