1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (988+ words) September 13, 2026 — 5:00am Almost half of Melbourne’s new housing approvals are concentrated in the city’s outer growth corridors, despite Labor’s push to prioritise building new homes in established suburbs and curb urban sprawl. There were 20,252 dwellings approved across Melbourne’s seven growth-area municipalities…...

1+ week, 8+ hour ago   (535+ words) September 7, 2026 — 7:30pm For some, it represented a long-overdue victory for dogs and their owners. For others, it was an experiment that should never have left the leash. Now, the future of one of Sydney’s most contentious dog beaches is due to…...

1+ week, 22+ hour ago   (667+ words) Brisbane is on the march. Growing to the north, south and westwards. But there’s one side of the city where geography puts a stop to the sprawl, and that’s at Wynnum – the waters of Moreton Bay providing a natural barrier....

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (180+ words) SMH.com.au Peter Miniutti writes of the challenges of detecting cheating in HSC assessments (Letters, September 2). But surely it should be encouraged. Could there be any greater passport to success in the contemporary corporate world than the ability to…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (620+ words) September 1, 2026 — 11:30am It is called the tiny window problem, and it is a pane in the glass. The spread of sash windows in high-rise apartment blocks across Sydney and other capital cities is limiting ventilation and threatening health and wellbeing, says…...

2+ week, 22+ hour ago   (594+ words) On weekday mornings, Hawthorne becomes the Hotel California of Brisbane suburbs – you can never leave. The main artery, Hawthorne Road, crests at girls’ school Lourdes Hill College, a shiny Camelot visible for miles around, then it hits Wynnum Road. It’s…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (995+ words) August 30, 2026 — 5:00am The NSW government is facing urgent calls to intervene and ensure the completion of unbuilt homes following the collapse of a major Sydney developer, amid growing concerns of a “contagion” effect across the state’s housing sector. Bathla Group entered…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (631+ words) August 26, 2026 — 11:30am Holland House in Sydney’s Middle Cove was as famous for its architecture as it was for a ballet performed on the cantilevered terrace that hovers 12 metres above rock and bush. The balcony had no handrails. The cliff top home…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (689+ words) Parramatta’s city blocks south of its busy train station will be turned into a fresh public square, revitalised dining spaces and new Chinatown strip under a council plan to rebalance development in the CBD. City of Parramatta councillors on Monday…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (1649+ words) We asked planners what Melbourne would look like if it went up or out by 2101. Explore the interactive. Sunshine, Dandenong, Broadmeadows and Footscray would see the most significant change in housing density as Melbourne faces “crunch time” finding places to…...