Parishioners revolt against Catholic Church’s ‘hideous’ building plans

Parishioners revolt against Catholic Church’s ‘hideous’ building plans

Plans for a six-storey building next to St Mary’s Cathedral in Sydney have provoked opposition from churchgoers,heritage experts and a priest.

  • byAndrew Taylor

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Empty church ignites tension between heritage and housing

Empty church ignites tension between heritage and housing

The fate of a church in Melbourne’s inner north raises questions about preserving the past and meeting the needs of the community.

  • byTom Cowie
Love it or hate it,Sirius lives to tell a new chapter in Sydney’s history
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Love it or hate it,Sirius lives to tell a new chapter in Sydney’s history

For those who fought to save the Brutalist building in the Rocks as public housing,there is no forgiving its sell-off. But the updated building has the thumbs up from leading architects.

  • byJulie Power
Heritage wonder or high-rise hell? Forces unite to save Melbourne’s public housing towers from oblivion

Heritage wonder or high-rise hell? Forces unite to save Melbourne’s public housing towers from oblivion

Opposition to the state government’s plan to raze 44 towers is mounting,including from a former Labor deputy prime minister and a 97-year-old industry icon,architect Peter McIntyre.

  • byRoyce Millar
FMG’s Pilbara actions ‘like kicking a dog when it’s down’,court hears

FMG’s Pilbara actions ‘like kicking a dog when it’s down’,court hears

A remote Aboriginal community’s long and poisonous battle with Fortescue Metals Group over its iron ore-rich Pilbara land has reached the Federal Court.

  • byRudi Maxwell
Biplanes once took off from the RAAF’s birthplace. Now it faces the wrecking ball

Biplanes once took off from the RAAF’s birthplace. Now it faces the wrecking ball

The Point Cook base,which was essential to Australia’s WWII efforts,trained the country’s first pilots and sent them to war. Conservationists are fighting to save its “irreplaceable” buildings.

  • byCara Waters
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‘Clear as day’:The Sydney council accused of sabotaging housing reforms

‘Clear as day’:The Sydney council accused of sabotaging housing reforms

Woollahra Council in Sydney’s eastern suburbs is poised to create a new heritage-protected precinct directly opposite Edgecliff train station.

  • byMichael Koziol
‘It would just ruin it’:The Sydney suburb wriggling its way out of the state’s housing policy

‘It would just ruin it’:The Sydney suburb wriggling its way out of the state’s housing policy

Croydon was one of 31 suburbs with train stations selected by the state government for higher density housing. Now that looks set to change.

  • byMichael Koziol
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
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