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The new South Australian Marshall Government has introduced legislation that will set up a new statutory body called Infrastructure South Australia.

The new body will have responsibility for four key activities including devising a long-term infrastructure plan and managing the oversight of all projects with a capital value greater than $50 million.

Infrastructure SA will also be responsible for developing annual 'Capital Intention Statements' that will prioritise potential major projects for the government over a 5 year period and the boy will also be used to provide advice to government on infrastructure planning, delivery and use as well as advice on appropriate funding and financing models.

Premier of South Australia, Steven Marshall, linked the introduction of the legislation with delivering on election commitments.

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"South Australia spends well over $1 billion a year on the infrastructure needed to get its product to market and that investment needs to be based on economic imperatives.

“This legislation will end the previous Labor Government’s practice of deciding infrastructure investment based around political considerations.

“One of reasons the South Australian economy crawled along during 16 years of Labor Government is the previous government’s poor decisions on infrastructure planning and investment.

“The introduction of the Infrastructure SA Bill 2018 Bill delivers on yet another election commitment.”
<cite>Steve Marshall, Premier of South Australia</cite>
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Like the Victorian equivalent - Infrastructure Victoria - that was set up within a year of the Andrews Government coming to power, the body will have a board made up of public and private sector members and will be required to firstly devise the statewide infrastructure strategy.

One election policy area that we speculate will be assessed (or at least fleshed out) is the Marshall Government's <a href="https://www.saglobelink.com.au/">GlobeLink</a> policy - a series of transport-related projects that aim to increase connectivity with Victoria and New South Wales and the world through a new freight-only airport.

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<figcaption>Overview of the SA Government's GlobeLink - image: saglobelink.com.au</figcaption></figure>The aim of the policy is to redirect heavy freight north-east then south-east out of metropolitan Adelaide thus avoiding the steep road grades on the South Eastern Freeway and the windy rail track that weaves its way up and down the Adelaide Hills.

GlobeLink would see a new freight-only airport built near Murray Bridge which in turn would link with existing road and rail corridors to Victoria.

Likewise, the new airport would be the southern end of the new road and rail corridor that will bypass the Adelaide Hills.

The railway which meanders up and down the Adelaide Hills and links Adelaide to Melbourne and Melbourne to Perth and Darwin has multiple tunnels and thanks to its serpentine nature it is s a slow route.  Removing freight from this route would also free-up corridor space for Adelaide Metro expansion over time.

Lead image credit: <a href="https://www.parliament.sa.gov.au/ABOUTPARLIAMENT/PARLIAMENTHOUSE/Pages/TheBuildingPhotoGallery.aspx">parliament.sa.gov.au</a>
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Alastair Taylor

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The Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry is the latest industry body, lobby or political group to add 'building the East-West Link' to an infrastructure wishlist.  

Their top priority is planning for an airport in Melbourne's south east, presumably one out on the former Koo Wee Rup swamp at Monomeith, and the East-west Link is number two on the list, as reported in the <a href="https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/calls-for-second-airport-in-melbournes-booming-southeast/news-story/7cef4f14d03b77fe754467c5419995ab">HUN</a>.

“What I’m talking about there is the white vans making deliveries,” Mark Stone, chief executive of the VCCI, told the Herald Sun. “We are still saying that the East West Link is a vital part of infrastructure. Politics is such that if Labor is elected it will not be done at the next election term.”

Let's unpackage that statement.

How would a tunnel linking the Eastern and Tullamarine freeways aid in allowing 'the white vans making deliveries around the city'? 

The primary benefit of large-scale road building in the inner city for the freight &amp; logistics sectors is that transport from entry points - like the Port of Melbourne - to distribution centres becomes faster.  Little white vans don't pick their deliveries up from the docks, they get them from a distribution centre.

If we cast our minds back to the East-West link as approved by the former planning minister, there was to be an entry and exit ramp for Flemington Road coming out of the tunnel from the east and a triangle interchange with the Tullamarine Freeway/City Link that would have consumed a fair chunk of Royal Park (see Red + Black Architect's analysis in the lead image above).

Traffic from the east would be deposited on Flemington Road; would be directed onto CityLink either north or southbound or would be set to travel further, once the second phase of the project was completed, down the new road past the port and into the western tunnel.

I struggle to see how that specific set up would help the little white vans making deliveries around the inner-city.

