Pauline Lockie

Haberfield in a haze over WestConnex

BY WENDY BACON Levels of dangerous fine particulate air pollution during March this year have been higher at Haberfield Public School than at any other … Read more

Thu April 26th, 2018 - 4 Comments

Council crushes cottages

By Staton Whaley Two cottages at 9 and 11 Marion Street Leichhardt have been rushed to demolition by Inner West Council amidst backlash from the … Read more

Wed March 28th, 2018

Creative Conflict

BY ALEC SMART A scaled-down Sydenham Creative Hub, a proposed arts and live music zone close to Sydenham Station in the inner-west, has been voted … Read more

Wed February 28th, 2018

Council merge splurge diverge

BY JOHN MOYLE In 2016 the Baird Government did an embarrassing backflip over NSW council amalgamations, resulting in only 19 of the 35 proposed mergers … Read more

Wed January 24th, 2018

Marrickville, not Mirvacville

BY ALEC SMART There is growing concern among residents in the inner west that the NSW Government’s Sydenham to Bankstown ‘Urban Renewal Corridor’ will swamp … Read more

Wed January 10th, 2018

IWC demerger urged

BY JOHN MOYLE It could be a case of going back to the future for the newly-merged Inner West Council if a coalition of independents … Read more

Wed December 6th, 2017

A crock at the end of the rainbow

BY JOHN MOYLE It has taken the Inner West Council just two months since its formation to achieve headlines for all the wrong reasons, and … Read more

Wed December 6th, 2017

WestConnex Hell

BY ANNA FREELAND Following weeks of complaints from residents in St Peters, Haberfield and Ashfield, the Inner West Council is calling on the NSW Government … Read more

Wed November 29th, 2017 - 1 Comment

Inner West Council demerger urged

BY ALEC SMART The newly elected Inner West Council is considering overturning the forced amalgamation that brought three councils together in May 2016, and return … Read more

Wed November 1st, 2017

WestCon protestors snubbed

By JESSICA DE VERA Community groups in the inner-west opposing the WestConnex road development scheme have been denied funding following last Tuesday’s extraordinary meeting at … Read more

Wed October 11th, 2017