Sydney’s George Street evolution from traffic dominated thoroughfare to retail and hospitality hotspot will soon be complete, with a planned revitalisation of the Northern section between Essex Street and Jack Mundey Place in The Rocks.

I have today issued a direction under Section 9.1 of the Environmental Planning & Assessment Act 1979 to the City of Sydney Council to prevent determination of any development applications for its Town Hall Square proposal until I receive and make public advice on its State Significance from the Independent Planning Commission (IPC).

The Minns Labor Government is putting more public land into local hands, with Belrose's County Road Reserve set to be transferred to Northern Beaches Council, locking in the long-term future of a much-loved community sporting asset.

Wander through cascading purple wisteria tunnels, cherry blossoms, flowering fruit trees and colourful spring displays as Weekend in Wistaria comes into bloom in Parramatta Park for 19 and 20 September.

Sports and music fans are getting their first look at the new Sydney Olympic Park metro station which will boost passenger movements and vibrancy in Australia’s premier entertainment precinct, with the awarding of the construction contract for the station and surrounding precinct.

The Minns Labor Government has begun work on revitalising the Gosford waterfront precinct, delivering on an election commitment to unlock the potential for a long-overlooked precinct.

Residents are one step closer to moving into affordable, long-term housing, with Landcom reaching a major milestone by completing the topping out of its Build-to-Rent project in East Lismore.

Thousands more people could have the opportunity to call Woollahra and Edgecliff home under the Minns Labor Government’s new vision to deliver up to 9,400 new homes around Sydney’s first new heavy rail station in more than a decade.

Parramatta’s city centre will get a housing and student accommodation boost just footsteps from the world class Metro West, with 470 homes and 500 student units set to be delivered by the consortium contracted to build the Metro station and integrated development.

Member for Wollongong, Paul Scully has launched his 2026 Kids Book Drive, encouraging the community to donate new or good-quality used children's books and book vouchers to support local young readers.