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Farid Farid, Alex Mitchell and Jack Gramenz

UNBELIEVABLE: Premier defends bold housing bet after racecourse fail - The Untold Story

A state government grappling with a housing crisis would not rule out developing Glebe Island Port. (Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS)

The last working port at a famous harbour could yet be redeveloped into housing in a scramble for new ideas after a controversial vote culled a "mini-city.

The NSW government had proposed to buy Rosehill Racecourse in densely populated western Sydney in a potential $5 billion deal and turn the 140-year-old track into a mega housing metropolis of about 25,000 homes.

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