Most rental homes are too cold in winter — but record-low vacancy rates combined with higher power costs mean tenants have limited scope to escape the unhealthy conditions, or demand improvements. Tenant advocacy organisation Better Renting is calling for government action on minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals, including efficient heaters and ceiling insulation. A…
Inner-city councils will not be penalised into meeting housing targets despite the high taxpayer burden of mass building on outer-suburban fringes. The NSW government wants to shift more residential development to suburbs close to the Sydney centre, where infrastructure-related costs are lower because essential services are already in place. A NSW Productivity Commission report released…
WARNING: Graphic content A former English teacher has been accused of grooming four students after an intimate relationship with one of them was uncovered through her diary. Vasilious Kafataris allegedly sought out female students at three Sydney schools at which he worked over more than two decades, offering gifts and compliments in an attempt to…