August 13, 2026 — 5:05am

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Sydney’s east will take on the majority of the city’s new housing over the next 20 years, arresting the outward sprawl of development and locking in the west as an economic powerhouse, under a critical NSW government plan to accommodate an extra 1.3 million people by 2046.

The government’s finalised Sydney Plan to manage future growth envisages 30 “interconnected centres” spreading jobs, services and economic activity across the city, anchored by central business districts in Sydney, Parramatta and the emerging…

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