The wharf and interchange is designed to provide customers with accessible, safe and comfortable public transport infrastructure. The wharf will comprise a steel floating pontoon connected to land by a concrete bridge and aluminium gangway. The concrete bridge will have an entry platform on land and extend into the river to a covered waiting area with seating where it connects to a gangway that connects to the pontoon. The pontoon will have glass screens and …
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Kurilpa Draft Master Plan (Brisbane)
Download the draft Kurilpa Master Plan (PDF – 5.3Mb). The draft Kurilpa Master Plan sets the framework to guide the transformation of Brisbane’s largest inner-city renewal precinct in two decades. The draft master plan outlines the vision for Kurilpa and identifies five strategies and supporting sub-strategies to guide Kurilpa into the future. The vision and strategies are delivered through a range of projects, including seven priority projects to commence during the next five to ten years. …
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Here are Australia’s new foreign investor rules
New laws regulating foreign investment in Australia have been introduced to Parliament by Treasurer Joe Hockey. The Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Legislation Amendment Bill grants more power to the Australian Tax Office (ATO), the Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) and the government when it comes to enforcing foreign investor rules. Three will be a “self-report” period between now and November 30, where those in breach of the investment rules can receive a reduced penalty. The …
Continue reading Here are Australia’s new foreign investor rulesACCC to approve Qantas-China Eastern alliance
Qantas’s proposed alliance with China Eastern looks set for takeoff, with Australia’s competition regulator approving the partnership with conditions attached and reversing an earlier draft ruling to reject the tie-up. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) says the two airlines have to report their average fares, month by month, on each route that they operate between Australia and China as part of their partnership. Moreover, the ACCC’s authorisation also required Qantas and China Eastern to increase their …
Continue reading ACCC to approve Qantas-China Eastern allianceMelbourne named world’s most liveable city, for fifth year running
Melbourne has been named the world’s most liveable city in The Economist’s annual study for the fifth year running. Melbourne has topped The Economist’s liveability rankings for a fifth consecutive year. But planning experts have warned that, while the liveability rankings were “marketing nirvana”, they were meaningless for much of Melbourne, and got in the way of improving the city. And a social services group said the ranking failed to recognise the growing disparity between those rich enough to live where …
Continue reading Melbourne named world’s most liveable city, for fifth year runningTreasurers’ tax summit set to impose GST on all online imports
Treasurers are set to approve subjecting all imported parcels to the GST. Tax summit: Victoria and NSW at loggerheads Joe Hockey: Genuine reform needed to pave the way to lower taxes State and Commonwealth treasurers meeting in Canberra are set to agree on a zero tax threshold for online purchases, a move that would subject all imported parcels to goods and services tax. At present online imports of books, discs and electronic equipment are only …
Continue reading Treasurers’ tax summit set to impose GST on all online importsSydney’s apartment boom reaches record high with 2400 development applications lodged in July
DEMAND for apartments hit a record high in July, with the City of Sydney receiving more than 2400 development applications for units in just one month. The record figure highlights the significant push from developers who want to lure potential buyers closer to the CBD. One hundred new homes are being completed in the City of Sydney area each week, and over the past five years approximately 1900 dwellings have been built in the LGA …
Continue reading Sydney’s apartment boom reaches record high with 2400 development applications lodged in JulyBaird promises boost for Sydney stadiums
Sydney could get three new sports arenas, worth $1.85bn over a decade, a government report shows.
Sydney sports stadiums will receive a funding boost but NSW Premier Mike Baird has remained tight-lipped on the exact figure as he calls for investment.
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