Green pools in Valley cities on rise, may breed mosquitoes 
As temperatures reach into the 100s, residents across the West Valley have been calling city and county offices to report green pools, ripe breeding grounds for disease-carrying mosquitoes.

State caves in on energy-efficient housing targets 
BUILDERS of high-rise units have been exempted from more stringent energy-efficiency targets after the NSW Government accepted that its scheme would add thousands of dollars to the cost of a unit. -