A dozen senior WA planning figures with decades of experience have lambasted the appointment of a new chair to the State’s governing board — penning a letter questioning her eligibility for the role.
Caitlyn Rintoul
Premier Roger Cook has declared that WA cannot continue to funnel most of its population into Perth and wants other options to be put on the table.
Joe Spagnolo
The $29.6 million project will have 181 bedrooms, plus associated amenities and basement parking.
Harriet Flinn
People who own property might be able to make more than $30,000 a year, if the market is good, simply by holding onto their asset for about nine years.
Jack Gramenz
Funding an extra 5000 social properties through a partnership with the community housing sector will help get more people into homes sooner, advocates say.
Tess Ikonomou
The decision for Government planners to meet their equivalents from the Town of Cambridge about the long term plans for Floreat’s redevelopment has caused uproar.
A new era is taking shape following a $377,000 tender to help replace vehicle use with wider footpaths, more bike facilities and changes to street parking.
Perth has come a long way since the global authority on urban planning said it had the character of an oversized department store, with the world warming to the WA capital’s charms.
Kim Macdonald
Canberra boasts the most energy efficient homes in Australia but cities with older stock like Sydney and Hobart are lagging.
Jacob Shteyman
Evidence that pointed to a row of heritage shopfronts in Subiaco as being a significant risk to public safety was found to be ‘shifting sands’ as new engineering evidence into the site was revealed.
About 15 years after redevelopment talks began, Bentley’s new housing estate will commence works.
Home building approvals have broken a two-year ceiling but industry groups warn it's not enough to meet a target of 1.2 million homes by 2029.
Emily Verdouw and Luke Costin
Almost a year on from a contentious plan to redevelop Floreat Forum that rocked the community, the Town of Cambridge’s own blueprint is finished, hoping to put an end the building battle once and for all.
Plans to demolish public housing towers are forging ahead, with designs for their replacement unveiled despite an ongoing trial to stop it.
Callum Godde
The size alone of a rental increase will be able to be challenged by tenants for the first time under proposed reforms.
Plans for high- and mid-rise apartments have been dropped after pressure from federal minister Michelle Rowland, as other areas ready for up to 60,000 units.
Luke Costin
People are running out of affordable places to move as economists say rental affordability is the worse they have seen in a decade of tracking.
Suburban hospitality is on the rise, but is the market saturated? Some believe it is only a matter of time before weekend surcharges hit amid tight margins.
A task force has been established to tackle 'anti-social behaviour' at tent cities in Brisbane's parks, as homelessness services buckle under pressure.
Emily Verdouw
A huge surge in people being on the brink of homelessness has led to renewed calls for more social housing to be built for people at risk.
Andrew Brown and Emily Verdouw
The housing crisis is too serious for the Greens' "flippant ideas" about help-to-buy and build-to-rent scheme reforms, the Property Council of Australia says.
Caitlin Powell
SEE THE PICTURES: Forming one of the biggest urban redevelopment projects in Australia, it is set to drive billions of dollars in investment and create thousands of jobs.
A contentious triple-tower apartment complex located next to the former Subiaco Oval has been given the green light by State planners, kickstarting the long-awaited Subi East precinct redevelopment.
The State Government is hoping to transform the century-old boiler house in the Subi East precinct into a dynamic and contemporary community hub.
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