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A concept images of the development at 1 King St in Concord

Revealed: The developer supersizing tactic rewriting Sydney’s skyline

At Concord West, 698 units have turned into 1300. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg.

  • David Barwell

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The bulk of Glebe Island’s working port facilities will be scrapped for high-density housing around the future Bays West metro station.

This new waterfront suburb will reshape Sydney, but who will get to live there?

If we are sacrificing a working harbour to build this shiny new precinct, we cannot sacrifice working Sydneysiders too.

  • Estelle Grech
Ashish Sharma and Manali Perohit love living in the “oasis of calm” East Melbourne provides in the midst of the inner-city

‘An oasis of calm’: What it costs to live in Melbourne’s most liveable suburb

There’s plenty of green space, and it’s not far from the CBD, but some residents would like more affordable housing.

  • Wes Mountain
Space is at a premium at Rookwood Cemetery.

The Sydney cemetery where the dead are buried twice

Alive or dead, Sydney is running out of space for its surging population.

  • Megan Gorrey
Cammeray Park and its golf course sits amid dense housing.

The government is carving up Sydney golf courses. It wants to save this one

The latest battle over the city’s fairways has sent a north shore council scrambling for legal advice.

  • Megan Gorrey
As many as 8500 homes will transform Bays West into a rare new suburb west of Sydney’s CBD.

Fancy living in Sydney’s next inner suburb? A one-bedder will set you back $2m

The NSW government wants to build 8500 homes west of Sydney’s CBD. The local MP warns it risks turning into “an exclusive waterfront enclave for the rich”.

  • Megan Gorrey and Max Maddison
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Inertia Engineering’s proposal for Woolloongabba Village urban renewal, Brisbane. Supplied 27/02/2026.

The Gabba underground: Proposal to sink Stanley Street for new urban village

Two Brisbane design firms have unveiled plans for 2500 new homes and eight hectares of green space to transform Woolloongabba ahead of the 2032 Olympics.

  • Cameron Atfield
Office buildings in Parramatta Square.

Should Parramatta be filled with offices or rentals? The high-stakes tussle for space

Parramatta has emerged as Sydney’s second city, but there’s a growing tension over what the CBD’s buildings should be used for.

  • Ellie Busby
Elicia Wallace found living in a townhouse offered unexpected benefits.

The ‘gentle’ yet profitable solution to Melbourne’s housing crisis

A popular style of housing offers more homes in parts of Melbourne where people want to live, and it’s already on the rise.

  • Wes Mountain
Peter Wickham arises most mornings at 3am to drive from his home in Maitland to Newcastle Baths for his morning swim.

‘Speculative pervert panic’: Why these baths’ historic open-air changing shed is making a stir

Protest has long greeted a proposal to put a roof over Newcastle’s historic change rooms at the baths. Now, a DA has been lodged, and the community isn’t happy.

  • Julie Power