THE Queensland Government last week announced that an agreement has been signed with Brisbane property developers, Geon Property, to revitalise the Albion Station precinct through a $750 million Transit Oriented Development (TOD).
THE NSW Government has identified more stops for the Sydney Metro West, which will allow faster travel between Sydney and Parramatta from the second half of the 2020s.
GREATER Sydney's night-time economy would be boosted by keeping art galleries and museums open later, extending late-night shopping to Fridays and Saturdays, and allowing night-time operating hours for community pools, gyms and libraries.
THE NSW Government has approved a new integrated transport, dining and retail hub to accommodate a new station at Martin Place on the Sydney Metro line.
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian last week released the NSW State Infrastructure Strategy 2018-2038, the Future Transport Strategy 2056 and the Greater Sydney Region Plan, which were developed together to deliver long-term outcomes for the state.
SIX tenderers have been shortlisted to bid for two major contracts for Sydney Metro, which include the integrated development of Victoria Cross Station and Metro line-wide works such as new tracks, electrical systems and train facilities.
CITY of Parramatta Council has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with property company, PAYCE, enabling detailed planning and design work to commence for a possible new bridge across the Parramatta River linking Melrose Park and Wentworth Point.
CAMPBELLTOWN City Council has unveiled its plan to create "Australia's Greenest City" as it launches a new employment and investment initiative to attract and support the next generation of jobs and homes for one of the fastest growing economic regions in the country.
THE Australian and Victorian governments last week signed a Bilateral Agreement in relation to Inland Rail, making Victoria the first state to sign up to the 1,700-kilometre Inland Rail project – the largest freight rail infrastructure project in Australia.
THE Victorian Government last week announced it will fast track early works on the $711 million Monash Freeway Upgrade Stage 2, with the full business case for Monash Stage 2 submitted to Infrastructure Australia for the Commonwealth's final approval.
THE Planning Institute of Australia has described the Reserve Bank of Australia's recent research linking high housing prices with planning regulations as misleading and yet another attempt to shore up the popular misconception that removing land use controls will solve housing affordability.
BUILDING an extra 50,000 homes a year for a decade could leave Australian house prices 5 to 20 per cent lower than they would be otherwise, and stem rising public anxiety about housing affordability, according to a new report released last week by the Grattan Institute.
PROPOSALS for improvements to train services between Sydney and Newcastle, upgrades to rail infrastructure between Brisbane and Moreton Bay and the Sunshine Coast, and high-speed rail between Melbourne and Shepparton have been selected to receive funding for business cases under the Australian's Government's $20 million Faster Rail Prospectus.
FOLLOWING a revised decrease of 20.6 per cent in December, the total number of new dwellings approved in January increased by 17.1 per cent, in seasonally adjusted terms, according to the latest figures released last week by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
VICTORIAN Treasurer Tim Pallas last week announced the State Government will shortly issue an Expression of Interest to proceed with the commercialisation of the land titles and registry functions of Land Use Victoria, with proceeds of the transaction to be invested in transport infrastructure.
THE Victorian Government will ban the most dangerous types of combustible cladding from being used on Victorian buildings, after Planning Minister Richard Wynne last week released new ministerial guidelines to building surveyors with a focus on buildings where people sleep or gather.
WORK on building new Sydney Metro underground platforms at Central Station and the landmark Central Walk will begin immediately, after Laing O'Rourke was last week awarded the $955 million contract to transform Sydney's busiest station.
THE Australian and NSW governments and eight Western Sydney councils last week agreed to a landmark Western Sydney City Deal, which aims to deliver a once-in-a-generation transformation of Sydney's outer west – creating the 'Western Parkland City'.
WORK has officially started on the $145 million upgrade of Armadale Road in Perth, with Federal Minister for Urban Infrastructure and Cities Paul Fletcher, WA Premier Mark McGowan and Transport Minister Rita Saffioti last week turning the first sod on the project.
WORK has been completed on the $384.2 million Bruce Highway–Cooroy to Curra Section C upgrade, with the finishing touches now in place on the 10.5-kilometre stretch of four-lane highway between Traveston and Woondum.
THE $250 million North Queensland Stadium has reached another milestone after Townsville City Council last week issued development approval for the construction of the 25,000-seat stadium and associated upgrades to public spaces.
WITH seventeen large-scale solar farms under construction and another 40-plus potential projects, the Queensland Government is calling for feedback on new planning and community engagement guidelines to guide the development of solar projects in the state.
QUEENSLAND Natural Resources Minister Anthony Lynham last week introduced proposed new vegetation management laws to State Parliament, which he said will reinstate a responsible vegetation management and protection framework for Queensland.
