property industry stories about developments and real estate
Sydney City Council wants to talk housing as it eyes laneways, reclaimed industrial sites and main streets for more homes. Council has released a new discussion paper on housing for public debate and Lord Mayor Clover Moore says it asks […]
Townsville Port’s new 14-hectare cargo laydown facility will allow it to handle heavy equipment for the critical minerals, renewable energy and advanced manufacturing industries. The state government says the port’s new cargo area means it can handle large project cargo
Airservices Australia’s bid to “privatise” airport firefighting services will be fought all the way, says the United Firefighters Union. The union’s aviation branch says the Airservices (a government agency) wants to sell some aviation firefighting infrastructure to a sovereign wealth
New data centre proposals worth nearly $52 billion have been endorsed by the NSW Government. The 15 projects, worth $51.9 billion, have been conditionally approved by the Investment Delivery Authority (IDA) which has released a draft paper on managing the
Farming confidence across the country had fallen this year even before the Iranian war pushed fuel prices up, a new national survey reveals. The quarterly survey by global agribusiness banker Rabobank found farming confidence was down 9% (down by 3%
Singapore Airlines has become the first overseas carrier to confirm a starting date for services at the new Western Sydney International Airport (WSI). Daily non-stop flights will start on November 23 amid a current jet fuel price scare sparked by
A new federal fuel supply taskforce, and boss, has been set up amid fears that the price crisis sparked by the Iran war is made worse in regional areas by a lack of services. Anthea Harris has been named Fuel
Burwood in Sydney was once dubbed one of the coolest in the world and it could be ringed by high-rise apartment buildings under an NSW Government proposal. The state government wants to rezone the 113-hectare Burwood North Metro precinct to
Record grain harvests in Western Australia (WA) are prompting rail upgrade work to boost freight capacity, hasten travel times to ports and fetch higher export prices. The most recent upgrades at the CBH Group’s grain receival sites at Moora and
Airfares are likely to go up thanks to a 43% growth in major expansion work at Australia’s four largest airports in the last financial year. The fare increase will be the result of airports wanting to recover costs by charging