In many ways, groups lobbying for more road projects in the inner-city are living the 50s, 60s and 70s dream of complete freedom in private vehicles - our roads are all open-access, some of them you have to pay a toll, but we don't designate specific roads for a specific purpose and perhaps this is where the East-West Link truly lost the argument with the local communities affected by it.

The project, as approved by Matthew Guy and just like the West Gate Tunnel and North East Link under the Andrews Government banks on the fact there will be a lot of toll-paying private vehicle usage when the centre of the city is the place where we not only don't want, but really don't need more private vehicles jockeying for public space.  Central Melbourne isn't the hole in the doughnut city we were of the 1980s anymore.

Another key argument for the East-West link, back in the day, was it provided a second high-quality road crossing between Western and Eastern Melbourne, yet now we're seeing an enormous road project that's going to do just that - the North East Link.  It will also link the industrial and logistics sectors in the north with Melbourne's east.

Infrastructure Victoria still has some form of link from the Eastern Freeway to Citylink in its needs assessment - and it's much vaguer than other projects on its list.

If the East-West Link ever rears its ugly head again, perhaps next time the proposal should be for a complete bypass tunnel, a single lane in each direction, for freight vehicles only.

I'm guessing it mightn't stack up, therefore, it would rely on private vehicles, which in turn would expand the scope - you'd need more traffic lanes - and then we'd be back to square one. It's been 4 years since local communities and councils were out with the pitchforks, it''s still very much in people's mind and since then the inner-city has seen even more people move to it.

In order to let the little white vans make their deliveries more efficiently, the focus should be on getting more people out of their cars in the inner-city so the existing high-quality arterial network can see more productive use by the logistics sector.

Lead image credit: <a href="https://theredandblackarchitect.wordpress.com/2013/12/10/an-update-on-the-east-west-link/">Red + Black Architect</a>.
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Calls to "build the East-West Link" persist - perhaps its time to redefine it?

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This week Laurence and Alastair sit down and wax lyrical on the events of the past week, including a new apartment launch within Fishermans Bend, Adelaide's SAHMRI 2 and Keilor Road is losing its last car yard to a new development.

Don't forget to subscribe to our podcast through your favourite app - just search for Apartments.com.au.

If you've missed any of our earlier episodes, check out our soundcloud stream <a href="https://soundcloud.com/urbancomau">here</a>.

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Weekly Podcast: Episode 19 - Fishermans Bend, Adelaide's SAHMRI 2 and Keilor Road car yards gone kaput

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The New South Wales Department of Planning and Environment has begun a new consultation round that has been triggered due to an updated scope on the section of the new metro line between Sydenham and Bankstown.

Transport for New South Wales has prepared a <a href="http://majorprojects.planning.nsw.gov.au/index.pl?action=view_job&amp;job_id=8256">Preferred Infrastructure Report</a> (PIR) which "provides a description of changes as the result of community comment since the exhibition of the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)."

The PIR lists a station-by-station comparison of the Sydney Metro City &amp; Southwest project, as it was described during the EIS period, with the preferred option which has taken previous consultation rounds into account and now crystallised in the PIR.

For instance, at Dulwich Hill, when the project was exhibited as part of the EIS, the existing station entrance was to be removed and the platforms rebuilt, however as part of the preferred project, the existing station entrance would be retained and upgraded as well as the heritage platforms would be re-levelled.

Likewise, at Wiley Park, originally in the EIS the station entrance would be removed however in the PIR it is set to be retained with heritage platforms to be re-levelled just like at Dulwich Hill.

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<figcaption>Overview of the works proposed for Bankstown station - image: Transport for NSW</figcaption></figure>Most of the stations between Sydenham and Bankstown would see the same kind of scaled-back changes except for Bankstown itself.

As it will be the interchange station between Sydney Metro and Sydney's suburban trains, it will still see a significant amount of work carried out on site.

The Preferred Infrastructure Report outlines that all the works at Bankstown that were exhibited as part of the EIS process remain the same with the exception of a shared path component within the station precinct that will no longer be preferred.

David Gainsford, the Department of Planning and Environment's Executive Director for Priority Projects is calling for the community to get involved once again. "We encourage the community to have its say on the revised proposal and provide important feedback on this public transport project."

To view the Preferred Infrastructure Report and other associated documents, and to lodge a submission, see <a href="http://majorprojects.planning.nsw.gov.au/index.pl?action=view_job&amp;job_id=8256">majorprojects.planning.nsw.gov.au</a>.

