Best of 2016: Why Sydney hates cyclists and Melbourne loves them

Learning to live with bicycles as traffic.

20 December, 2016

Prisons become a new $3.8bn building boom

7000 new beds to cope with record numbers.

16 June, 2016

Developers decry new tax slug on foreign property investors

Claims new surcharge will pump up prices.

23 May, 2016

Developers deny ‘land grab’ exploits forced council mergers

Bonanza turns into basket case.

8 February, 2016

Sydney Light Rail: Is the Value Capture price far too high?

Developers reject new $20,000 per unit tax.

9 December, 2015

My Park Rules: the reality cheque for green and open space

Architects, urbanists tell communities to dream big.

15 October, 2015

Government planners blamed for Woolworths woe

Masters all zoned out.

18 June, 2015

New NBN tax slammed by urban developers

Turnbull argues competition on prices needed.

28 May, 2015

Developers complain pollies locked out of apartment blocks

Property industry privately polls apartment dwellers for NSW Election issues.

18 March, 2015

Adelaide councils decry planning power grab

By Paul Hemsley The South Australian Local Government Association (LGA) has hit out at a strategy from Premier Jay Weatherill to kickstart inner-metropolitan property development, warning elements of the move will strip planning powers from city councils. Known as the Housing in the City policy, Mr Weatherill announced the changes last week as a way […]

4 November, 2013

Developer group wants councils as members

By Julian Bajkowski Property development industry group Urban Taskforce has taken the highly controversial step of throwing open its doors to allow local governments to formally become “associate members” of the lobbying outfit as it seeks to redefine its engagement with policymakers. The move comes as the New South Wales government scopes-out a root-and-branch overhaul […]

27 February, 2013