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Hong Kong
The Sydney property developer chasing $28 million in stolen cash
Tina Zou redeveloped luxury units across Sydney. Now she is embroiled in a dispute over millions of dollars in Hong Kong linked to an espionage case involving a dead Royal Marine in London.
- by Eryk Bagshaw, Lisa Visentin and Daniel Ceng
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Public housing
Land set aside for social housing to be sold off for private development
The Allan government is planning to rezone and sell the block in Melbourne’s north to developers, despite insisting just days ago that it had not scrapped the project.
- by Rachel Eddie
‘Sad state’: Warning that Oxford Street risks losing LGBTQ character
Gentrification, policing and an “influx of young families with kids and dogs” are draining the vibrancy of Sydney’s iconic gay strip.
- by Andrew Taylor
Glen Waverley station car park sells for $50m
Beware commuters: the car park next to Glen Waverley station has been sold
- by Nicole Lindsay
Opinion
City life
The great housing con is turning Melbourne into an Asian-style megacity
The government is trying to dupe citizens about the real causes and nature of a housing crisis.
- by Michael Buxton and David Hayward
Blocks for sale shrink while prices soar past $300,000 in Perth
A lack of supply in the established housing market is having a knock on effect on vacant land with prices soaring and stock shrinking.
- by Sarah Brookes
Frustration from council as Nedlands apartments given seal of approval
Planning frameworks ‘don’t make a difference’ says a Nedlands councillor in response to the approval of a 10-storey boutique apartment block.
- by Claire Ottaviano
Opinion
Opinion
One building permit has no limit on timing or cost. It’s adding to the price of houses
Amid the escalating housing crisis, we need to be able to have honest conversations about planning regulations which aren’t working well, without being called racist.
- by Max Shifman
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Sydney councils
Philip Ruddock ousted as Hornsby mayor, points finger at ‘property developer interests’
The senior Liberal’s defeat in a preselection will almost certainly bring to a close his 50-year career in politics. He accused senior party members of orchestrating his demise.
- by Max Maddison
Sydney strata manager appeals 10-year ban for accessing funds without approval
One of Sydney’s highest profile strata managers is accused of failing to act with honesty, fairness and professionalism.
- by Sue Williams
Spawned from inner-city muck, this suburb full of lawyers is getting younger
On Gold Street in Clifton Hill there is a stark reminder of the suburb’s past and future. On one side is a primary school – on the other side, an aged care home.
- by Angus Delaney and Josh Gordon