Construction
Kanittha can barely imagine returning to the office. It’s on the 29th floor
Friday’s earthquake emptied Bangkok into the streets and now darkens routines that involve living and working dozens of storeys above ground.
- Damien Cave, Muktita Suhartono and Richard C. Paddock
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A ‘signal’ is picked up in the rubble and the call goes out for quiet
It is three days almost to the moment since the under-construction office tower collapsed in Bangkok. But miracles can happen, and the staging area is buzzing.
- Zach Hope and Veena Thoopkrajae
Town waiting for answers after 10 of its men go missing in Bangkok tower collapse
Aye and her brother are holding vigil beside a four-storey mound of rubble in Thailand, hoping to get news for worried families in their home town 1000 kilometres away.
- Zach Hope and Veena Thoopkrajae
Why cake queen Katherine Sabbath ditched inner Sydney for the suburbs
Her first home was the moment she had been waiting for – the icing on the cake after a decade of saving hard for a deposit.
- Jane Rocca
- Opinion
- Editorial
Premier Jacinta Allan’s CFMEU rorts response isn’t enough
The Big Build has been on Premier Jacinta Allan’s CV for some years. Any credit for its implementation also comes with responsibility when things go wrong, such as revelations about organised crime links to major projects.
- The Age's View
‘This is home’: The beautiful apartment buildings Leah had her heart set on
Some Melbourne home hunters are turning away from mass-produced stock in favour of restrained elegance and generous proportions – on a budget.
- Emily Power
- Exclusive
- Building Bad
Companies on public projects exposed in CFMEU federal police probe
More businesses with ties to bikies and the underworld have been revealed as the gangland corruption scandal deepens.
- Nick McKenzie and Sarah Danckert
A builder got a permit for a slab. He allegedly built three-storey townhouses instead
The Victorian Building Authority has filed criminal charges against a builder accused of ignoring orders to stop work on a townhouse project in Melbourne’s north-west.
- Lachlan Abbott
- Editorial
- Building Bad
Those in charge as Big Build rorts flourished must do three things – or quit
Whether we look at the police, the public service or their political masters, this sorry saga has been marked by failures of accountability.
- The Age's View
CFMEU vows to act on organised crime, violence against women at emergency meeting
The union’s national secretary secured landmark support from hundreds of delegates for his push to rid the industry of gangland players.
- Nick McKenzie and Sarah Danckert
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