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Investigation
Paradise lost is just not cricket for burnt beachfront investors
Paul’s Warehouse owner Paul Dwyer brought in Steve Waugh to help promote a luxury hotel development in Sri Lanka. Seven years later it’s unfinished and mired in controversy.
- by Chris Barrett
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Fledgling soccer club seeks net gain from suburb built around stadium
A rollcall of Australian sporting stars have invested in the project, such as AFL greats Adam Goodes and Scott Pendlebury and tennis player Thanasi Kokkinakis.
- by Adam Carey
Feds and Qld share $864 million cost overrun 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
Boardwalk to nowhere: Council bungles upgrade of coastal path
Waverley Council has been forced to revise its upgrade of a coastal walk after residents complained it would let tourists look into their bedrooms.
- by Andrew Taylor
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
Planning
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
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
Perspective
Federal budget
Billions of dollars to bolster SEQ, but migration and Olympics loom large
The Albanese government underestimated how many Australians would move to Qld and will now face criticism that it has short-changed the state.
- by Sean Parnell
Drivers are ‘fighting in the streets’ over a lack of parking spaces
Harriet has to move her car every two hours because her apartment complex doesn’t have enough parking spaces. She’s facing thousands of dollars in fines.
- by Sophie Aubrey
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Planning
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
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