The Department is also handling the strategic planning for the priority growth areas and precincts which has thus far culminated in a draft <a href="http://www.planning.nsw.gov.au/Plans-for-your-area/Priority-Growth-Areas-and-Precincts/Sydenham-to-Bankstown-Urban-Renewal-Corridor">strategy</a> for the region.  

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Sydney Metro City & Southwest enters new consultation round

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In the latest push from the City of Melbourne's transport strategy refresh, the council released a new round of <a href="https://participate.melbourne.vic.gov.au/transportstrategy/motor-vehicles">discussion papers</a>, this time focused solely on motor vehicles and the amount of space dedicated to them in the municipality.

Data provided by the City of Melbourne illustrates the decline of car usage in the municipality since 2001 the share of car trips to work has decreased by 28% while the amount of jobs has increased 43%.

Similarly, the daytime population of the municipality is expected to grow from 914,000 per day to 1.4 million by 2036 and the Transport portfolio chair, Cr Nicolas Frances Gilley is keen to see more space reclaimed within the municipality for people.

On average, the amount of space utilised per person when cars are used to travel to the city is 9.2 square metres - contrast this with walking, public transport and cycling at 0.5, 0.5 and 0.6 square metres.

Cr Frances Gilley said the movement of people needs to be prioritised, not vehicles.

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Make no mistake, with a few notable exceptions such as deliveries, disability and emergency services access, we are in the business of reclaiming space from cars for great shared living.

We need to optimise our city streets for people walking, cycling and taking public transport because that is how the majority of people move around and it’s the most efficient way to move large numbers of people as our population grows.

Our ambition is for a beautiful, liveable city where people can continue to enjoy all that Melbourne is famous for, our tree lined streets, pedestrian thoroughfares and outdoor dining.
<cite>Cr Frances Gilley, City of Melbourne</cite>
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<figcaption>Infographic - City of Melbourne</figcaption></figure>Chief among the current issues is vehicle congestion, specifically the one in three vehicles on streets such as Flinders, King and Spring that are using the city as a through route.  "Private vehicles cause significant delay for people walking and riding bikes.  Buses and trams stuck in the traffic or blocked at intersections undermine the efficiency and reliability of public transport."

The discussion also says the city needs to significantly increase its transport capacity to serve a 65% increase of people in the city.  "The expansion needs to be based on space-efficient modes better suited to city movement: public transport, cycling and walking," the <a href="https://s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/hdp.au.prod.app.com-participate.files/9815/2948/0050/Transport_Strategy_refresh_-_Motor_vehicles.PDF">discussion paper</a> says.

It appears the state government and opposition might have a bone of contention with the council if the municipality pursues increased reallocation of space from cars to sustainable modes with the Premier telling the <a href="https://www.propertyobserver.com.au/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-06-21/melbourne-city-council-considers-sweeping-changes-to-push-cars/9892998">ABC</a> "Melbourne City council are free to pursue these ideas, but they're not ideas the Government supports."

"We've already got significant pressure in the city with some narrowing of roads and some other disruptions and I am very grateful to people who move throughout the city for dealing with those important disruptions."

Matthew Guy, the Leader of the Opposition, likewise told the ABC "I don't think it's a radical plan, it's a ridiculous plan."

Despite the not unsurprising reaction from Premier and the Opposition Leader, effectively turning their noses up at the idea of reducing cars in central Melbourne, the council wants a wider debate to occur.

Cr Frances Gilley said we need to change the way we as a society think about car parking.

“In San Francisco, they introduced a dynamic pricing system for on-street parking that increases with demand, this resulted in a 50 per cent reduction in drivers circulating streets searching for parking," Cr Frances Gilley said.

“There’s a lot we can learn from cities around the world who are decreasing dependence on cars in order to remain economically and globally competitive. New York and London have converted road space to pedestrian zones and bicycle lanes, improving safety and increasing retail sales.”

To view the discussion paper and have your say, see <a href="https://participate.melbourne.vic.gov.au/transportstrategy/motor-vehicles">participate.melbourne.vic.gov.au</a>
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City of Melbourne wants to see less cars, more space for sustainable transport in its municipality

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On Adelaide's North Terrace, in what's dubbed the Adelaide BioMed City, a second building will join the original SA Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI) which will house the southern hemisphere's first proton therapy unit.

