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An example streetscape from Plan Victoria

Car park requirements slashed near Melbourne transport hubs

The premier and planning minister have released the new Plan for Victoria, dictating development for the next 30 years.

  • Rachel Eddie

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The proposed tower overlooks Coronation Drive to the Brisbane River.

Developer dumps office space for new Brisbane riverside unit tower

A riverside office building could soon make way for a 30-storey residential tower, with plans lodged with Brisbane City Council for a new riverside.

  • Cameron Atfield
James Young, owner of iconic Melbourne live music venue Cherry Bar which is two doors down from the Parkade car park which was sold by City of Melbourne for $55 million this week.

Cherry Bar said no to Gaga. Now it’s threatening to stop Hemmes

Sydney billionaire Justin Hemmes is now in a showdown with Melbourne’s famed Cherry Bar owner James Young over a planned ‘hospitality wonderland’ development.

  • Rachael Dexter
Flight paths and housing.

The Sydney suburbs excluded from ‘missing middle’ housing plan

The “missing middle” reform was supposed to increase density in inner-city suburbs. Now the government will exclude most of the inner west and parts of other areas.

  • Max Maddison
Aiden and Hermione Kumar and Sophia Acosta play after their swimming lessons at Blacktown Leisure Centre.

The Sydney areas where pools are buckling under demand

Australia’s public pools are under pressure as growing areas struggle with few facilities and ageing infrastructure takes a toll on council budgets.

  • Julie Power
The next 25 activity centres for extra housing have been announced.

The two inner-city councils that have to open up their streets to density

Inner suburbs such as Prahran and Thornbury, and outer suburbs including Dandenong, have been identified as the next hubs for the development of extra housing.

  • Kieran Rooney and Rachel Eddie
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Sydney is getting 18 fast-tracked housing projects. James Packer is backing one

More than 8600 new homes have been fast-tracked by the state government’s new three-person planning authority.

  • Max Maddison
The NSW government has released an indicative masterplan to rezone the Parramatta North precinct. 

There are plans to build 2500 homes in Parramatta. The council wants more offices

More homes or more offices? Plans to redevelop Parramatta North have riled heritage advocates, a Labor MP and, most recently, the local council.

  • Megan Gorrey
The Allan government’s new planning rules have been nicknamed “the toastie”.

How a ham and cheese toastie could upend the state’s planning laws

The Victorian government insists its changes to planning laws won’t change heritage overlays. This is partly true. It’s also disingenuous.

  • Chip Le Grand
A 2023 video of a stormwater tunnel under Hawthorn before and after it was reinforced with concrete.

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

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