Development
‘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
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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
Council urged to acquire koala habitat earmarked for development
The Bridgeman Downs block is set to become 14 residential lots, spread across core koala habitat.
- Courtney Kruk
Saved from the wrecking ball, AMP building reopens as a glittering star on Circular Quay
Sydney’s first real skyscraper has been given a new lease of life after a three-year restoration and modernisation.
- Julie Power
After fighting new housing, this Sydney council just voted for more
A north shore council is paving the way for a high-rise housing boom after voting on a contentious rezoning plan it claims will protect heritage and save residential streets from “overdevelopment”.
- David Barwell
This tiny CBD garden provides an oasis for the office-weary
The 310m² courtyard aims to “offer refuge” to those in the busy city centre.
- Gemma Grant
‘Lying in front of bulldozers’: Phillip Island residents asked to pony up tens of thousands for road works
Residents of this coastal community voted to keep their dirt roads. Now the council has a new plan to impose levies for their road and drainage upgrades.
- Benjamin Preiss
All the leaves are brown, the sky is grey – and the neighbours are warring over trees
Each year, thousands of neighbours fight over overhanging branches, encroaching roots and falling leaves. Some of the disputes get nasty.
- Tom Cowie
Australia’s horror housing crisis singled out by global think tank
A chorus of experts argues the nation is being hamstrung by a dysfunctional housing sector. Now the world is taking notice of just how bad it is.
- Shane Wright
Beneath Sydney, a mini-city is being dug for machines bigger than an aircraft fuselage
Giant caverns – each large enough to house the body of an A380 – will house the boring machines that will carve the road tunnel between Waverton and Birchgrove.
- Matt O'Sullivan
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