Housing Construction Industry

The prominent environmentalist declares the sand mine project "an industrial nightmare" after visiting the area.

Why has Labor decided to spend the political capital of a large majority on a minor change to capital gains tax on businesses? 

Up to 12,000 homes could be added to the fast-growing region after a major hurdle was cleared for the contentious Aura South development to proceed.

It was lauded as a solution to the housing crisis, but those involved say plans to build an "eco village" in northern New South Wales have gone awry.

A Midwest city council buys Crown land for $1 to develop more than 100 dwellings to house key workers, but WA's shadow local government minister says it is an example of more responsibility being placed on councils.

A developer blames the Iran war for his decision to axe a water park and resort project in regional Queensland despite already spending $21 million. 

Amid fast-rising prices — from materials craned in, to rubbish trucked out — a residential builder lists the costlier surcharges, levies and products hammering the construction industry and fuelling inflation.

Australia is wasting more than $1 billion each year building off-street car parks that end up unused and unwanted, a Grattan report has found.

A national company estimates many Queensland homes are unprepared as the deadline to install compliant smoke alarms nears. 

Phoebe Macdougall says she hated living with a mortgage, so she is trying van life instead.

The government says the changes are aimed at levelling the playing field for young buyers bidding against property investors, while the opposition is pledging to undo the reforms, citing their potential to raise rents.

New legislation introduced to state parliament aim to prevent Western Australians from having to suffer the financial and emotional strain of not having a home if their building company collapses.

There's no doubt that taking away negative gearing on existing properties will reduce the amount many investors can afford to pay, evening up the playing field for owner-occupiers. But these tax changes by themselves aren't a cure all.

Tax perks that property investors have used for decades to maximise profits and offset their losses will be restricted from tonight, in one of the most significant changes to the tax system in years.

Felicity Hirst says she is not too picky about what kind of house she lives in; she just wants one. She has been on Tasmania's social housing list for three and a half years — as long as the state's housing authority has existed.

If it's serious about improving intergenerational fairness and housing affordability in this week's budget, perhaps the federal government should just build some houses.

Exmouth was already part of the national housing shortage, but since Cyclone Narelle, the problem has reached a crisis point.

In Mount Isa, nearly 50 properties, some abandoned, have accrued years of unpaid rates and could be forced to sale.

New research reveals 89 per cent of construction workers have gambled in the past year — higher than the national average. 

Victorian planning authorities will allow Assemble to significantly reduce the number of affordable homes offered at large developments in Melbourne's north by more than half.