Have your say: draft superannuation laws to tackle housing affordability pressures
The superannuation measures announced in the 2017 Federal Budget aimed at alleviating housing affordability pressures have been put into draft legislation, and are now available for review and comment on the Treasury web site.
Gurner working with council on Wellington Street amendments, responds to councillor comments
Tim Gurner spoke to SCHWARTZWILLIAMS about his Koichi Takada-designed, Wellington Street development in Collingwood, and about the "unhelpful" comments from councillor Steve Jolly.
Sirius stands as court rules against NSW government
The Land and Environment Court found that former heritage minister, Mark Speakman, did not properly consider the heritage significance of the brutalist Sirius building.
'Super City' Sydney seventh on Knight Frank foreign investment list
Knight Frank's inaugural report, Active Capital – The Report 2017, which looks at foreign commercial real estate investment in ten 'Super Cities', lists Sydney in seventh place.
Over the past decade, the Victorian government has attempted to tackle housing affordability by implementing countless measures, but the Victorian Planning Authority predicts home ownership rates will continue to decline.
Victoria establishes taskforce to fast-track flammable cladding probe
Architect and former premier Ted Baillieu will head up the new Victorian Cladding Taskforce, which has been established to investigate how widely flammable cladding has been used on Victorian high-rise buildings.
Vic government introduces new laws to protect Yarra River
New Victorian legislation identifies the Yarra River and the land it flows through as one living, integrated entity, the first time in Australia such a declaration has been made.