Infrastructure
Councils accuse Albanese government of preferencing inner-city housing
The government is already behind on its target of 1.2 million new homes. A lack of roads and sewer pipes could mean it falls even further behind.
- Shane Wright
Latest
Australia has an $8 billion public pool problem. Is this the solution?
With an urgent need for public pools, Royal Life Saving NSW and Cox Architecture say a pattern book of modular designs could get people swimming more cheaply – and sooner.
- Julie Power
Wanted: 300,000 extra workers to build roads, homes and power lines
An annual snapshot of the country’s infrastructure plans show $1 trillion worth of projects in the pipeline. But the country is short 300,000 workers.
- Shane Wright
New bridge spectacularly collapses in China
Dramatic footage showed part of the recently completed bridge plunging into a river after a landslide destroyed its foundations.
- Lisa Visentin
- Exclusive
- Engineers
This Perth bridge has been named among the nation’s best. So how will it fare in ‘the Oscars of engineering’?
Western Australia is a wonderland for the nation’s leading engineer – but there is one project that made her geek out.
- Hamish Hastie
The next Brisbane precinct tipped for ‘inevitable growth and transformation’
A report into Brisbane’s inner-city economy finds new pockets of activity – but warns transport connectivity must be prioritised to make a dent in congestion.
- Rosanna Ryan
- Investigation
- Development
Beneath our feet: The hidden failures in Melbourne’s sewer tunnels
Collapsing sewer tunnels, botched repairs and a firm silenced for exposing failures — Melbourne Water faces scrutiny over hidden underground risks and wasted millions.
- Clay Lucas
One enormous rate rise was rejected. Now North Sydney council has eyes on 54% jump
The financially embattled council is requesting feedback from residents on three options to increase rates as it scrambles to keep itself afloat.
- Cindy Yin
- Exclusive
- Development
Swan Valley residents say encroaching urban sprawl behind ‘catastrophic’ flooding, rising groundwater
A need for housing is leading to catastrophic implications for the Swan Valley, locals say, as piecemeal housing developments with incohesive drainage plans has lead to chronic flooding.
- Rebecca Peppiatt
- Opinion
- Building Bad
Albanese’s answer to the CFMEU rot looks short of the mark
The federal government insists the troubled union’s administration is doing its job well; the recent evidence suggests otherwise.
- The Age's View
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