‘White elephant’ wharves come with $500k annual price tag

Email Sydney’s newest ferry wharves lack a running service but will cost NSW more than half a million dollars a year to maintain, with local boaties barred from them for more than 15 minutes – despite their fees helping pay the upkeep.

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