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‘No decent supermarket’: The Liberal MP who wants Sydney’s east spared from more housing
Vaucluse MP Kellie Sloane says the Labor government’s housing plans are “quite confronting” for Sydney’s eastern suburbs.
- Alexandra Smith and Jessica McSweeney
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How Juanita Nielsen sparked reforms that transformed city landscapes
The death of the Australian anti-development activist was the catalyst for a huge range of planning and policy changes that are now under the spotlight.
- Sue Williams
Plans to shake up South Bank, removing the Piazza, win acclaim
Several Brisbane projects received accolades in the AILA Queensland Awards – including some that only exist in the gleam of an architect’s eye.
- Nick Dent
Council dealt blow in fight against plans to turn sports field into homes
Ryde council has been fighting tooth and nail to stop an RSL club from turning a sports field into seniors housing. It’s just lost a major challenge.
- Jessica McSweeney
One of Brisbane’s trendiest streets in line for landmark development
A developer plans to build 37 units as part of a mixed-use project on a famous northside strip.
- Cameron Atfield
Inside Western Sydney Airport’s surprisingly small terminal
Resembling one of Sydney’s new metro stations, the newly finished terminal is a gleaming, ultra-modern monument to the many shades of brown.
- Mostafa Rachwani
Popular inner west brewery faces demolition for new apartments
The brewery where the PM and his fiancee had their first date will be torn down if plans for a six-storey apartment building are approved.
- Jessica McSweeney
These pods were built to house flood victims. They’re shutting down
Four temporary pod villages set up to accommodate victims of the 2022 Northern Rivers floods will shut down next month. One mayor wants them to stay.
- Jessica McSweeney
‘The new Redfern’: The areas set to be gentrified next
The extension of the metro line to Bankstown in tandem with the city’s housing crisis suggests the make-up of south-western suburbs will change.
- Mostafa Rachwani
The rule change that could shield suburbs from a sweep of boxy towers
Advocates say a planning tool long used in NSW successfully could help deliver new Melbourne homes faster and reduce the practice of squeezing as much housing out of a development site as possible.
- Sophie Aubrey
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