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New plans have been submitted for 47 Edward Street in Brisbane.

Heritage-listed Edward Street building to become four-level city pad

The Victorian warehouse, which has survived floods, a fire and changes to its use, is set to become a luxury apartment.

  • Sean Parnell

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Historian Zeny Edwards, right, has written a book about the mosaics of the Melocco Brothers, including this example in the State Library of NSW.

The forgotten and overlooked Sydney art you may be standing on right now

The Melocco brothers painted in stone, and their work turned architecture into art in places nearly every Sydneysider has visited. Look down, or you may miss it.

  • Julie Power
All but four of the buyers at the original auction in 2003 rescinded their offers.

Sydney’s most expensive swamp hits the market

The parcel of empty land will finally be sold off for homes, decades after the army moved out. The council says the move will do little to help the housing crisis.

  • Megan Gorrey
Pathways Cremorne Seniors Housing.

The fight against a seven-storey housing block in Sydney’s north

The government wants to build more seniors housing. Locals say this proposal will clog roads, drive down property values and impinge on heritage buildings.

  • Megan Gorrey
These ochre hand stencils in a Nullarbor cave indicate the traditional ownership of the Mirning Peoples who used the cave system for shelter, ceremony, creative expression and a source of water and flint for tools.

Scientists warn $100 billion ‘green’ project will destroy WA heritage

A plan to build 3000 wind turbines and six million solar panels in WA to make hydrogen and ammonia is in an area experts call “an irreplaceable global treasure”.

  • Emma Young
Sita Sargeant will soon be running walking tours in Sydney and Melbourne that highlight women’s place in history.

The women who shaped Sydney history and changed Sita Sargeant’s life

A canny publican who used a legal loophole to vote inspired a new book and walking tours to showcase notable women in history.

  • Julie Power
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The NSW government has released an indicative masterplan to rezone the Parramatta North precinct. 

There are plans to build 2500 homes in Parramatta. The council wants more offices

More homes or more offices? Plans to redevelop Parramatta North have riled heritage advocates, a Labor MP and, most recently, the local council.

  • Megan Gorrey
The Allan government’s new planning rules have been nicknamed “the toastie”.

How a ham and cheese toastie could upend the state’s planning laws

The Victorian government insists its changes to planning laws won’t change heritage overlays. This is partly true. It’s also disingenuous.

  • Chip Le Grand
Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church financial council secretary Noel Sweeney said the parish couldn’t afford the $700,000 renovation required to make heritage protected buildings on church grounds usable again.

Asbestos, termites and red tape: Church battles to demolish heritage-listed hall

A Brisbane church has asked the city council for clearance to demolish the historic hall, which it can’t afford to repair.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt
Ningaloo bleaching February 2025.

‘Like an underwater bushfire:’ Shocking images as heatwave bleaches Ningaloo

Advocates are calling this a “red alert” moment for the usually resilient reef, as a marine heatwave already linked to a fish kill and cyclone intensification moves south.

  • Emma Young

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