Drive through one of countless new crammed housing estates in Sydney’s west and you might picture the small saplings lining narrow streets one day blossoming into lush trees. But the reality is that government planning controls have allowed verges so narrow that what’s planted doesn’t have enough space to everContinue Reading
The global pop culture phenomenon of Taylor Swift is lighting up Sydney this weekend but parts of Australia’s global city look less than stellar for the Tay Tay fiesta. Multiple parks and sites are fenced off as the city’s asbestos crisis rolls on and it isn’t yet clear how farContinue Reading
An aerial image of a new housing development on the fringe of a major city has sparked fierce debate about whether suburban life as we once knew it has died. A photo of the Sunshine Coast suburb of Nirimba, once bushland but now a bustling estate developed by Stockland, hasContinue Reading
In a bombshell move, half of a premier golf course in central Sydney will be seized by the state government and turned into city’s “central park” In a press conference this morning, Premier Chris Minns confirmed that nine holes of the Moore Park Golf Course will be transformed. This meansContinue Reading
An iconic pub in Sydney has been transformed after a remodel, abandoning its grungy roots in favour of a far flashier design. Jacksons on George St was formerly known for its sticky floors, pub grub and as the site of many Aussies’ first drunken kiss, but after a five-year closureContinue Reading
A lethargic, possibly cold-shocked alligator has been hauled from a New York lake near an area popular with children, officials and passers-by said. “It’s totally unexpected,” said Joseph Puleo, vice president of District Council 37, which represents the city park workers who ended up pulling the animal – nicknamed GodzillaContinue Reading
An Australian academic has urged the federal government to have “honest conversations” about how future generations will be forced to live after sharing jaw-dropping images of built up Australian and US cities with very little green space. Philip Oldfield, Head of Built Environment at UNSW said Australia had the potentialContinue Reading