A landmark VCAT ruling has reshaped the legal framework surrounding combustible cladding disciplinary proceedings in Victoria. The decision addresses longstanding questions concerning BCA compliance, surveyor approvals and the evidentiary burden faced by the VBA in disciplinary prosecutions.
As Victoria approaches another state election, property industry leaders gathered for the Melbourne Property Think Tank 2026 to examine what is needed to turn the state's strong fundamentals into investment, development and housing delivery.
Queensland's Court of Appeal has rejected a broad interpretation of "housing choice and affordability" in a planning scheme provision about building height uplift and held that the expression requires considering housing affordability outcomes and more than whether residents will be able to live close to infrastructure, transport and services.
The introduction of low intensity industrial uses in a rural zone in Cairns are held to be contrary to the strategic intent of the planning scheme resulting in the refusal of an application for a preliminary approval including a variation request.
The Planning and Environment Court of Queensland has allowed a minor change to be made to a development approval for a resource recovery and landfill facility, involving a new process for managing combustible carbonaceous material.
Colin Biggers & Paisley has advised a South Korean investment consortium on its partnership with Build-to-Rent (BTR) platform Novus to deliver Novus on Victoria, a 46-level, BTR development bringing 260 apartments to Sydney's Chatswood.
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