Clare J Burnett

An investment in knowledge pays the best interest, the saying goes. Brisbane is to reap the rewards of an investment in education by Griffith University, a gumtree university staking its claim on the CBD after acquiring one of the grandest buildings in Queensland’s capital. Griffith bought the iconic Treasury Building in 2024 for $67.5 million from the Star Entertainment Group, which had held it since 1995. Get the full story.

The NSW Land and Environment Court has knocked back an attempt to strip a North Sydney development of its State Significant Development status. Developer Tara Shore Pty Ltd, acting for the John Taylor Family Trust, submitted plans at the start of the year for a project at 271-273 Alfred Street via the State Significant Development (SSD) pathway.

From Councils to Court: Inside NSW’s New Planning Battleground Add us as a preferred source on Google NSW’s planning reforms—from Low and Mid Rise to the Housing Delivery Authority—have provided much needed certainty to the industry. On this episode of The Bueprint podcast, The Urban Developer journalists Clare Burnett and Patrick Lau discuss the changes, how individual councils such as Newcastle have adopted their own pathways, and how these reforms have affected development pipelines.