Losing Sydney’s heritage is too high a price for a housing fix

Losing Sydney’s heritage is too high a price for a housing fix

Pulling threads in our heritage conservation areas risks unravelling the built history of our city,and it may not solve the housing crisis.

  • byRita Glennon

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Why a heritage listing for this Seidler-designed Bondi synagogue has been rejected

Why a heritage listing for this Seidler-designed Bondi synagogue has been rejected

Waverley Council is vowing to fight any redevelopment proposal by the site’s owner,Harry Triguboff,who says he has no plan to build apartments there “at this stage”.

  • byMichael Koziol
Traditional owners seek protection for Jabiluka cultural heritage

Traditional owners seek protection for Jabiluka cultural heritage

Traditional owners are seeking federal protection for their cultural heritage on land containing the Northern Territory’s famous Jabiluka uranium deposit.

  • bySimon Johanson andNick Toscano
Push to get world heritage protection for rail workshop site in Melbourne’s west

Push to get world heritage protection for rail workshop site in Melbourne’s west

A campaign to get the Newport Railway Works on the UNESCO World Heritage List has been green lit by a local council.

  • byNajma Sambul
As the Royal Exhibition Building crumbles,its internal murals face a worse fate
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As the Royal Exhibition Building crumbles,its internal murals face a worse fate

The elaborate murals at Melbourne’s World Heritage-listed Royal Exhibition Building are at risk of destruction by inexperienced restorers – such as builders – a conservation expert claims.

  • byCara Waters
The price of preservation:What will it take to protect Fremantle’s endangered heritage?

The price of preservation:What will it take to protect Fremantle’s endangered heritage?

Everyone loves Freo’s gorgeous Gold Rush-era streetscape,but there are deep divisions within the community about how to save it.

  • byMark Naglazas
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Glebe heritage home owners in developer’s sights

Glebe heritage home owners in developer’s sights

A property developer sent letters to residents in Glebe,seeking to buy heritage properties above market value.

  • byAndrew Taylor
Councils race against climate clock to save heritage trees

Councils race against climate clock to save heritage trees

Councils across the state are adopting new tree management policies to save old trees from destruction and increase tree coverage,as they respond locally to rapidly increasing urban heat.

  • byAnthony Segaert
Fight to save $8 million seaside home of Australia’s second prime minister

Fight to save $8 million seaside home of Australia’s second prime minister

Alfred Deakin’s seaside estate is being readied for sale as some of his descendants desperately seek funds to stop it being auctioned.

  • byBenjamin Preiss andClay Lucas
Royal Exhibition Building must be restored to its former glory

Royal Exhibition Building must be restored to its former glory

The building should be a source of civic pride and a monument to when Melbourne became a bustling metropolis on the world stage.

  • byThe Age's View
How the City of Swan’s mayor was refused council approval for renovations

How the City of Swan’s mayor was refused council approval for renovations

Tanya Richardson and her husband Daniel took their application to the State Administrative Tribunal after her own planning department repeatedly knocked back the application.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt