Overview
- The state will not renew the Wentworth Park lease, with demolition after September 2027 and transfer of the Crown land to the City of Sydney for up to 20 sporting fields.
- Rezoning tied to the open‑space plan is expected to support up to 7,300 homes in the Blackwattle Bay precinct, including about 2,500 enabled by the park conversion and 4,800 already planned nearby.
- Mirvac is the preferred tenderer for the old Sydney Fish Market site, with about 1,400 homes including 580 student units slated to start construction by early 2027 subject to planning approval.
- The 722‑page Drake inquiry, based on 31 hearing days, ~80,000 documents and 1,600 submissions, reported governance failures at GRNSW and found the US rehoming program caused deaths, including three dogs found dead on arrival.
- The government will issue a new operating licence requiring stronger reporting, track standards and rehoming oversight, allocate $10 million for upgrades at other tracks, and require domestic rehoming where possible, but it did not commit to a breeding cap or to ending overseas exports.