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Neighbours, including Rachmat Djajadikarta, second from right, are campaigning to adjust the proposed development.

The surprising reason this neighbourhood opposes a new development

Inner West residents are pushing back against the state’s largest ever build-to-rent development – because they want more affordable housing on the site.

  • Anthony Segaert

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The state government says its agencies must be held to account to ensure there are no delays to housing approvals.

Revealed: The state agencies holding up new housing in NSW

Councils are publicly named and shamed over the time they take to approve housing developments. Now it is the government’s turn. 

  • Alexandra Smith
Commuters will be forced to catch replacement buses between Bankstown station and Lidcombe.

Second passenger train line faces two-month closure

Commuters also face disruptions from full or partial closures of the busy M1 metro line over several weekends, as well as services stopping earlier some nights.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
Victorian planning reforms will allow larger apartments and townhouses across Melbourne.

The three-storey apartment blocks coming soon to your neighbourhood

Townhouses and apartments can now be built, with fast-tracked approval, closer to footpaths and neighbours under sweeping changes.

  • Sophie Aubrey
Rescuers work to find survivors in Bangkok.

Rescuers tread lightly to find survivors they know are still breathing

Although the violence of the Bangkok building collapse in the massive earthquake is sapping hope that the rest of the missing will be found alive, not all is lost.

  • Zach Hope
Heworth Holdings Group has increased the height of the proposed development from 12 storeys to 16 storeys.

This inner west apartment plan has split opinion. The council predicts there’ll be more

One opponent argued that the 16-storey block proposed for the languishing Balmain Leagues Club site would be “as workable in Rozelle as a snowflake is in hell”.

  • Megan Gorrey
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Pickleball players Evan Bushell and Charlie Sutton

How a controversial plan for this 120-year-old bowlo is dividing Mosman

A proposal to replace a bowling green with pickleball courts has the backing of some locals, but others have raised concerns about the noise and whether it will just be a “passing fad”.

  • Emily Kaine and Daniel Lo Surdo
East Brisbane State School has welcomed new plans for Woolloongabba’s future, while another stakeholder has expressed concern for the state government’s recommendations.

Joy for some, but bold vision for Woolloongabba’s future sparks debate

The decision to demolish the Gabba – but not a heritage-listed school – has set the scene for a vast urban renewal project in Brisbane’s inner-south.

  • Courtney Kruk
Emu in the Sky sculpture.

Taller than an A380, this mammoth sculpture will welcome you to Sydney’s new airport

The globe-like structure will tower 30 metres when it is finished, making it visible to passengers when the first flights start late next year.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
North shore council unveils its own housing plan after fighting the government all the way.

This Sydney council has fought TODs all the way. Now it has revealed its own plan

Ku-ring-gai’s plans have been revealed months after the council took the state government to court in an attempt to block more intensive development.

  • Megan Gorrey

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