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Heritage NSW had imposed a 40-day stop-work order preventing demolition of the 1960s civic centre following an unlikely push from a lobby group for developers.

Business digest: New partnership to develop platform for agritech research 14 Feb, 2021 07:00 PM 13 minutes to read Got business news? Email businessBOP@nzme.co.nz Photo / Getty Images Bay of Plenty Times A freshly inked scientific partnership is developing AI computing power and technology to meet demand from Bay of Plenty-based scientists for faster processing of complex research data. The initiative, a marriage between the needs of PlantTech Research Institute in Tauranga ...

Sydney prices set to soar amid housing demand fears subscribe Cameron Micallef Cameron Micallef A A The NSW government urgently needs to increase housing approvals or risk widespread increases in the cost of housing, new industry stats have revealed.  Data collated by the Urban Taskforce, a body of property developers, has suggested that the NSW Department of Planning Industry and Environment (DPIE) is basing housing stock levels on outdated stats.  According to Urban Taskforce, DPIE Housing...

Poor old Parramatta Road - our could-be high street pays a heavy toll We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Elizabeth FarrellyColumnist, author, architecture critic and essayist January 22, 2021 — 11.34am January 22, 2021 — 11.34am Save Normal text size Advertisement A high street is one of the world’s great joys. Not all cities have them. Some, like Canberra, have only roads and motorways. Sydney, which inherited this lovely urb...

Councils want powers to take on private certifiers amid building site complaints We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Normal text size Advertisement Sydney mayors have called for greater powers to deal with dodgy private certifiers, saying their councils have been inundated with complaints about building sites. Waverley Council received 801 complaints about illegal development or use of buildings in 2019-20, compared with 414 in 2018-19. Waverley...