There will be 150,000 new homes in Sydney in four years. More than 200 suburbs will get none of them
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More than 150,000 dwellings are forecast to be built across Sydney in the next four years but more than a quarter of the cityâs suburbs will be untouched by the development.
NSW Department of Planning forecasters estimate between 132,800 and 171,200 new homes will be built in Sydney by 2025, reflecting continued uncertainty due to COVID-19. But no new homes are forecast to be built in 223 Sydney suburbs.
Australia Day has become the most controversial date in the calendar, polarising those who want to celebrate the arrival of the First Fleet on these shores and those who say it sparked an era of untold suffering for First Nation people. Now Zali Steggall, Warringah MP, has called for councils across Australia and in her electorate to include a one minute s silence on January 26, in recognition of indigenous Australian lives that have been lost since the first Europeans arrived. There should be a formal recognition of the loss, hurt and sorrow felt by our indigenous community on January 26, Ms Steggall said.
Public Health Alert – New COVID Cases
Queensland’s Chief Health Officer Dr Jeannette Young said the case associated with the Northern Beaches outbreak was infectious in South East Queensland for two days.
By 96five Friday 18 Dec 2020
18 December 2020
Queensland is recording three new cases of COVID-19 this morning, with one associated with the Sydney Northern Beaches outbreak.
The remaining two new cases today are overseas acquired and were detected in hotel quarantine.
Queensland’s Chief Health Officer Dr Jeannette Young said the case associated with the Northern Beaches outbreak was infectious in South East Queensland for two days.
“The woman in her 50s arrived in Brisbane on 16 December on flight VA925 and made her way to the Sunshine Coast,” she said.