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Builders in Western Australia report being placed on allocation for maxi bricks by the state’s only major producer. The constraint itself is not the surprising part. The market that produces it was signed off six years ago. Brick supply in Perth has been awkward for a...
The Land and Environment Court accepted the structure was moveable, registrable and not a building. The order to stop living in it stood anyway. A caravan is not a building. The Land and Environment Court confirmed that on 9 September, and the finding was enough to...
Western Australia’s smallest council has 617 homes on just over a square kilometre. Its draft strategy models 1,242 more. The reason it exists matters as much as the number. On 25 August 2026, the Shire of Peppermint Grove voted five to one to prepare a preliminary...
The Osaka manufacturer behind Sekisui Heim is paying AU$335 million for control of one of South East Queensland’s largest privately owned builders and developers. The plan published alongside the deal matters more than the price. Sekisui Chemical resolved at a board...