Jimmy-T – FLAT CHAT

Minns slams entitled Nimbys and ‘no’ culture

In a major speech, NSW Premier Chris Minns accused "entitled Nimbys' of worsening the housing crisis with a culture of saying 'no'.

Mac attack – why my bank blocked my account

Blocked from his bank account for "security reasons", JimmyT realises his life is mirroring the plot of his new novel.

Podcast: Fake hosts in our scariest episode ever

The Wrap is back as we dive into Artificial Intelligence with a spookily realistic (and never to be repeated) conversation created by a computer.

Forum: Common property and common sense

Forum: Can owners and tradies be banned from accessing common property and can they be prevented from talking to the strata manager?

Rose Bay residents get a Mascot sinking feeling

Rose Bay residents say their homes are already cracking as excavations proceed, and the next unit block could be another Mascot Towers.

RANT: Confessions of a recycling psycho

RANT: I can just about cope with people who can't be bothered to separate and recycle their rubbish, it's the ones who deliberately stuff it up that irk me.

NEWS: No room here for more doom and gloom

We're setting the doom and gloom aside this week, at least to begin with, and focussing on the quirkier stories out there.

Victoria takes Chandler path to defect insurance

Victoria is bringing in a building bond - and cover inspired by former NSW Building Commissioner David Chandler's defects insurance.

Forum: Pre-votes, paper ballots and proxies

Forum: the limit on proxies led to electronic pre-votes and paper votes - but is it a valid vote when an owner sends a note?

Hello new neighbour, now here are my rules

RANT: With 50 per cent of apartment residents being renters, there's a fair chance that you'll find a new neighbour to get used to every so often.

NEWS: Bored with the interest rate babble yet?

There's been a great deal of babble this week about the interest rate - maybe too much considering the Reserve Bank did exactly what most people predicted?