The fight to save Australia's disappearing beaches
Most Australians live by the beach, but the coastline we have built our lives around is disappearing before our eyes.
#Erosion #Oceans #LocalGovernment #UrbanDevelopmentandPlanning #RegionalCommunities
Passenger numbers fall short on $2.9 billion Western Sydney light rail line
By Nandini Dhir
While rider numbers fell short of expectations in 2025, next year the number of trips taken on the Parramatta Light Rail is expected to double.
#PublicTransport #UrbanDevelopmentandPlanning #StateandTerritoryGovernment #NandiniDhir
Victorian council hopes bypass might finally happen after 80-year wait
By Tamara Clark
A western Victorian council says plans for a bypass might finally eventuate, as thousands of trucks travel through the city of Horsham each day amid an industrial boom.
#UrbanDevelopmentandPlanning #RoadTransportIndustry #RegionalCommunities #TamaraClark
Government reveals golf course tree losses as Liberals revise stamp duty policy
By Thomas Kelsall and Eva Blandis
The South Australian government has released plans for North Adelaide's public golf course redevelopment confirming that nearly 600 trees will be cut down, not the thousands previously claimed by the Liberals.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-18/north-adelaide-golf-course-trees/106157472
#GovernmentandPolitics #UrbanDevelopmentandPlanning #Golf #Sport #ThomasKelsall #EvaBlandis
Highway proposal to ease AUKUS traffic fears scrapped after study
By Rhiannon Shine
A proposal for a new highway in Perth's south to help alleviate traffic issues ahead of an influx of AUKUS sailors is scrapped after a study finds it is not needed.
#Roads #Infrastructure #DefenceIndustry #UrbanDevelopmentandPlanning #RhiannonShine
London plane trees to be cut down in main street of Victorian city
By Coco Veldkamp
Twenty-five London plane trees are set to be removed from Hamilton after they were found to be causing problems with local infrastructure.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-16/hamilton-london-plane-trees-to-be-removed/106143002
Parking spat involving new Mildura family care centre heads to VCAT
By Tyrone Dalton
A Victorian tribunal will investigate whether Mallee Family Care and Mildura Rural City Council could have breached planning permit rules.
Three quarters of the 'bush capital' sees decline in tree coverage
By Lily Nothling
It's called the 'bush capital', but three quarters of Canberra's suburbs have recorded a decline in tree coverage.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-14/decline-tree-coverage-bush-capital-canberra/106139714
Is Adelaide due for another big earthquake?
By Malcolm Sutton
Adelaide sits on the most active seismic zone in Australia and has more than its fair share of tremors below magnitude-4, but it's been 71 years since it was rocked by a serious earthquake. Now, it's a matter of if, not when, it gets another one.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-14/is-adelaide-due-for-another-big-earthquake/106126974
Greyhound track to be bulldozed after 90 years making way for green space
By Nick Dole
After more than 90 years, greyhound racing will end at Wentworth Park in Glebe, with the public land to be be transferred to the City of Sydney.
#UrbanDevelopmentandPlanning #StateandTerritoryGovernment #GreyhoundRacing #NickDole
Frank Gehry, world-renowned architect behind Guggenheim Bilbao, dies aged 96
Gehry's most memorable creations were either celebrated as works of genius or reviled as self-indulgent messes — but either way, people were looking, as he liked to say.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-06/frank-gehry-guggenheim-bilbao-dies-aged-96/106109892
#Architecture #Design #UrbanDevelopmentandPlanning #IndustrialDesign
Adelaide residents 'in the dark' over Gilbert Street development proposal
By Malcolm Sutton
Residents of Gilbert Street who originally opposed a development proposal say a deal was struck behind closed doors to proceed with planning.
#UrbanDevelopmentandPlanning #LocalGovernment #StateandTerritoryGovernment #MalcolmSutton
Council finally fixing back flow that sends raw sewage through Brittany's home
By Chloe Chomicki and Meghan Dansie
After decades of sewage back flow problems, Townsville City Council is funding a fix that could keep raw human waste out of homes and backyards.
#LocalGovernment #UrbanDevelopmentandPlanning #ChloeChomicki #MeghanDansie
I think New Urbanism is mutating into New Suburbanism. Aka strip malls with integrated apartment buildings. Little mixed use complexes out in the middle of empty space. A gorgeous view from your condo balcony of a walmart. It’s so weird.
#newurbanism #urbandevelopmentandplanning #suburbia
Treasurer hopeful Fremantle Traffic Bridge shutdown will be less than a year
By Nicolas Perpitch, Gian De Poloni, and Gary Adshead
The WA government could consider limiting truck movements across the Stirling Bridge at peak hour to limit traffic congestion when the Fremantle Traffic Bridge closes, the deputy premier says.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-03/fremantle-traffic-bridge-closing-date/106098860
#Roads #UrbanDevelopmentandPlanning #StateandTerritoryGovernment #Transport #PublicTransport #NicolasPerpitch #GianDePoloni # #GaryAdshead
A vote to approve an AFL stadium on Hobart's waterfront will now pass
By Adam Holmes
A stadium on Hobart's waterfront has gained enough support to pass parliament, after independents Casey Hiscutt, Bec Thomas and Tania Rattray declared they would support the contentious project.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-03/hobart-stadium-to-pass-tasmanian-parliament/106087096
#UrbanDevelopmentandPlanning #StateandTerritoryParliament #Sport #AdamHolmes
Hobart's Macquarie Point stadium project set to pass Tasmanian parliament
By Adam Langenberg
A stadium on Hobart's waterfront has gained enough support to pass parliament, after key independents declared on Wednesday they would support the contentious project.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-03/hobart-afl-stadium-to-pass-tasmania-upper-house/106098582
#UrbanDevelopmentandPlanning #StateandTerritoryParliament #AFL #AdamLangenberg
Tasmanian politicians under 'intense pressure' as answer on stadium looms
By Adam Langenberg
State politicians face a looming debate in parliament's upper house, which will finally decide whether a stadium is built at Hobart's Macquarie Point and whether Tasmania gets an AFL side.
#SportsVenues #StateandTerritoryParliament #Sport #UrbanDevelopmentandPlanning #StateandTerritoryGovernment #AdamLangenberg
High-rise hotel planned for Darwin Waterfront scrapped after controversy
By Matt Garrick
A $100 million luxury hotel planned for the Darwin Waterfront has fallen through, after concerns were raised by Larrakia traditional owners over its interference with a sacred site.
#TourismandLeisureIndustry #SacredSites #UrbanDevelopmentandPlanning #MattGarrick
Woolworths accused of creating 'poor door' at affordable housing development
By Pat McGrath
The retail giant is using development fast-track schemes to push ahead with new supermarket and apartment projects opposed by local councils.
#UrbanDevelopmentandPlanning #HousingPolicy #ConstructionandRealEstateIndustry #StateandTerritoryGovernment #HousingConstructionIndustry #PatMcGrath
