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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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Small property developer Jim Clarke-Sullivan on the property in Rosanna.

Council rejection means off-the-shelf apartment proposal won’t get off the ground

The state approved a 17-dwelling plan in Melbourne’s north-east. But a council overruled in a move described as a masterclass in adding to the housing crisis.

  • Rachael Dexter
Annandale development.

The millionaire, the dilapidated Sydney buildings and the 50 council complaints

A row of properties that developer Babak Moini bought in 2018 is the subject of allegations the site has become a dumping ground and an illegal boarding house.

  • Max Maddison
Concept design for the ‘Corril Connector’ linear park between Woolloongabba and Kurilpa.

New vision for South Brisbane revealed as draft Games report sent to Bleijie

The first draft from the 100-day Olympic infrastructure review has been handed to the government, but that has not slowed the flow of ideas for Brisbane 2032.

  • Cameron Atfield
An aerial view of Frankston, where apartments up to 16-storeys tall have been approved.

Housing targets scaled back across Melbourne

The state government also says it is cutting back plans for medium-density development because of response from the community.

  • Rachael Dexter
The existing billboard fronting Taylor Square, Darlinghurst, and a photomontage of the proposed billboard that did not receive planning approval.

Is this Sydney’s Times Square? The battle over an Oxford Street billboard

A court battle has uncovered the startling revelation that the coveted advertising spot on the corner of Oxford and Flinders streets has not had council approval for decades.

  • Michaela Whitbourn
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Jim Killen said many trees, including this Queensland Kauri, were dramatically undersized in the original arborist report.

Big trees, bold development plans and a community pushing back

A plan put before Brisbane City Council to subdivide an old research site into 27 lots initially misrepresented the mature tree cover. Locals are concerned.

  • Courtney Kruk
The government’s medium-density reforms were delayed until after last year’s local government elections following strong pushback from councils.

Revealed: 171 Sydney spots getting more apartment blocks in pared-down density reforms

The government’s medium-density reforms were delayed until after last year’s local government elections following strong pushback from councils.

  • Megan Gorrey
The government wants to build more terraces and small apartment blocks throughout greater Sydney and surrounds.

These changes promised to deliver 100,000 homes in NSW. Fourteen months later, they’re still not here

Developers and councils are intensifying pressure on the Minns government to finalise the second stage of its divisive medium-density housing reforms.

  • Megan Gorrey
A documentary directed and produced by award-winning local filmmaker Bruce Walters about a campaign to save two trees in Ruskin Rowe, Avalon. Source: The Situation Room.
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Avalon residents fight to save trees

A documentary directed and produced by award-winning local filmmaker Bruce Walters about a campaign to save two trees in Ruskin Rowe, Avalon. Source: The Situation Room.

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