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They are the three words that strike fear into Melbourne commuters: "Buses replacing trains." But where do these buses come from?
Topics: rail, urban-development-and-planning, emergency-planning, melbourne-3000
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The community in Eden had thought the local council had saved its heritage hotel from demolition by developers but now a newly elected council is looking at putting it back in the hands of private developers.
Topics: urban-development-and-planning, local-government, community-organisations, building-and-construction, eden-2551
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Robyn Bain, Michael Britten, and Peter Whiter discuss the future of Eden's Hotel Australasia
Topics: architecture, history, urban-development-and-planning, eden-2551
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Gone is the ideal of a house in the suburbs with a drive to work; in its place is an apartment block within walking distance of everything you need.
Topics: lifestyle, urban-development-and-planning, architecture, community-and-society, hobart-7000
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| UpdatedOngoing roadworks for the O'Bahn busway tunnel project in Adelaide's inner-east is to blame for the closure of a pub and the loss of 20 jobs, an administrator says.
Topics: urban-development-and-planning, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, law-crime-and-justice, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedArchitects and urban planners might think they know it all, but burglars can teach us a lot about our own cities, says writer Geoff Manaugh.
Topics: design, architecture, urban-development-and-planning, community-and-society, law-crime-and-justice, crime-prevention, united-states
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| UpdatedThe WA Government resorts to a video featuring children driving toy cars in its latest attempt to show Perth motorists how to merge in traffic.
Topics: urban-development-and-planning, government-and-politics, perth-6000
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The Greens will refer an ACT Government decision linked to the sale of the Brumbies' Griffith headquarters to the territory's mooted integrity commission, but the Government says its position was in line with Treasury advice.
Topics: urban-development-and-planning, community-and-society, canberra-2600, act, australia
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The NSW Government releases a draft coastal planning policy at the the 25th Coastal Conference in Coffs Harbour.
Topics: urban-development-and-planning, environmental-management, government-and-politics, regional, coffs-harbour-2450, port-macquarie-2444
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Melbourne's planners will have to work across local council boundaries if the city is to meet the challenges it will face in the 21st century, an expert says.
Topics: urban-development-and-planning, emergency-planning, climate-change, local-government, human-interest, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedThe tunnels linking Sydney's M4 and M5 motorways will be widened, while an access ramp has been scrapped in the latest changes to the city's biggest infrastructure project since the Harbour Bridge.
Topics: road-transport, transport, government-and-politics, urban-development-and-planning, community-and-society, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedThe latest plan for the Parramatta Road facelift again revises down the number of homes to be built, from 40,000 to 27,000, but includes more shops and offices.
Topics: urban-development-and-planning, state-parliament, parramatta-2150
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| UpdatedHundreds of people voice their opposition to the Tasmanian Government's plan to change state planning laws.
Topics: government-and-politics, urban-development-and-planning, community-and-society, hobart-7000, tas
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| UpdatedThe controversial $800 million West Village project in West End is officially approved, setting local member and Deputy Premier Jackie Trad up for a battle with the Greens for her seat at the next election.
Topics: government-and-politics, urban-development-and-planning, community-and-society, west-end-4101, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedMoves to re-establish a Pacific Island Planners Association are underway, with a conference planned in Fiji this week.
Topics: housing, urban-development-and-planning, pacific, fiji
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A Curious Canberran has asked: Why are the streets in Canberra so dark, even when there are streetlights?
Topics: urban-development-and-planning, mount-stromlo-2611, act, canberra-2600
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| UpdatedHave you ever taken a drive past your childhood home and wondered what is inside now?
Topics: urban-development-and-planning, history, people
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Colin Barnett rejects suggestions the Forrestfield Airport Link, which runs through two of the Liberals' most vulnerable marginal electorates, is designed to help his party return to government at the March election.
Topics: elections, government-and-politics, urban-development-and-planning, forrestfield-6058, wa
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| UpdatedThey've seen crocs, racism, cyclones and hippies. Could the Lameroo Baths be back a century after they were built?
Topics: historians, discrimination, aboriginal, urban-development-and-planning, human-interest, darwin-0800
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As developers eye a key piece of Darwin coastal land, Indigenous and other stakeholder groups call on the Northern Territory Government to make its intentions clear.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, environment, urban-development-and-planning, government-and-politics, ludmilla-0820, coconut-grove-0810