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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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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
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- Victoria residential property
‘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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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