Tempers started to fray just four speeches into a marathon town hall meeting to debate Australia’s housing future, as residents of Sydney’s inner west began to suspect the fix was in.

Inner West Council had gathered on Monday evening to consider the Fairer Future plan for 30,000 new homes in the area over the next 15 years, but despite a community consultation suggesting most were opposed to high density, speakers lined up one by one to praise the plan.

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