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September 20, 2026 — 5:00amSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAThe state government has framed Sydney’s housing supply problems as a top priority, so the news that one of its signature policies is failing is deeply disappointing.The pledge to bring an additional 112,000 homes to fill the city’s “missing middle” by 2029 is shaping up as a distant dream, writes state political reporter Max Maddison.Housing construction is well short of the government’s targets.Oscar ColmanAn analysis of the government’s low-and-mid-rise, or LMR, policy shows that four-fifths of the development applications received…

Prime Minister Mark Carney and French President Emmanuel Macron are holding a symbolic meeting on an archipelago 20 kilometres off the southern coast of Newfoundland on Sunday, in what both countries say is a show of unity and mutual respect. The two leaders will hold a working lunch and attend…

A Sacramento County community is fighting tooth and nail to keep a proposed slaughterhouse — and its planned “kill floor” — from bringing livestock slaughter to their rural neighborhood. The 20-acre project, dubbed “Greenfarm,” was approved in July and narrowly survived an appeal from residents in the Rio Linda-Elverta community.…

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In this week’s edition of InnovationRx, we look at Summa Health’s first tech bets, the healthcare leaders on Forbes Veteran 250 list, BioMarin’s acquisition of an early-stage bone disease therapy, and more. To get it in your inbox, subscribe here.Last October, venture capital firm General Catalyst paid $485 million to…

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