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| UpdatedEleven options for new rail projects are being considered for Sydney, including train lines into the city's proposed second airport, new metro-style shuttle services, and a high-speed rail tunnel connecting the Sydney CBD to Parramatta.
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Shopping centre proposed for the Indigenous community Bagot.
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| UpdatedA large chunk of one of Darwin's oldest Indigenous communities could be turned into a multi-million-dollar shopping centre, as part of a development proposal to get it out of financial strife.
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The entrance of Bagot Community in Darwin.
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Rezoning proposals for Indigenous community Bagot, with a shopping centre site proposed for the right site.
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| UpdatedFears Deputy Premier Jackie Trad will not make significant changes to a controversial $800 million Brisbane development despite seizing planning control from the Council.
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| UpdatedThe Queensland Government seizes planning control from the Brisbane City Council over a controversial multi-million-dollar development in inner-city West End.
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The RACV says the success of the 24-hour clearway on Melbourne's Punt Road shows they should be implemented on other major roads.
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Adelaide road cycling champion Harry Carpenter's ideas on the future of transport win him an invite to next month's Intelligent Transport System World Congress.
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| UpdatedThe Canberra Liberals commit to prioritising development of a shopping centre in the Molonglo region, as Labor continues a marathon six-day streak of health announcements in the lead-up to the ACT election.
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The Holden manufacturing plant at Fishermans Bend in Melbourne is bought by the Victorian Government, which plans to turn it into a hub for high-end industries.
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Gold Coast city councillors have delayed a decision on a controversial high-rise application for The Spit.
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A snake catcher from Melbourne's western suburbs says new housing estates are making it more difficult to relocate the reptiles.
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With Sydney's population projected to reach 6.4 million by 2036, opinion is split over whether the city should look to Barcelona as a model for urban density.
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| UpdatedFire-resistant straw bale homes were front and centre at the annual Blue Mountains Bushfire Expo for the Rural Fire Service's annual Get Ready Weekend.
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| UpdatedDozens of new high-capacity trains will be built in Victoria, creating more than 1,000 jobs, the Andrews Government announces, but the move to grant the contract to a Chinese bidder is slammed by the Australian Workers' Union.
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| UpdatedWoolworths will not go ahead with plans to build at Giralang, angering local residents who blame the ACT Government for not backing the development.
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| UpdatedA hotel construction site in central Hobart is temporarily shut down after a suspected discovery of asbestos in concrete building material.
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| UpdatedBillionaire Kerry Stokes' private investment company is one of five being considered to develop the East Perth power station site for the Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority.
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| UpdatedA plan to allow guests to "sleep over" at the Sydney Opera House should be treated with caution, the NSW Opposition says, warning the proposal could change the character of the world-renowned building.
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Port Adelaide's Fishermen's Wharf Market building will not be placed on South Australia's heritage register, in a further blow to supporters of its Sunday markets.
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A five-year review of the WA Government's development assessment panels, known as DAPs, claims the controversial boards are not living up to their hype in the Perth metropolitan area.
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A farmers' market operator whose market was defined as a shopping centre under South Australian planning laws has his appeal rejecting the ruling dismissed by the Supreme Court.
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| UpdatedEver wanted to sleep over at the Sydney Opera House? You may be able to, if a development application that aims to let the community experience the iconic space in a "new and innovative way" is approved.
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