The suburbs where new housing density will double under revised plan

The suburbs where new housing density will double under revised plan

This is what some Sydney suburbs could look like after the government changed the zoning capacity at key transport hubs.

  • byChristopher Harris

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Search your council area:Where millions more homes can be built

Search your council area:Where millions more homes can be built

More than three million medium-density homes can be built nationally,a new analysis shows – but there are hurdles.

  • byTawar Razaghi
The Paris-inspired proposal to transform an inner-Sydney barracks

The Paris-inspired proposal to transform an inner-Sydney barracks

City of Sydney councillors want Victoria Barracks converted into residential housing should the federal government sell it off,with a French transformation a possible blueprint.

  • byMatthew Knott andAnthony Segaert
Cost of building a home in Australia jumps $100,000 in four years

Cost of building a home in Australia jumps $100,000 in four years

The cost of building a new home has risen over the past four years as labour shortages and material cost increases have continued to plague the industry.

  • byMillie Muroi
As it happened:WA news on Friday,November 15

As it happened:WA news on Friday,November 15

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  • byHolly Thompson
The three people who will bypass councils to speed up housing supply

The three people who will bypass councils to speed up housing supply

With housing completions and approvals heading in the wrong direction,a major reform will give developers a new planning pathway for projects of 100 apartments or more.

  • byMax Maddison andMichael Koziol
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Inside the schism that has left Sydney’s ‘mini-city’ housing deal on life support
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Inside the schism that has left Sydney’s ‘mini-city’ housing deal on life support

The plan to sell Rosehill Racecourse has been beset by issues from the beginning,but the divide between the opposing sides is only getting wider.

  • byMichael McGowan
Voters ‘lukewarm’ on Allan’s housing density push but support making it easier to subdivide land

Voters ‘lukewarm’ on Allan’s housing density push but support making it easier to subdivide land

Overall,Victorians are happy with the government’s housing strategy,but the messages need to be communicated well,research shows.

  • byAnnika Smethurst
Planners shutdown bid for $500m South Hedland FIFO,tourism hub
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Planners shutdown bid for $500m South Hedland FIFO,tourism hub

It’s a Pilbara town of sprawling camps occupied by some of the state’s biggest miners,but the state’s planning body has rejected plans for a new transient worker and tourism mega-hub worth $500 million.

  • byJesinta Burton
‘No longer viable’ to build apartments in sprawling Perth

‘No longer viable’ to build apartments in sprawling Perth

Perth’s urban bloat is widening,and the property lobby says it cannot get the workers to make starting any apartment projects worth it. Is Metronet to blame?

  • byEmma Young
How nearly 50,000 homes are getting stuck in Sydney’s planning pipeline

How nearly 50,000 homes are getting stuck in Sydney’s planning pipeline

New analysis shows there are 47,536 approved dwellings that have not progressed to construction. Greater Sydney needs 53,000 dwellings built every year.

  • byMax Maddison