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The Sydney Morning Herald

Breaking news from Sydney, Australia and the world. Features the latest business, sport, entertainment, travel, lifestyle, and technology news.

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smh.com.au > national > victoria > phil-wanted-to-rent-a-shop-in-footscray-the-owner-would-rather-it-sits-empty-20260910-p60w4v.html

Phil wanted to rent a shop in Footscray. The owner would rather it sits empty

7+ hour, 55+ min ago   (783+ words) September 13, 2026 — 1:30pm During five years’ trading in Melbourne’s west, Phil Gaby’s business has had just as many homes. Nan’s Bakehouse began at the markets, then moved to Footscray Plaza before expanding into the business next door. A coffee van followed, then…...

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smh.com.au > national > nsw > the-sydney-council-and-ratepayers-on-the-hook-after-bathla-s-collapse-20260907-p60v5a.html

The Sydney council and ratepayers on the hook after Bathla’s collapse

5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (703+ words) September 8, 2026 — 5:00am Bathla owes money and public infrastructure work to the council that approved the vast majority of its north-western Sydney developments, the first instance of ratepayers being on the hook following the collapse of the building giant. Blacktown City Council…...

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smh.com.au > national > nsw > more-than-200-staff-stood-down-at-collapsed-developer-bathla-20260907-p60uz5.html

More than 200 staff stood down at collapsed developer Bathla

6+ day, 10+ hour ago   (646+ words) September 7, 2026 — 11:04am More than 200 staff have been stood down from the collapsed Bathla Group after a weekend of crisis talks, as administrators confirmed construction on developments in Sydney would be suspended. Bathla said in a statement on Monday that it had…...

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smh.com.au > national > nsw > why-bathla-s-demise-could-help-make-apartment-building-in-western-sydney-more-affordable-20260902-p60tsq.html

Why Bathla’s demise could help make apartment building in western Sydney more affordable

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (635+ words) September 3, 2026 — 5:00am The state’s former building commissioner says apartment developments could end up being cheaper to build in Sydney’s west following the collapse of housing giant Bathla because swaths of land the group purchased above market value will probably go on…...

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smh.com.au > business > companies > we-should-all-want-to-be-yimbys-shame-the-industry-makes-it-so-hard-20260901-p60tcv.html

We should all want to be YIMBYs. Shame the industry makes it so hard

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (427+ words) September 1, 2026 — 5:04pm The good news is that property prices have fallen across all major Australian capital cities, providing sweet relief to young first home buyers clamouring for a lifetime of mortgage slavery. The bad news is that property prices have fallen…...

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smh.com.au > business > companies > every-time-we-get-up-we-cop-a-hit-casino-billionaire-s-fury-at-regulators-20260830-p60srh.html

‘Every time we get up, we cop a hit’: Casino billionaire’s fury at regulators

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (1582+ words) August 31, 2026 — 5:00am A leaked recording of Star Entertainment Group’s most senior executives has captured its Sydney casino boss and the firm’s chief executive complaining of the risk and compliance measures forced onto the scandal-ridden firm by regulators as it attempts to…...

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smh.com.au > national > nsw > sydney-s-big-economic-divide-where-jobs-are-thriving-and-where-they-aren-t-20260820-p60q6l.html

Sydney’s big economic divide: Where jobs are thriving, and where they aren’t

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (525+ words) August 31, 2026 — 5:00am Parts of Sydney have defied the economic effects of higher interest rates, elevated petrol prices and falling house prices to register the lowest unemployment rates in the country. Unemployment in Australia climbed to 4.5 per cent in July, the equal…...

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smh.com.au > national > nsw > major-sydney-developer-bathla-group-collapses-placing-buyers-in-limbo-20260825-p60rap.html

Major Sydney developer Bathla Group collapses, placing buyers in limbo

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (205+ words) August 25, 2026 — 10:46am Embattled western Sydney housing developer Bathla has been placed into administration, following months of financial crisis. Documents filed with the corporate regulator on Thursday morning reveal Teneo has been appointed as administrator of the company, along with its hundreds…...

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smh.com.au > national > rents-rise-by-up-to-80-per-cents-in-parts-of-australia-20260823-p60qoc.html

Rents rise by up to 80 per cents in parts of Australia

3+ week, 11+ hour ago   (40+ words) SMH.com.au Rents in some capital cities have risen by up to 80 per cent in the last five years, data from Cotality suggests. August 23, 2026 — 9:35am...

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They came to Australia to build a better life. The cost was more than they imagined

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (1387+ words) They came to Australia to build a better life....