This small suburban school was named the world’s best new building
A humble school in Australia has fended off competition from skyscrapers, museums and airport terminals to be named World ...
How a drab Soviet metropolis became Central Asia’s capital of cool
Since the collapse of the USSR, Kazakhstan’s largest city (population 2.2 million and growing) has evolved to become the star ...
How our regions can help make Australia’s growing cities more sustainable
The rapid growth of our capital cities is creating all sorts of problems. Dispersing growth across regional city networks could ease these growth pains and make our cities more sustainable.
Stokes’ record-breaking donation to leave his mark on Canberra
For billionaire mogul Kerry Stokes, his record-breaking donation to the National Gallery of Australia is the culmination of a ...
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Lebanon says 3 killed, UN peacekeepers wounded in Israel strikes
The Lebanese army said an Israeli strike on a vehicle near a checkpoint in the southern city of Sidon on Thursday killed ...
Melbourne’s Capitol Theatre turns 100. A look back at the radical Modernist marvel that almost met an early end
It’s startling to think so many of Modernism’s radical monuments are nearing or past 100 years old. In Australia, Walter and Marion Griffin were chief drivers of the movement. Apart from the Capitol, ...
Posthaste: Why the Bank of Canada may have to cut rates deeper than its global peers
An analysis by Capital Economics reckons the United States, United Kingdom and Australia will cut interest rates to an ... Plus check his mortgage rate page for Canada’s lowest national mortgage rates ...
ICIC Wastewater Report finds meth, fentanyl and cannabis in SA
Meth use is rife in Adelaide while cannabis is most common in regional South Australia, according to the latest national ...
Difficult times ahead for Canberra with job losses, international student caps and fewer enrolments to hit major universities
With jobs to be cut at both of Canberra's major universities, some staff members are concerned about the way the process has ...
Capital flight from climate risk fuels ‘ghost town’ fears
A plan that unlocks investment from super funds in improving resilience to climate change is vital to prevent whole regions ...
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Residents in northern Perth suburb want ‘nation’s biggest’ citizenship ceremony to stay on January 26
Residents in Perth’s north favour keeping their city’s celebrated Australia Day citizenship ceremony on January 26, as their local council mulls moving it back to the contentious date after a break ...
OK bankers, rates and elections are out of the way, where are your deals?
Bankers tell us they’ve been waiting for the US election and direction on interest rates. We’re finally there.