Development
High-rise affordable housing project fast-tracked for Frankston
Victoria’s planning minister has fast-tracked approval for affordable housing in Frankston. The project is likely to be controversial though, given a fight by locals against similar high-rises.
- by Patrick Hatch
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‘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
Rosehill ‘megacity’ plan hangs by a thread as internal divisions laid bare
A parliamentary inquiry has heard Australian Turf Club directors have never been provided with a valuation for the racecourse site showing it was worth $5 billion.
- by Michael Koziol
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Victorian Parliament
Decision made on future of prized Kew VicRoads site
The government hopes the former VicRoads headquarters will be rezoned, with 10 per cent of the project to be affordable homes.
- by Rachel Eddie
‘I’m a shocking bureaucrat’: Outgoing building commissioner’s admission
David Chandler speaks on the worst moments in the job, his PNG upbringing and an unlikely career dream.
- by Anthony Segaert
Scaffolding collapses above Sydney Metro station, crushing van
A man has narrowly escaped injury after a “massive crash” at a CBD construction site.
- by Michael Koziol and Jessica McSweeney
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State Parliament
Court challenge: ‘Sydney could end up with two fish markets’
Sydney Fish Market is taking legal action against the government and Multiplex, demanding documents related to its $836 million new premises.
- by Harriet Alexander
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
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
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Federal government intervenes in uni housing stoush as acting school boss chokes up
NIDA board member and Logie-winning actor Sigrid Thornton joined a full court press from the acting school to stop a student housing development next door to its Kensington campus.
- by Michael Koziol
‘Racism, vigilantes’: Backlash over letting the public nominate homes for heritage protection
Opponents of the scheme claim people can nominate a home without an owner’s consent, which could prevent them undertaking renovations.
- by Tom Cowie