Why shopping centre escalators are designed to make you get lost

Why shopping centre escalators are designed to make you get lost

You may think that escalators forcing you to walk around the shopping centre are a failure of design. You could not be more wrong.

  • byJulie Power

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A plea for help after the heartbreak of Bondi Junction

A plea for help after the heartbreak of Bondi Junction

There’s one thing missing from Westfield Bondi Junction that is making it difficult for tenants to move on.

  • byJessica McSweeney
Security guards wear new protective vests as Westfield Bondi Junction reopens

Security guards wear new protective vests as Westfield Bondi Junction reopens

Shoppers felt an overwhelming sense of loss as they returned to the eastern suburbs mall on Friday.

  • byAnthony Segaert
Multiple people killed in Bondi Junction stabbing attack
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Multiple people killed in Bondi Junction stabbing attack

Six people have died in a stabbing spree at Bondi Junction shopping centre on Saturday afternoon.

  • bySally Rawsthorne,Nigel Gladstone,Perry Duffin,Amber Schultz andSarah McPhee
Joyful,comforting and air-conditioned:The shopping centre is a gift to us all

Joyful,comforting and air-conditioned:The shopping centre is a gift to us all

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.

  • byThomas Mitchell
‘Nundah on steroids’:New vision for Brisbane’s ‘alternative CBD’
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‘Nundah on steroids’:New vision for Brisbane’s ‘alternative CBD’

An urban planning think-tank has released its vision for a new northside CBD,but it is dependent on a major piece of infrastructure being built.

  • byCameron Atfield
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Christmas shopping makes post-lockdown comeback

Christmas shopping makes post-lockdown comeback

Mall giant Westfield says shoppers are flocking to its centres ahead of the first lockdown-free festive season in years and buying more despite soaring inflation and rising interest rates.

  • bySimon Johanson
Sydney’s A-list turn out for a night of Phantom of the Opera and the harbour

Sydney’s A-list turn out for a night of Phantom of the Opera and the harbour

Celebrities and dignitaries turned out in droves for the Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour on Friday night.

  • byLucy Manly
‘Ghost town’:Shoppers desert Westfield Bondi Junction as COVID cluster grows

‘Ghost town’:Shoppers desert Westfield Bondi Junction as COVID cluster grows

Retailers at the busy Westfield shopping centre in Sydney’s eastern suburbs have reported a drastic drop in foot traffic and plunge in sales in recent days.

  • byMegan Gorrey andDominic Powell
Nazi face mask on display in southern Sydney shop

Nazi face mask on display in southern Sydney shop

The shop owner said he did not realise what the mask was depicting,and immediately took it down once he was told.

The true heart of Westfield:Shirley Lowy dies aged 86

The true heart of Westfield:Shirley Lowy dies aged 86

The widely respected and loved wife of Frank Lowy has passed away surrounded by her family in Israel.

  • bySarah Danckert