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Vaucluse MP Kellie Sloane has told a housing forum in Double Bay that she supports “sensible development”.

‘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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Kings Cross activist and newspaper publisher Juanita Nielsen at her Potts Point office in 1974.

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
Future South Bank Master Plan - AILA Awards - The plan sets out the vision, rationale and strategies to foster a precinct that is greener, livelier and more inclusive. The vision will be achieved by providing more green and public spaces, upgraded assets, diverse experiences, improved travel connections, increased river frontage and more people-friendly streets.

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
An artist’s impression of the proposal.

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
Graya Developments’ plans for a mixed use development at 63-71 Racecourse Road.

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
The Western Sydney International Airport terminal building

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
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The Young Henrys brewery in Newtown would be demolished and replaced with a six-storey apartment building under a new development application.

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
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
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

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