We need a last home buyer grant and a politically sexy property revolution

We need a last home buyer grant and a politically sexy property revolution

We can sort out our housing problem,but we’re choosing not to. Here’s what needs to change.

  • byAdam Haddow

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Government urged to dump developer levy for new charge

Government urged to dump developer levy for new charge

Developers could face new variable infrastructure charges that depend on the location of major housing projects to encourage urban infill and help pay for new schools,hospitals,roads and public transport.

  • byJosh Gordon
Woolloongabba gets go-ahead for city-changing makeover

Woolloongabba gets go-ahead for city-changing makeover

It might only be a piece of paper right now,but Friday’s decision will trigger a major transformation of green space,transport,walking trails,accommodation and sports facilities at Woolloongabba.

  • byTony Moore
Meet the risk-taking ‘higher power’ tasked with fixing the state’s housing crisis

Meet the risk-taking ‘higher power’ tasked with fixing the state’s housing crisis

She survived cancer,reads 200 books a year and lives in a tiny terrace. But can the “pretty stubborn” Planning Department boss Kiersten Fishburn work miracles?

  • byMichael Koziol
‘Critical point’:High-level calls for inner-city site to be unlocked

‘Critical point’:High-level calls for inner-city site to be unlocked

Between Suncorp Stadium and Roma Street is a tightly held site regarded as the missing link in Brisbane’s burgeoning sport and entertainment precinct.

  • byTony Moore
‘No time to wait’:What developers want from housing reform

‘No time to wait’:What developers want from housing reform

The dizzying housing supply challenge confronting NSW has developers calling on the state government to follow the lead of Victoria.

  • byMax Maddison
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Push for tax breaks and foreign cash to achieve Victoria’s housing goal

Push for tax breaks and foreign cash to achieve Victoria’s housing goal

Property industry groups,who played a key role in the changes,welcomed Victoria’s planning overhaul and goal of building 800,000 homes over the next decade.

  • byKieran Rooney andRachel Eddie
‘Wholesale destruction of public housing’:Fears raised over tower knockdowns

‘Wholesale destruction of public housing’:Fears raised over tower knockdowns

Forty-four ageing public housing towers are to disappear from Melbourne’s skyline and be replaced.

  • byRachael Dexter andCara Waters
The crisis-driven plan to build 800,000 new homes – and reinvent Melbourne

The crisis-driven plan to build 800,000 new homes – and reinvent Melbourne

The city’s public housing towers will be torn down and replaced,city office blocks will be transformed into apartments and government land will be sold off as part of the Andrews government’s ambitious plan.

  • byAnnika Smethurst andKieran Rooney
‘The Hills is under assault’:Doubling the housing density ignites a ‘lovely suburb’

‘The Hills is under assault’:Doubling the housing density ignites a ‘lovely suburb’

Planning Minister Paul Scully has lifted a cap on the number of homes permitted in the precinct surrounding Hills Showground Metro station,which the previous government set at 5000.

  • byMichael Koziol
Andrews unveils short-stay levy,faster approvals and rent protections

Andrews unveils short-stay levy,faster approvals and rent protections

Victoria will introduce a short-stay levy of 7.5 per cent,unlock land for 9000 homes and set up a new agency to handle rental disputes under housing reforms.

  • byKieran Rooney,Rachel Eddie,Broede Carmody andAnnika Smethurst