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One way to build a home in eight weeks, for a 10 per cent discount

New home buyers could get into their homes quicker and for a lower price, reducing the risk of delays from bad weather or holidays.

  • Sue Williams

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After more than 20 years building his brand, Tom Dixon has created his own universe.

Welcome to the world of Tom Dixon, where restlessness is a virtue

He has a built an international brand on experimentation, but will the feted UK designer’s latest release survive in Australian conditions?

  • Robyn Willis
Graham Palmer is a 79-year-old renter in Ringwood who has been trying to get solar panels installed in his four unit block to save on power, but has been blocked by investor owners.

‘We’ve been left out’: The home owners locked out of cheap energy

Some Victorians who are keen to electrify their homes are unable to do so as easily as their neighbours.

  • Caroline Zielinski
Trees and shrubs are living, growing things. For some home owners, that’s the problem.

We love them, just not on our property. And vendors are paying the price

As our lives become increasingly frenetic, the tolerance for any kind of home maintenance has diminished. And there’s one familiar feature in the firing line.

  • Robyn Willis
Don Johnson, who held roles at CPB until early this year – including as executive general manager from 2018, along with chief operating officer from 2022 – appeared before the inquiry on Thursday.

State role ‘swayed the negotiating balance’ in Cross River Rail talks

Former CPB executive Don Johnson also told a Queensland inquiry the contractor “had to” hire CFMEU safety reps to end the union’s 2023 project lockdown.

  • Matt Dennien
The McMahons bought the property in 2022 from The Block couple Andy and Deb.

A couple from The Block made a large profit. The new owners may not be so lucky

The waterfront holiday house offered an escape from the hustle and bustle, but it’s time for the owners to move on.

  • Kate Kachor
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Cross River Rail Delivery Authority chief executive Graeme Newton gave during his day-and-a-half in the Queensland CFMEU inquiry witness box this week.

How the CFMEU tried to, and did, influence Qld’s biggest rail project

Cross River Rail boss Graeme Newton has told a state inquiry of the union’s extensive pressure campaign, including the early sidelining of a key internal critic.

  • Matt Dennien
Martin and Claire Friedrich in their Brighton home.

Inside the stunning homes three Melbourne architects designed for themselves

There is an element of fascination – and satisfaction – when architects flip the brief onto themselves.

  • Emily Power
Workplace Health and Safety Queensland operations manager Deborah Dargan, a former principal inspector, giving evidence on Wednesday.

Safety inspectors ‘forced’ to write stop-work notices for targeted CFMEU sites

The inspectors were allegedly used to disrupt construction sites until CFMEU-preferred subcontractors were hired, the building sector inquiry has heard.

  • Matt Dennien
Commissioner Stuart Wood listens to senior counsel assisting, Patrick Wheelahan, during last month’s hearings.

CFMEU inquiry updates: Health and safety inspectors back on stand in construction union probe

The commission of inquiry turns its attention to the CFMEU’s “regulatory capture” of Queensland’s health and safety watchdog. Follow live.

  • Matt Dennien