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Dirk Skelton inside his accommodation, talks with Trish Bowie.

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

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Fairfield, Lakemba and Liverpool could all be gentrified next, according to some experts.

‘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
Stonnington Mayor Melina Sehr in South Yarra.

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
Head petitioner Lucille Hopkins (right) and Shadow Environment Chair councillor Steve Griffiths (left) discuss the development proposal for Beckett Road.

Council urged to acquire koala habitat earmarked for development

The Bridgeman Downs block is set to become 14 residential lots, spread across core koala habitat.

  • Courtney Kruk
The AMP building at 33 Alfred St reopens.

Saved from the wrecking ball, AMP building reopens as a glittering star on Circular Quay

Sydney’s first real skyscraper has been given a new lease of life after a three-year restoration and modernisation.

  • Julie Power
Roseville, Gordon, Killara and Lindfield have all been rezoned as part of the NSW government’s TOD program.

After fighting new housing, this Sydney council just voted for more

A north shore council is paving the way for a high-rise housing boom after voting on a contentious rezoning plan it claims will protect heritage and save residential streets from “overdevelopment”.

  • David Barwell
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The 120 Collins Street Ground Plane refurbishment project.

This tiny CBD garden provides an oasis for the office-weary

The 310m² courtyard aims to “offer refuge” to those in the busy city centre.

  • Gemma Grant
Phillip Island residents Maxine Sando and Graeme Davy.

‘Lying in front of bulldozers’: Phillip Island residents asked to pony up tens of thousands for road works

Residents of this coastal community voted to keep their dirt roads. Now the council has a new plan to impose levies for their road and drainage upgrades.

  • Benjamin Preiss
A tree dispute in Strathmore in Melbourne.

All the leaves are brown, the sky is grey – and the neighbours are warring over trees

Each year, thousands of neighbours fight over overhanging branches, encroaching roots and falling leaves. Some of the disputes get nasty.

  • Tom Cowie
The OECD says Australia’s housing crisis is holding the nation back economically.

Australia’s horror housing crisis singled out by global think tank

A chorus of experts argues the nation is being hamstrung by a dysfunctional housing sector. Now the world is taking notice of just how bad it is.

  • Shane Wright

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