To be named the Australian Bragg Centre for Proton Therapy (also known as SAHMRI 2), the proton therapy unit will be located in the basement of the 14 level Woods Bagot-designed building.

Funding for the new therapy unit and research building will come from the SA and Federal Governments as well as private sector sources.

According to developer Commercial &amp; General, the "unique infrastructure represents South Australia’s highest priority project for health, research and education, providing a focal point for research of international calibre into the most serious chronic illnesses."

The SA Government will move Adelaide Metro's train operating and control centre which currently resides on the site before construction gets underway.  A <a href="https://www.saplanningcommission.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/470840/Combined_Docs_020.A035.18_SAHMRI_2.pdf">planning application</a> is currently on public exhibition.

The second SAHMRI building joins the new Royal Adelaide Hospital, The University of Adelaide's Health and Medical Sciences building and University of South Australia's Health Innovation building to form the Adelaide BioMed City cluster.

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<figcaption>An overview of Adelaide BioMed City - image: <a href="http://www.commercialgeneral.com.au/projects/sahmri-2/">Commercial &amp; General</a></figcaption></figure>According to Proton Therapy Australia, Proton Therapy is one of the most technologically advanced treatments for cancer.

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Protons are split off a hydrogen atom, accelerated to roughly two-thirds the speed of light; transported along an evacuated tube into one of a number of treatment rooms and delivered to the patient via gantries allowing 360 degree rotation around the patient, or via single beam lines.

When treating any cancer with radiation, the aim is to deliver maximum dose to cancer cells while sparing as much healthy tissue as possible.

Conventional radiation therapy faces challenges from side effects because of a relatively high radiation entrance dose and the exit dose.

By contrast, Proton Therapy has a much lower entrance dose and no exit dose causing less damage to healthy tissue surrounding the tumour.
<a href="http://protontherapy.com.au/proton"><cite>Proton Therapy Australia</cite></a>
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The new building is set to include 31,000 sqm of space with the first three floors occupied by SAHMRI researchers.  The building will also have 20-25 clinical trial rooms and be able to deliver proton therapy to 800 patients a year.

SAHMRI 2 is expected to be complete by 2021.

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Adelaide's Bragg Centre for Proton Therapy unveiled

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Since 2013 when the first contract for Sydney Metro Northwest was signed by the New South Wales Government, there have been two further announcements that deal with the new metro network's expansion.

Sydney Metro Northwest is phase 1, Sydney Metro City &amp; Southwest is phase 2 and in the 2018 NSW state budget announced recently, $28 million will be allocated to finalise the business case for the Western Metro - let's simply call it phase 3.

The NSW Government has chosen to break the link with the existing railway network by selecting a rail technology platform that will operate independently of the Sydney Trains network.

The NSW Premier, Gladys Berejiklian has overseen, whether in her current role as Premier or in her former role as Minister for Transport, a very large amount of new metro lines either proposed or under construction - 66km of new or upgraded track for the first two phases and approximately 20-25km with the Western Metro / phase 3.

And it's no secret there's more to come based on the joint announcement with the Federal Government on the Western Sydney City Deal and new rail lines to the Badgery's Creek airport.

In 7 years, the NSW Government has almost completed the first phase; is advancing toward full-blown construction on the second phase, and is now even 'reserving' money for the third phase.

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The Andrews Government in Victoria had an election pledge to remove 50 level crossings across metropolitan Melbourne and has kicked off the Melbourne Metro tunnel and upgrades to the Pakenham/Cranbourne lines which includes an entirely new and separate fleet of trains.

The Level Crossing Removal program is vast and will occupy a lot of government time if the Andrews Government is re-elected in November (and you could also argue beyond the list of 50, if an ongoing program is set up and executed, that work will continue for another decade or more).

We first saw the second metro tunnel appear on maps under the previous Liberal Government, however, this year, we now see routes and stations appear on structure plans for Fishermans Bend.

Yet we've not had a commitment to the build, unlike the time when the Andrews Government announced $1 million for a Rowville Light Rail line.

The Prime Minister threw $5 billion into the mix for a Tullamarine airport rail line - and the planning work for that is expected to be completed soon, or at least, the Federal Government wants it done before the Victorian election in November.

Spring Street announced funding for a light rail business case from Caulfield through Monash and potentially out to Rowville and similarly there's a study on 'speedier' Geelong rail services on the cards as well.

