Planning
Feds and Qld share $864 million cost run-over for second M1 project
Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers has tipped in an extra $432 million – matching Queensland’s share – as the cost of stage one of the Coomera Connector project soars by an extra $864 million to $3.02 billion.
- by Tony Moore
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Queensland needs ‘thousands more hotel rooms’ before 2032 Games
The Sport and Tourism minister says a report is under way targeting how and where Queensland should build 2032 Games accommodation.
- by Tony Moore
Opinion
Opinion
Three great cities, one big lesson on Sydney’s peculiar relationship with space
I’ve just returned from Hong Kong, London and Paris – three cities notable for what they lack when compared with Sydney: space. And yet they’re the richer for it.
- by Michael Koziol
Council officer breaks ranks to call for Brisbane Airport noise study
A Brisbane City Council officer who deals with noise complaints and pollution has made his own submission to a Senate inquiry, calling for planning changes.
- by Sean Parnell
Premier backs apartment parking plan – but cyclists warn CBD a ‘danger zone’
“If you could choose to get an apartment for 100-grand less, not have to have a car ... why would we not let you have that choice?”
- by Tony Moore and Matt Dennien
Now it’s a strip of car yards. Will it be a ‘thriving precinct’ in a decade?
Council has revealed plans to transform a major road on Brisbane’s southside with bustling neighbourhoods and 12,500 new jobs.
- by Tony Moore
When is a room a studio apartment? The ruling upending boarding houses
Boarding houses should be allowed to have kitchenettes in tenants’ rooms, the opposition argues, as the housing crisis pushes more people into the shared-home set-ups.
- by Rachael Dexter
Opinion
Housing crisis
Housing system is broke and broken, but government alone can’t solve this crisis
No silver bullet is going to fix our housing woes, but there is now a window of opportunity through which real and significant change can occur.
- by Scott Langford
Exclusive
Development
Families lose out in Sydney’s new housing push, say planners
Domain sales data shows fewer than one in 10 units recently sold in the city’s inner west and Canterbury-Bankstown had more than two bedrooms.
- by Mary Ward
Exclusive
Housing crisis
How an owl and a flying fox may stop the government’s housing reforms
Ku-ring-gai Council is claiming the Minns government has broken the law with its plan for development in special transport hubs.
- by Andrew Taylor
Overdue or overdeveloped? How Westfield wants to transform this pocket of Sydney
The redevelopment of Westfield Eastgardens has prompted fears it will decimate local shopping strips, create traffic congestion and be an eyesore.
- by Andrew Taylor