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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

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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
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
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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
The Coalition has pledged to expand the CBD.

Super-sized CBD or soaring suburbs: The competing visions to reshape Melbourne

Opposition Leader Jess Wilson’s new housing policy marks a direct challenge to the Labor government. Experts are torn over the merits of both.

  • Daniella White and Patrick Hatch
The Gordon apartment complex features 106 apartments across two buildings of seven and eight storeys.

This NSW housing authority has been inundated with proposals. Only two have been approved

Planning Minister Paul Scully says he’s not disappointed in the state’s housing approvals, but admits he would prefer to be “much further advanced”.

  • Megan Gorrey
Architect David George Holm draws Victoria Cross metro station.

David has a plan to use every precious square metre of Sydney’s space

This architect behind metro stations and the new airport has travelled the world drawing buildings and is determined to improve public spaces, no matter how small.

  • Julie Power