1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (54+ words) Perth and regional Western Australia are topping the list for the nation's tradie shortage, with bricklayers and tilers the hardest to find. Updated July 29, 2026 — 8:44pm,first published 8:41pm...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (758+ words) July 16, 2026 — 5:00am The state’s peak planning body has given the green light for almost 10,000 new homes to be built in Perth’s north. The Carabooda District Structure Plan, approved by the Western Australian Planning Committee on Wednesday, sets out to create a…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (568+ words) July 2, 2026 — 10:24am Proposed major reforms to Western Australia’s residential design codes would mean an additional 50,000 homeowners could subdivide their land and sell their backyards, or demolish and redevelop, helping to boost block values and increase density. Land blocks of 700 square metres…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago   (952+ words) June 14, 2026 — 3:00am A housing precinct expected to deliver up to 20,000 homes in WA’s South West region is still yet to receive the development green light from the state government, despite the project launching a decade ago. The Shire of Dardanup’s City…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (463+ words) Tony Simons (Letters, May 5), “population growth” is already “being diverted to Newcastle”, then Maitland and beyond. We are fortunate enough to have significant road infrastructure funnelling traffic off the M1, as well as major road upgrades to the corridor joining the…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (492+ words) March 31, 2026 — 5:00am The City of Sydney has identified more than 30 state-owned sites, including prime harbourfront hotels, that could be transformed into thousands of new homes, as Lord Mayor Clover Moore calls on the NSW government to “do more” to solve the…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (797+ words) March 26, 2026 — 11:00am It was a scene staged to show a suburb on the rise, literally and figuratively. Dubbed Solene, the $91 million building – which will include a rooftop infinity pool overlooking the bay, gymnasium and a private residents’ lounge – will be built…...

7+ mon, 4+ week ago   (879+ words) Brisbane’s rental market has hit a new milestone – and it’s a grim one. In just three months, weekly rents jumped $20 to reach fresh record highs – all but wiping out the once-common $400-a-week suburb. Brisbane’s median house rent climbed 3.1 per cent…...

8+ mon, 4+ week ago   (386+ words) We inspected our first (and forever) home on the same day that I found the engagement ring of my dreams. It was 2011, and we travelled from the ring shop in Eltham, through the bush, via Warrandyte. We started to see…...