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Planning PolicyRepost12 May 2026·1 min read

‘Stranded Sydney’ got the topic right and the diagnosis wrong

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Tim Sneesby critiques the SMH ‘Stranded Sydney’ series, arguing infrastructure failures stem from political interference and weakened developer levies, rather than the popular myth of inner-city NIMBYism driving urban sprawl. ‘Stranded Sydney’ got the topic right and the diagnosis wrong is a story from The Fifth Estate, Australia's sustainability newspaper.

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