THE West Australian Government has released early concept plans for the upgrade of Bayswater Station, which will form a central junction for the future Morley-Ellenbrook and Forrestfield-Airport rail links.
THE Westport Taskforce last week released the consultation report 'Westport: What you have told us', which outlines the community feedback received during the first round of consultation on the development of the Westport: Ports and Environs Strategy.
GLOBAL energy giant Acciona Energy has been selected to transform 1,250 hectares of underutilised state-owned land at Aldoga into a solar energy project that will generate up to 265 megawatts or enough to supply up to 122,000 homes.
THE Australian Government last week announced a commitment of $1 billion for the construction of two high-priority upgrade projects—one between Varsity Lakes and Tugun on the Gold Coast end of the M1 Corridor, the other between Eight Mile Plains and Daisy Hill within the Brisbane urban area.
THE Planning Institute of Australia (PIA) says affordable housing supply is a critical issue for governments – but so too is ensuring Australians have good access to meaningful employment, good social services and facilities, and quality environments.
ADDRESSING the Property Council of Australia's Multi-Unit Housing Conference in Perth last week, WA Housing Minister Peter Tinley has outlined the State Government's vision for a more compact and connected city with improved housing affordability and diversity.
WEST Australian Housing Minister Peter Tinley has announced the future of the Bentley Regeneration Project, which is expected to deliver a mix of at least 1,500 new homes in a revitalised and connected community.
DANGEROUS pedestrian overcrowding, congestion choked roads and a crippled public transport system could become reality without a plan to address how Melbourne's fast growing population commute in and around the city, according to the City of Melbourne.
AS part of an overhaul of the contracts for Melbourne's bus network, the Victorian Government last week announced it has signed new contracts with three metropolitan bus operators, which make up around two thirds of the services to be recontracted.
THE Australian and Queensland governments have formally agreed to canvass options on how to best serve one of the nation's most important ports, with a jointly-funded $1.5 million study to examine improved rail freight connections to the Port of Brisbane from Acacia Ridge.
NSW Planning and Housing Minister Anthony Roberts last week announced approval of the $643 million Liverpool Range Wind Farm, which will generate almost one gigawatt of electricity – enough to power approximately 500,000 homes.
THE NSW Government last week said it has responded to shifts in the retail landscape by proposing a new package of planning amendments to enable the retail industry to respond to the changing needs and expectations of consumers.
THE NSW Government last week said that good design will be front and centre for all new State Significant Developments (SSD) with the introduction of the State Design Review Panel (SDRP) pilot program.
A PROPOSAL to rezone around 40 hectares of land could provide people in Sydney's west with about 500 new homes and new open space, the NSW Department of Planning and Environment announced last week.
FOLLOWING an upwardly revised increase of 17.2 per cent in January, the total number of new dwellings approved in February decreased by 6.2 per cent, in seasonally adjusted terms, according to the latest figures released last week by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
AUSTRALIA'S independent infrastructure advisor, Infrastructure Australia, has identified over $55 billion worth of nation-shaping projects in its latest Infrastructure Priority List, with an additional $25 billion of projects now off the list and under delivery across the country.
AN independent review will look at the interaction between environmental law and the agriculture sector to ensure positive environmental and economic outcomes are achieved, the Australian Government announced last week.
A NEW agreement between the WA Government's development agency, LandCorp, and the City of Joondalup has set the framework for the development of the new Ocean Reef Marina precinct in Perth's north.
A $583 million redevelopment of the Lindeman Island resort has been given the green light after the approval of the project's environmental impact statement.
THE Victorian Government last week said its plan to deliver more housing and revitalise inner-city communities by redeveloping public housing estates has reached a new milestone, following the approval of amendments to six planning schemes across Melbourne.
THE NSW Government has released draft corridors for four major future road and rail infrastructure corridors which will help establish the Western Sydney Parkland City.
FOLLOWING receipt of business cases from Infrastructure NSW, the State Government last week announced it will not proceed with knocking down ANZ Stadium (Stadium Australia) and will instead undertake a refurbishment of the existing facility into a rectangular stadium.
THE West Australian Government has released revised plans that aim to guide development across the Perth and Peel region.