Yet still no commitment to the second metro tunnel from Clifton Hill to Newport. 

Infrastructure Victoria gave it a negative BCR albeit with one giant asterisk that states there's no model for calculating the benefits of redeveloping the vast Fishermans Bend area (and thus, that benefit was not factored into the preliminary BCR) which the second metro tunnel will directly service.

It'd be remiss of me to not acknowledge the NSW Government has a 3-year head start on the Victorian Government when it comes to laying out a decade's worth of city-shaping rail projects however we're still left with one question in Victoria.

Where to next?

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NSW gets on with its new metro phase 3, VIC still stuck on phase 1

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The Western Australia Government is seeking expressions of interest from a range of parties to undertake economic analysis and support business case preparation for the extension of the Armadale railway line to Byford which will possibly over the long term be further extended to Mundijong.

Expressions of interest are also being sought for engineering and land-use planning consultants who will undertake further work to inform the business case preparation.

The planning and engineering consultants will study the best station location and design options, potential land uses surrounding the station precincts as well as rail alignment design work, traffic and access analysis and creating a vision for how the extension will integrate with surrounding precincts.

The WA Government secured $750 million from the Federal Government to be used for projects under development and the Byford extension project also received $21 million in state government funding.

The WA Premier, Mark McGowan, said his government was getting on with their election commitment to move forward with its Metronet plan for metropolitan Perth.

"The Byford extension is a key component of Metronet stage one because it will link one of our fastest growing areas to the rest of our public transport system, providing access to jobs, schools, the airport and the CBD," the WA Premier said.

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<figcaption>Whiteman Park station on the Morley-Ellenbrook line will see significant medium density development - image: Metronet</figcaption></figure>Meanwhile, in late May the WA Government announced a partnership between the Department of Communities and Peet Brabham will be formed to see a new town centre and housing development occur along the Morley-Ellenbrook line.

The Morley-Ellenbrook line will be a greenfields railway that will branch off the from the Airport &amp; Midland lines near Bayswater and it will travel northwards to Ellenbrook.

The partnership announced by the WA Government is expected to construct 3000 homes as well as schools, retail and recreational facilities close to the proposed Whiteman Park train station - about halfway along the proposed Morley-Ellenbrook line.

WA Housing Minister Peter Tinley said "Brabham will be a major transport oriented development linking the Swan Valley to Perth, and provide a significant boost to the State's stock of affordable housing in Perth".

<a href="https://www.metronet.wa.gov.au/">Metronet</a> is a WA Government program that will see multiple rail extensions and new lines across Perth including the new Airport &amp; Forrestfield link, the Morley-Ellenbrook line, the Byford extension and the Thornlie-Cockburn link which will create an outer eastern and south-eastern orbital rail line in metropolitan Perth.

The program also includes station upgrades, an upgrade to the rail system's signalling system and level crossing removals.

Lead image credit: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armadale_railway_station,_Perth">Wikipedia</a>.
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Tenders for Perth Metronet Armadale to Byford extension released

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NSW Treasurer Dominic Perrottet has handed down 2018's state budget which will see the state's massive education and transport infrastructure bonanza continue.

In common with other states and the federal government, much of the big ticket items have already been announced prior to the budget speech.  They included, among may things, money to kick start converting Sydney Train's existing lines to use a 'digital signalling platform'.

However, unveiled today is a cool $3billion is to be reserved for the Western Metro project which aims to add rail capacity between Sydney's CBD to Parramatta/Westmead.

$28 million will immediately be made available in order for the business case to be accelerated and finalised by year-end.

There has been a consultation process where over 1,200 people have so far provided feedback on the route of the Western Metro and there will further opportunities later in the year, the NSW Government says.

The NSW Minister for Transport and Infrastructure, Andrew Constance, re-iterated the Western Metro will link Sydney CBD with Parramatta and Westmead via The Bays Precinct and Sydney Olympic Park.  The money that is released from today's budget will go toward determining where other stations on the new metro line will be located.

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<figcaption>Sydney's Western Metro will have a finalised route by the end of the year. Image: <a href="https://www.sydneymetro.info/files/west-map">Sydney Metro</a></figcaption></figure>“This project will redefine how we get around Sydney and will double rail capacity between the two city centres, a true city-shaping infrastructure investment that will serve generations to come. We have already begun the work to determine the best underground route between the Sydney CBD and Greater Parramatta with a program of geotechnical drilling, which will continue," Andrew Constance said.

