An introduction service for flatmates, converting family homes into partly self-contained apartments and building community-funded homeless shelters are among new attempts to help older women find secure housing. Women over 55 are the fastest growing group of homeless people in Australia, though men and younger people are much more likely to be homeless, 2016 census…
“We raised all the money to come here five thousand miles to tell you adults you must change your ways. I’m only a child and I don’t have all the solutions, but I want you to realize, neither do you…” “Hello, I’m Severn Suzuki, speaking for ECO – the Environmental Children’s Organization. We are a…
The NSW Budget 2019–20 will invest a record $93 billion in infrastructure, support drought-affected communities, cut taxes and boost cost of living relief to families. A surplus of $802 million is projected for 2018–19, with surpluses averaging $1.7 billion over the four years to 2022–23. Treasurer Dominic Perrottet said the state’s financial strength means the NSW…
Construction giant Multiplex has been awarded the massive Queen’s Wharf construction contract, estimated to be worth up to $1.5 billion. The competition for the “city shaping” Queen’s Wharf contract, as flagged by The Urban Developer in February, had come down to two contractors: Multiplex and Hutchinson Builders. Multiplex will kick off construction by mid-year. The…
A well-located medium-density development site within the Bloomdale estate in Diggers Rest has been launched to the market by RPM Real Estate Group. The site is positioned directly adjacent to the future Bloomdale town centre and supermarket and is covered by the approved Diggers Rest Local Town Centre Urban Design Framework (UDF). A concept plan…
A year ago, Urbis asserted that “build to rent could deliver the homes we need, and fast”. Drawing comparisons to the UK in 2012, when build to rent jolted into action, we observed similar conditions emerging in Australia. As the regulatory brakes threatened to derail the investor-backed supply of apartments, we saw vacancies dropping back and rents running…
Australia’s housing prices have seen the nation’s affordability return to 2016 levels But despite the well-documented housing price decline of many markets across the nation, Sydney is still Australia’s least affordable market to buy into, followed closely by Melbourne in second place. Sydney’s dwelling values have recorded a 14.9 per cent decline since peaking, while Melbourne an…
Queensland Budget Doubles Down on Infrastructure Spending The Queensland state budget unveiled by treasurer Jackie Trad on Tuesday introduced changes to payroll tax, land taxes and an increase to the royalties paid by oil and gas producers to help fill the state’s coffers. Delivering her budget speech to parliament, Trad said the government would spend $49.5…
Diversified property group Gordon Corp has secured one of the Gold Coast’s last infill sites, spanning 85 hectares in Carrara, for more than $20 million. The Gold Coast-based developer secured the site in an off-market deal with plans to redevelop the land, located 10 kilometres west of Broadbeach, for both industrial and residential use. The…
How much was ego costing your company? With changing market conditions a sense of fear can typically creep into our workplace environments which naturally can be detrimental to the culture we are breeding. So exactly what were we doing to prevent this? Did we really need to be placing greater emphasis on culture when as…