The fate of a church in Melbourne’s inner north raises questions about preserving the past and meeting the needs of the community.
In a two-week period late last year,the Australian Turf Club went from insisting there was “definitely no plan” to relinquish Rosehill Racecourse to approaching the government with a plan to build 25,000 new homes.
Details about the government’s transport development zones have peak community housing groups as well as developers in agreement.
The state-owned corporation also says it would be able to service housing growth at many more sites across the city.
When inner-city land for housing or other community purposes is in short supply,aren’t all those lush fairways a luxurious use of land we no longer can sustain?
A contentious high-rise apartment building,part of Frankston’s “Great Wall” overlooking Port Phillip Bay,has been approved.
Once Eltham was an “amazing dichotomy between ruthless bogans and the arts”. Nowadays,the leafy suburb is fighting not to look like everywhere else.
An internationally prominent urban planner believes a plan to rejuvenate Mount Coot-tha Quarry should be a project of state significance. And it can be ready by the Olympics,he says.
With the Brisbane International regularly selling out,an expected 44 per cent more matches for the Olympics could be too much for the Queensland Tennis Centre.
Queensland Greens senator Larissa Waters wants the state government to upgrade Cleveland’s Toondah Harbour,while protecting endangered wetlands,rather than leaving it to the private sector.
A seven-star energy-efficient home built today might look like a high-quality home,but turn out to be as comfortable as a tent,a new report warns.