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Two weeks from the state election, the Barnett Government is yet to submit its full business case or receive any of the promised Commonwealth funding for its priority road project, the $1.9-billion Perth Freight Link.
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| UpdatedThe owner of a heritage-listed Hobart property containing asbestos will feel the "full force" of the council, the Lord Mayor says, after the home was demolished without a permit and even after locals tried to intervene.
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| UpdatedHobart Lord Mayor Sue Hickey backs the State Government's decision to forcibly acquire council land to help the Mount Wellington cable car project.
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Melbourne's famous brown river, the Yarra, will be protected under new legislation regulating the height of buildings along the riverbank and the distance from the water.
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The Tasmanian Government announces plans to compulsorily acquire land on Hobart’s Mount Wellington to help facilitate the construction of a cable car.
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| UpdatedCross-laminated timber is produced in factories and delivered to building sites, where it is slotted into place for all-timber housing, touted as an environmentally-friendly option with lower onsite risk than on conventional sites.
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A Tasmanian coalition of community groups galvanises opposition to a new statewide planning scheme as the Property Council promotes its benefits.
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| UpdatedA Fiji community NGO says people living in squatter settlements in Fiji would like their status to be recognised so they can make their lives better.
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More than 80 trees, some of which are claimed to be up to hundreds of years old and were set to be removed as part of an Adelaide housing development still in the planning stages, are given a stay of execution.
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| UpdatedThe Barnett Government is accused of misrepresenting the true cost of the Perth Freight Link project by billions of dollars after FOI documents are released, but Treasurer Mike Nahan says they are out of date.
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| UpdatedEmployment centres in Sydney's west are out-performing the city's east and the CBD on the time it takes for people to commute to work, Opal Card data reveals.
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| UpdatedAviation and community groups say there are too many developments hampering pilots and putting people at risk at Archerfield Airport, on Brisbane's outskirts.
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Are houses on lots as small as 80 square metres the solution for those comfortable with high-density living but despise apartment blocks?
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Water pipes are being upgraded to PVC and pipeline replacement efforts are accelerated after Adelaide faced a series of burst mains, flooding roads and properties.
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| UpdatedNight works are expected to cause traffic delays on busy South Road in Adelaide while modifications are made to an overpass which was closed after structural damage was noticed last month.
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The Anzac Park buildings in Campbell are a subject of fascination for many Canberrans. A first glance they look like a matching pair — but a closer examination shows this isn't quite correct.
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About 100 people protest outside Glenside Hospital against plans to remove 83 trees as part of a new housing development in Adelaide's inner-south-east.
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About 200 residents of the Wantirna caravan park in Melbourne's east are facing eviction after a developer bought the site to build townhouses.
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| UpdatedIn light of the Victorian Government's move to overhaul Melbourne's bus network, we take a look at some of the innovative systems other cities have in place and what Melbourne could learn from them.
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| UpdatedDecades-old bus contracts are holding back the ability to run more services in Melbourne and revamp the declining network, so the system will be overhauled, the Victorian Government says.
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| UpdatedThe problem of urban drift in Solomon islands is a complex one, with no easy or simple answers.
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