Development
Inside Sydney’s next pool facing cost and timeline blowouts
After finding asbestos, bikes, bottles and “a whole heap of things”, the reconstruction of the Canterbury Leisure and Aquatic Centre has reached a milestone.
- Mostafa Rachwani
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‘Sold us out’: Fury erupts after inner west cultural club sold to developer
Angry Cyprus Community of NSW members say they feel blindsided after the club’s administrator sold their land to clear $20 million in debt.
- Jessica McSweeney
The lowest and highest birth rates in Melbourne by suburb
Housing stress could be leading Melburnians to have fewer babies in their lifetime in all but a few of the city’s most affordable suburbs, new analysis suggests.
- Adam Carey
‘Perverse outcomes’: NSW a deforestation hotspot on par with Indonesia
Land-clearing in NSW has surged by 40 per cent as the Minns government is yet to ditch rules driven by former Nationals leader John Barilaro after more than two years in government.
- Caitlin Fitzsimmons
The fight to stop a ‘parking station for oversized boats’ on Sydney Harbour
Residents say plans to triple the size of a marina for luxury vessels would disrupt views of a famed foreshore park, as well as prized heritage assets.
- Megan Gorrey and Michaela Whitbourn
Ropes cut, holes drilled: Mystery vandals target Sydney boat club
Canoe and dragon boat paddlers have been forced to either store their boats for two years or leave them open for vandals while their harbour park base is redeveloped.
- Jessica McSweeney
The new ‘local oasis’ you can watch fireworks from – but not until 2028
A park on Sydney’s lower north shore will provide stunning views of the city’s New Year’s Eve fireworks once it opens after a three-year delay.
- Cindy Yin
‘Tick-box’ apartment standards stifle housing solutions, award-winning developer warns
Victoria’s apartment standards mean that unconventional plans, like boutique “lofts” similar to warehouse conversions, struggle to meet definitions for approval, Neometro says.
- Lachlan Abbott
Longest metro rail cavern disappears into distance beneath inner Sydney
A tight above-ground site in Pyrmont gives little indication of the scale of what is happening beneath one of Australia’s most densely populated suburbs.
- Matt O'Sullivan
Public housing tower demolition plan is ‘ethnic cleansing’, says mayor
Yarra Mayor Stephen Jolly has slammed the state’s plan to demolish Melbourne’s public housing towers as a land grab and threatened street resistance in explosive inquiry testimony.
- Rachael Dexter
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