Good morning.
It'll be cloudy and mild, with a top of 26 degrees in the city, the same in the city and 28 degrees in Penrith. There is a 40 per cent chance of some rain today but only three millimetres at most.
Dear Gladys
Jessice Irvine, our economics journalist, writes a letter to the new Premier.
First of all, nerdy-girl fist-pumps to you for taking the top job.
Now, housing affordability.
You say you're "open minded to seeking advice" on how to make housing more affordable.
Great. Here's my 11-point plan to address both the supply and demand sides of the problem.
Blanca
A new Finnish restaurant swings open its doors in Bondi this week.
Blanca's menu got a little special attention, not just because it is his latest venture, but because the 80-seater (one of his smallest) is the chef's current love-child, the restaurant he relocated to Australia to open after falling for Sydney's surfing lifestyle during stints a decade ago at Longrain and Quay restaurants.
Firm preferred
One player in local government is doing well out of the mergers.
Queensland-based company TechnologyOne appears set to win millions of dollars worth of contract extensions to standardise IT systems across newly-formed mega councils.
Our own train station, please
Sydney University is pressing for a new train station on a planned metro line between the city's CBD and Parramatta to be built at its Camperdown campus in the inner west, arguing it will be crucial to helping transport 30,000 students a day.
My problem with this is that they already have Redfern and Macdonaldtown within striking distance. Newtown isn't too far away, either.
Ban something
Speaking of housing affordability. Here's another suggestion for the Premier on the same topic. It's likely to ruffle some feathers, though.
Premier Gladys Berejiklian is being called on to consider giving strata residents and owners corporations the power to ban short-term letting of apartments through sites like Airbnb, arguing the practice is driving up rents.
A government committee recently looked at this question and response is expected around April.
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