Condemned slum tower owners told not to return

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Six months after cracks in Sydney’s Opal apartment tower led to residents being evacuated on Christmas Eve, around half of the complex remains unoccupied:

There are 172 apartments still empty in the Opal Tower, which residents were forced to leave on Christmas Eve after cracks appeared in the walls…

Remedial work recently began on the tower, but residents fear it will be several months…

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About the author
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.
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