Planning
Baby drought grips Brisbane as a ‘great contraceptive’ emerges
Birth rates are plunging across inner and middle suburbs as cost-of-living pressures drive families to the city’s fringe.
- by Marissa Calligeros, Josh Gordon and Sean Parnell
Latest
Why light rail would turn Parramatta Road into the next George Street
Three Sydney mayors are throwing their support behind plans to transform downtrodden Parramatta Road with a new light-rail line.
- by Megan Gorrey
Council seeks federal funds for new bridge from West End to Toowong
Brisbane City Council cannot afford to build the pedestrian and cycle bridge on its own, and is examining several avenues to raise funds.
- by Tony Moore
The unlikely Sydney suburb in line for new 30-storey towers
A plan to build 1200 apartments in Five Dock is one of dozens of major projects lodged under the Minns government’s new incentive scheme for affordable housing.
- by Michael Koziol
NSW needs a housing ‘supremo’ to override rival government agencies, says alliance
An alliance of business groups, unions and universities says the housing “sausage grinder” is not working quick enough, but the appointment of such a tsar could fix that.
- by Michael Koziol
The legal battle looming over $89m North Sydney pool facelift
Councillors will consider taking legal action against the architects of the troubled Olympic pool revamp, setting the stage for a potential courtroom showdown.
- by Megan Gorrey
A quarter of a million shortfall: Housing target unlikely to be met
The federal government has set a target to build 1.2 million new homes by the end of the decade. A month into the plan, it is already in trouble.
- by Shane Wright
Opinion
City life
The pictures show happy citizens lolling about in a new nirvana. The reality will be a grey urban ghetto
The massive new Arden development in Melbourne’s north is going to end up like Docklands, maybe worse, with dark streets cutting through major blocks of construction, and an appearance of little useful public open spaces.
- by Norman Day
More than 80 per cent of serious young offenders are addicted to ‘ice’
“I have watched a 12-year-old girl directly inject meth into her arm,” the Department of Youth Justice director-general said.
- by Tony Moore
This Sydney landmark is in line for World Heritage status. An apartment plan puts that at risk
A developer is pushing to raise building heights to 22 storeys near the Parramatta Female Factory, which residents have fought hard to protect.
- by Megan Gorrey
Exclusive
City life
An ‘embarrassment’ to Sydneysiders: Our harbour junkyard revealed
A new coalition is pushing to rid the harbour of rotting junk and pollution for the enjoyment of future generations.
- by Carrie Fellner