The redevelopment of Westfield Eastgardens has prompted fears it will decimate local shopping strips,create traffic congestion and be an eyesore.
Long-bladed knives,swords,axes and other weapons are being sold at a kiosk in Westfield Hornsby just weeks after the shocking knife attack in which six people were killed at Westfield Bondi Junction.
Westfield Bondi Junction will reopen for business on Friday,as shocked shop workers still process the weekend’s horrific knife rampage.
Shopping centres seem no longer just a place for us to buy things,they’re supposedly an ‘opportunity for improvement and personal development’.
One year after the community gathered to “save” the much-loved main drag,little has changed. It’s a problem facing high streets all over Sydney.
The humble shopping centre - once a meeting point for everyone from horny teenagers to exhausted parents - is battling a decline in relevance. But it means more to us than we realise.
Muggings,shoplifting,spitting at security guards and terrorising customers are becoming daily occurrences at WA’s biggest shopping centre.
Shoppers at North Sydney’s Greenwood Plaza are being offered free use of Dyson Airwrap hair stylers (which retail at $759) in “self-style studios”.
Traders at South Melbourne Market have accused Port Phillip Council of trying to turn the market into another Chadstone Shopping Centre by hiking fees and demanding expensive stall fitouts.
Local government representatives say retailers are not doing enough to address the escalating issue of trolley litter – and they want the state government to step in.
Gus needs a dressing down.