• Sustainability ethos developing

    WA BUSINESS NEWS Sustainability-driven land developments are taking shape across Western Australia, but only five projects have achieved the top six-leaf EnviroDevelopment certification. WORM farms, a community orchard and heat pumps replacing the need for…

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  • Government moves on planning reform

    WA BUSINESS NEWS THE property sector has been given its first taste of the latest changes to the state’s planning systems, with experienced town planner and urban designer Evan Jones revealing his initial ideas at…

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  • Here’s a plan, keep it simple

    THE WEST AUSTRALIAN Planning reform troubleshooter Evan Jones is calling time on game playing and finger-pointing in WA’s complex, convoluted and inefficient planning system. Mr Jones, called into service by Planning Minister Rita Saffioti to…

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  • Perth councils squirrel away $1b in infrastructure cash

    THE WEST AUSTRALIAN   Perth councils have been accused of sitting on more than $1 billion that should have been spent on parks, libraries and street lights. At least one metropolitan council has more than…

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  • Developers sense a shift in sentiment

    WA BUSINESS NEWS Stuart Gardiner acknowledges the past few years have not been easy for those in Perth’s land development business. He says 2017 was a good example, with the latest data from the Real…

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  • Managing infill-greenfield mix

    WA BUSINESS NEWS   More than 4,000 dwellings have been created across LandCorp’s infill development sites during the past five years, providing development opportunities on previously underutilised sites. The chief executive of the state’s land…

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  • PERTH OUTER SUBURBS IN THE MIX

    WA BUSINESS NEWS Developers, buyers and tenants are eyeing mixed-use precincts across Perth’s suburban property market.

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  • RANGE OF OPTIONS FOR CHANGING POPULATION

    CONSIDERING AUSTRALIA’S WELL-DOCUMENTED AGEING POPULATION, IT IS NO SECRET THAT DOWNSIZING AMONG OLDER AUSTRALIANS IS BECOMING MORE PREVALENT. Considering Australia’s well-documented ageing population, it is no secret that downsizing among older Australians is becoming more…

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  • FORECASTERS GET A STAGGERING SURPRISE

    THE HOUSING INDUSTRY FORECASTING GROUP (HIFG) RELEASED THEIR MEDIUM TERM FORECAST FOR DWELLING COMMENCEMENTS THIS WEEK. HIFG IS A JOINT INDUSTRY AND GOVERNMENT BODY THAT WAS ESTABLISHED BY THE STATE GOVERNMENT TO PROVIDE INDEPENDENT COMMENTARY…

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