Urban Development and Planning

A company with an exclusive lease to develop a golf course on public land near Hobart has been accused in court of "squashing" Aboriginal relics into the ground.

The WA government is forging ahead with a controversial racetrack project in Perth's Burswood Park amid firm resistance from residents, the local council and the opposition.

With the Esperance region desperate for housing, a proposal to develop hundreds of lots near one of WA's most pristine beaches has sparked plenty of conversation.

Metres below the ground excavators have uncovered a treasure trove from the 1800s linked to one of the city's most colourful identities.

A new assessment found sections of the path were worse than identified in previous reports, with evidence that water was leaking through the concrete. 

Opposition to the proposed Hobart stadium has been raised by the owner of Tasmania's two casinos, who says the structure will negatively "dominate" the waterfront precinct. 

Dozens of locals and several conservation groups push back on plans to build the luxury eco-friendly retreat along the Cape to Cape trail in the state's South West.

Drone operators are mapping out local koala habitat to help council protect the endangered species — but one conservationist says south-east Queensland needs to re-think priority developments and urban sprawl.

Long-time resident Narelle Lockett has left the area because she cannot find an affordable place to live. Despite the region's housing crisis, multiple developments are being put on pause or knocked back.

With its oyster shell facade and cave-like interior, the Grotta Capri restaurant in Sydney's east was a nod to its Italian owners and the migrants that shaped modern Australia.

A large crowd has rallied outside Hobart's Parliament House to oppose the proposed Macquarie Point stadium and criticise the Tasmanian government's move away from the project-of-state-significance planning process.

The NSW building regulator has agreed to use an independent third-party manager to oversee the repair of hundreds of defective homes at Shell Cove, south of Wollongong.

Sydney couple Mon Berger and Charlie Tutty bought a rundown 19th-century schoolhouse more than 1,000 kilometres away, with a dream to revive, restore and one day retire to the heritage-listed property.

The site of a regional social housing project promised seven years ago has become a squat for the homeless in Bendigo, Victoria.

The Tasmanian premier has told state parliament there will be no Tasmania Devils AFL team — unless MPs pass special legislation to enable a stadium to be built at Hobart's Macquarie Point and stop the current planning process for the stadium.

The Tasmanian government needs wins and momentum, not headlines that its closest allies consider the proposed Hobart AFL stadium too toxic to support.

Sydney ratepayers have spent more than $36 million maintaining and rejuvenating a suite of ageing commercial buildings earmarked for removal to make way for a massive plaza opposite Town Hall.

The Tasmanian government plans to fund construction of the stadium via borrowings, rather than looking to partner with the private sector, saying the latter would carry too high a risk to the state and threaten already tight timelines.

On a recent trip to Japan I went in search of what had been described to me as a near perfect example of an urban green development in one of the most green-starved cities in the world.

Two companies that made false claims about approvals for light rail stops near a luxury apartment building in Woden are fined more than $3 million each under consumer laws.