Planning
Fury in Northcote over ‘bare minimum’ of social housing for rebuilt plaza
A $500m shopping centre redevelopment that was rejected by the local council has been approved by VCAT despite only eight out of 605 homes set aside for social housing.
- by Cara Waters
Latest
‘It’s not a crime to play golf’: Park move triggers turf war at Northcote course
The City of Darebin voted on Monday to open up 5.72 hectares of space at Northcote golf course, but golfers say it could spell the beginning of the end for public fairways across the city.
- by Cara Waters
‘A win-win’: Parts of Northcote public golf course set aside for community use
The City of Darebin will also seek to restrict golfers from accessing the greens after 3pm as it renegotiates a golf course management contract.
- by Marta Pascual Juanola
‘It ruined me’: No turning back to damp musty homes
A growing wave of Australian architects and builders are turning to tightly insulated homes that stay at a steady temperature and are mould-free.
- by Julie Power
Andrews government to sell tower after sinking millions to fix flammable cladding
Is it a case of second time lucky for the Victorian state government in its attempt to sell off the EVO Apartments in Parkville?
- by Nicole Lindsay
Opinion
Australia votes
Date with density: Major parties ignore real cause of housing pain
Without more supply to reduce the gap between what housing costs and what households can afford to pay, we will struggle to make housing more affordable for anyone, let alone the poorest Australians.
- by Joey Moloney and Brendan Coates
‘Timber cathedrals’: New Sydney arts precinct wins major award
The $371 million project to turn the old Walsh Bay wharves into an arts precinct has just won a national heritage award. Architect Peter Tonkin describes these 1921 wharves as timber skyscrapers.
- by Julie Power
Minister backs Western Port woodland clearance to expand sand mine
The Andrews government has given the green light to clearing native bushland to make way for the controversial extension of a sand mine near Western Port.
- by Miki Perkins
Can’t see the wood for the trees: This architect doesn’t want you to notice his work
Most people walk right past architect Phillip Arnold’s new award-nominated pavilion in Sydney’s eastern suburbs. And that’s by design.
- by Julie Power
‘Doing the heavy lifting’: The councils projected to fall short of new housing targets
Two-thirds of Sydney councils are expected to miss housing targets over the next five years, as the city’s housing affordability crisis worsens.
- by Andrew Taylor
Controversial rail corporation granted another two-year tax break
The corporation, which controls billions of dollars’ worth of the state’s rail assets, is supposed to turn a profit by charging Sydney Trains and NSW Trains.
- by Matt O'Sullivan