‘Un-Australian’: Mum faces Halloween display ban

One complaint has put a beloved suburban Halloween tradition on life support, with a Sydney mum told her wildly popular haunted house can’t go on unless council signs off. For years, southwest Sydney mother Sarah Naylor-Liddell has delighted local families by transforming her home into the “Spider House”, a sprawling Halloween spectacle that now draws thousands of visitors and has become a fixture on the community calendar. But after a single complaint, the family says council has moved to stop the free haunted house tours from continuing beyond this year. The mum-of-four says what began as a fun family display has exploded into one of the area’s biggest Halloween attractions, with hundreds turning into thousands and Halloween night crowds alone reaching about 5000 people. MORE NEWS Woman loses her Aus land, $20k over one act ‘Criminal’: Aussies blast new $102 turf trend Council threatens $300 fines over Halloween decoration Every October, she opens the haunted house to the public for six nights, without charging a cent, simply to share the fun with local children and families. Now, she says, it could all be over. “It took one person, one complaint,” she told A Current Affair. “Of ...