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Revealed: The Sydney suburbs quickly becoming sporting deserts
New research shows LGAs across Sydney’s east and west don’t have enough sporting facilities for their families.
- Mostafa Rachwani
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Plan for suburb’s first 25-storey high-rise set to test council upzoning push
The development application for the tower with 253 homes – including apartments with five-bedrooms – will test Brisbane council’s appetite for dramatically taller buildings in the suburbs.
- William Davis and Marissa Calligeros
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- AFL 2026
Caulfield told to seal Dees deal on racecourse relocation
A month after Melbourne sacked its chief executive, its plan to move to Caulfield appears to be back on track, with a key state government minister intervening in the negotiations.
- Bridget McArthur and Kieran Rooney
Fresh feud people: Woolworths sues Suburban Rail Loop for $70 million
The retail giant is taking action over the compulsory acquisition of land after a series of financial offers it says are too low.
- Christine Lacy
CFMEU ‘monopoly’ cause of Big Build corruption, says construction boss
The outgoing boss of one of Victoria’s key Big Build contractors says the CFMEU’s dominance of government worksites must be broken if the state wants to address the root cause of rampant corruption and criminality.
- Patrick Hatch
Fraud and corruption: 56 active allegations on Big Build projects receiving federal funds
A Senate estimates hearing has been told of a rise in claims of fraud, corruption and other serious behaviour on major Victorian infrastructure projects.
- Kieran Rooney and Daniella White
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- Building Bad
Abusers, drug traffickers and bikies: The men making money off Allan’s pro-women Big Build program
An attempt to boost participation of women on infrastructure projects has enriched criminals, including some with violent pasts.
- Nick McKenzie and Lachlan Abbott
NSW short-changed by Chalmers on key infrastructure funding
The federal government’s investment in state infrastructure will leave NSW with less road funding per person than Queensland, Western Australia and South Australia.
- Max Maddison
‘The whole industry is so rotten’: Stark warning after Sydney metro scandal
Liquidator warns that construction companies have dodged taxes for decades as the government orders an urgent audit of all statewide projects.
- Max Maddison and Matt O'Sullivan
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The quest to find Sydney’s phantom love tunnel
We took an opera singer, a tour guide and leading lights from the Con on an underground hunt for a mythical Sydney tunnel. Here’s what we found.
- Julie Power