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Defects cost Sydney’s homeowners and taxpayers $700m annually. How did we get here and what is being done about it?

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Stuart Mclean and his waterlogged flat.

Stuart didn’t think much of a wet patch in his lounge room. Then he came home to a flooded flat

Defective buildings across Sydney are costing home owners and taxpayers $700 million a year. This is what is at stake as development accelerates.

  • Anthony Segaert
An eye-catching arachnid known for its intricate courtship dance was discovered near Yanchep. Now, a housing estate is landing on its sandy doorstep.

Last dance for striking spider as Perth estate moves into its home

It’s a stunning example of the failure of WA’s planning system, say advocates: the loss of a rare and beautiful species for the “ugly monoculture” of sprawl.

  • Sarah Brookes
Eddie Solomon (left) and Patrick Davis (right) have different views on a proposed high-rise near Murrumbeena station.

Heritage village the new front line in high-density housing battle

Glen Eira City Council is resisting an eight-story housing project in Murrumbeena that it fears will overshadow heritage-listed shops, but it does have supporters looking to get a foothold in the area.

  • Lachlan Abbott
Jim Killen said many trees, including this Queensland Kauri, were dramatically undersized in the original arborist report.

Big trees, bold development plans and a community pushing back

A plan put before Brisbane City Council to subdivide an old research site into 27 lots initially misrepresented the mature tree cover. Locals are concerned.

  • Courtney Kruk
Concerned locals have gathered behind fences erected around Kurilpa Commons, a neighbourhood farm, on Friday morning to protect the site from being demolished.

Community, chemicals and conspiracies converge at Kurilpa Commons

Locals have rallied to protect a riverfront community garden, unexpectedly fenced off by authorities as developers move in next door.

  • Courtney Kruk and Sean Parnell
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The development at 23 Halifax Street, Macquarie Park.

The Building Commission said this block was ‘at risk of collapse’. No one will tell you how it’s being fixed

A year ago, the developer of these 900 units in northern Sydney was issued with a damning rectification order, but details of the plan to fix it are being hidden from the public. We found out anyway.

  • Anthony Segaert
The proposed building on the corner of Thomas and Quay streets, Haymarket, with the church in the background on the right.

The 186-year-old church taking on the plan for Sydney’s ‘Trump Tower’

The $591.5 million mixed-use tower would include 265 hotel suites, 279 build-to-rent apartments, offices, and ground floor retail outlets.

  • Anthony Segaert and Jessica Yun
The development panel sided with a large cohort of residents who presented to the meeting in support of retaining the theatre.

Demo denied for century-old Subi theatre at ‘point of collapse’ (or not) ...

A Perth council and its community have won a David-and-Goliath battle against developer Sanur to save a dilapidated 100-year-old building in Subiaco.

  • Claire Ottaviano
Big Dipper at Luna Park

Behind the million-dollar smile, Luna Park hides a troubling story

Developers have long fought over prized land by the harbour. The next battle is over one of the city’s most iconic landmarks.

  • Michaela Whitbourn

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