Planning
SEQ’s housing shortage won’t be fixed soon. These two numbers explain why
The crisis in housing can be summed up by two figures: the number of new lots the south-east needs each year, and how many are actually being approved.
- by Tony Moore
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Court short: New justice hub to sit empty after government cuts funding
New $272 million law courts in Melbourne’s south-west won’t open as planned after building finishes because the state budget didn’t provide staffing and operational funding.
- by Kieran Rooney
This Sydney university wants to build 1000 apartments. Locals are up in arms
A dramatic stoush has broken out over a proposal for two student housing towers on Anzac Parade next to a light rail stop, UNSW and acting school NIDA.
- by Michael Koziol
Opinion
Property development
New housing targets may change Sydney. Failure to hit them will change it more
One mayor has branded the government’s housing plan a ‘catastrophe’ for his area. But the real catastrophe would be if Sydney was unable to grow.
- by Michael Koziol
To work out what to do in Brisbane, Martin visited seven cities in four countries
Martin Garred won a fellowship to investigate how south-east Queensland can accommodate more people. He found a different way of thinking about modern suburbia.
- by Tony Moore
How can SEQ balance the need for housing with the desire to stay green?
As one homeowner living next to bushland put it, “we obviously get to see the trees, but we live in a time when there’s a shortage of housing”.
- by Tony Moore
Room to raise heights again if Sydney’s building targets are not met
New height limits and other planning controls could be intensified if they fail to deliver enough new homes, the state’s planning boss says.
- by Michael Koziol
A quirky murder mystery where the victim is a suburb of 80,000 people
Fishermans Bend was billed as Australia’s biggest urban renewal project. Something has killed it off and two architects have been trying to answer whodunnit.
- by Rachael Dexter
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese press conference in Sydney
The Prime Minister spoke alongside NSW Housing Minister Rose Jackson on Friday, May 31 at a social housing project in Russell Lea.
‘Height uplift’: Bid for tall towers to overshadow Newstead House
Developers continue to challenge height restrictions with a promise to provide more inner-city housing. The latest area of contention is around Breakfast Creek.
- by Sean Parnell
‘Hang our heads in shame’: Locals join public housing tenants’ development fight
Port Melbourne residents have joined forces with former tenants of the Barak Beacon public housing block to fight plans to build an 11-storey tower on the site.
- by Cara Waters