August 11, 2026 — 5:05am

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The City of Sydney is forging ahead with plans to bulldoze seven buildings opposite Town Hall to create a $150 million civic square featuring native trees and water fountains, new designs reveal, despite a backlash over the project’s cost and scale.

Lord Mayor Clover Moore’s council in February voted to accelerate demolition of the buildings, including Woolworths supermarket, to make way for the long-promised public plaza at the corner of George, Park and Pitt streets in the heart of the central business district…

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