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Workers in the new $11 billion metro rail line to Western Sydney Airport.

These Sydney metro rail extensions have been pushed out to the 2040s – if they go ahead

Those crying out for metro extensions in Sydney’s west face a long wait before construction starts - even if the government commits to them.

  • Matt O'Sullivan and Michael McGowan

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Rockback resident Donna Southern started the Leakes Needs Lights campaign.

It’s a suburb ‘on steroids’, but residents are forced to avoid its main road

Once a single-lane road between farms, this is now a major thoroughfare carrying 14,500 cars a day. But locals say crashes, bottlenecks and dangerous manoeuvres prove urgent upgrades are needed.

  • Sophie Aubrey
Building a new home.

Buyers with defects in new homes to get easy access to cash under law changes

Developers will be asked to pay a bond covering apartment defects, and claiming domestic building insurance will be easier under the Allan government’s attempt to fix the building industry.

  • Kieran Rooney
The “Eastern Harbour City” is one of six cities named in the plan.

Sydney had a 20-year plan for growth. The government is ditching it

A key planning document that talked about Sydney as a region made up of six cities has been quietly deleted by the state government.

  • Anthony Segaert
The NSW government has been accused of politicising the politically contentious “missing middle” reforms

How controversial housing reforms are divided among Sydney electorates

The NSW government has been accused of putting “politics over planning” with contentious “missing middle” housing reforms.

  • Max Maddison
Senior project manager Daniel Boylan on part of a 180-metre-long tunnel boring machine beneath Rosehill.

Sydney’s metro extension might not be open by Christmas

How long the final section’s open will be delayed hinges on testing of driverless metro trains over coming months.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
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Ringwood Square stands is in an activity centre.

The liveability risk in building 60 new housing hubs across Melbourne

Victoria’s top planners have warned that suburban activity centres could become unattractive places to live if some crucial rules are ignored.

  • Sophie Aubrey
Lisa Natale loves being able to walk everywhere with her two daughters. Lisa and her husband Tom moved into the new block, The Bond, a minute from Bondi Junction, last year.

The verdict on the Bondi Junction apartments made for high-density family life

In the latest in our series of property reviews, our experts run their eye over a high-rise in Bondi Junction designed for access to transport.

  • Julie Power
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
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

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