The $3 billion foreshadowed in today's budget will partly be used for land acquisition, early works and tunnelling, subject to completion of the business case. 

Elsewhere in the budget $121 million was allocated to completing Arthur Phillip High, a vertical school in Parramatta, The Sydney Morning Herald reports funding will also be allocated to a neighbouring primary school.

$2.4 billion will be allocated in 2018-2019 for Sydney Metro Northwest, the first stage of Sydney's new metro network that is scheduled to have construction and testing complete with full operations starting in 2019. $258 million will be allocated to Parramatta Light Rail Stage 1.

To see the 2018 NSW Government budget, see <a href="http://www.budget.nsw.gov.au">budget.nsw.gov.au</a>

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NSW Budget allocates $3 billion for Sydney's Western Metro

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Despite some unrelated signalling issues around Cardinia Road on Monday morning, the trains are back and all the level crossings between Caulfield and Dandenong have been removed in south east Melbourne's busiest rail corridor.

Likewise, the new Frankston station was opened to passengers today that will also see Frankston trains use the new Skye/Overton Road bridges.  Frankston line trains will also be using new temporary track through the site of the Seaford Road level crossing removal project.

Carnegie and Murrumbeena stations are now open, albeit with temporarily reduced accessibility - the stations are only accessible via temporary stairs while work continues below the train deck. Hughesdale station is still a few months away from opening.

Trumpeting the government's progress, removing more than their original target of 20 in the first term of government, the Minister for Public Transport, Jacinta Allan, said the removal of level crossings between Caulfield and Dandenong has paved the way to run more trains more often.

"No government has ever removed this many level crossings, this quickly. As we reach the half way point of the project, we celebrate the significant progress we’ve made but recognise there is still plenty more to do," the Minister said.

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Every level crossing between Caulfield and Dandenong is done and dusted. 
Thrilled to catch first train at the new Carnegie Station with <a href="https://twitter.com/Steve_Dimo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Steve_Dimo</a> this morning. 
Locals can move about the community without ever having to worry about boom gates again. <a href="https://t.co/Cf4X3QxlQV">pic.twitter.com/Cf4X3QxlQV</a>
— Jacinta Allan (@JacintaAllanMP) <a href="https://www.propertyobserver.com.au/https://twitter.com/JacintaAllanMP/status/1008461422865465345?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 17, 2018</a>
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The Victorian Government says by the end of June 2018, 25 level crossings will have been removed - this includes the 4 level crossings between Caulfield and Oakleigh which opened on Monday, Skye/Overton Road in Frankston and Thompsons Road in Cranbourne.

The first section of the new road bridge that will send Thompsons Road rising over the Cranbourne line will open at the end of this week. 

As was the case at the site of the level crossing removal at Watergardens, one section of new road bridge will open taking both directions of traffic while the second section is built.  Eventually, Thompsons Road will have 6 car lanes over the Cranbourne line, up from the single lane in each direction with a level crossing.

Now that Frankston trains divert around the original site of the Seaford Road level crossing on temporary track, major works will get underway to remove the level crossing entirely by building a rail bridge over Seaford Road.  

Trains running through all three individual elevated rail segments on the Dandenong corridor is only temporary as another major shutdown, from Westall to Pakenham and Cranbourne, is scheduled to kick off on June 30 and last until July 8 while power and signalling systems are upgraded.

According to the Victorian Government's <a href="https://bigbuild.vic.gov.au/projects/level-crossing-removal-project">bigbuild.vic.gov.au</a> website, level crossings located at Kororoit Creek Road in Williamstown North, Buckley Street in Essendon and Abbots Road in Dandenong South will have been removed as well.

Lead image credit: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/levelcrossings/photos/a.883837948357558.1073741830.843601892381164/1980139698727372/?type=3&amp;theater">Level Crossing Removal Authority</a>.
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Trains resume on Dandenong and Frankston rail corridors

Property developer One Living, backed by former Macquarie banker turned investment manager Chris Green’s investment firm, has unveiled plans to bring more institutional capital into housing to help address the national supply crisis.

The New York-based investor has focused his firm, GreenPoint Partners, on addressing the supply shortage hitting middle market housing in Australia.

It is backing the new One Living business to develop more than 1000 units along the eastern seaboard. The new firm is starting with a development on Mona Vale Road, on the border of Mona Vale and Pymble, in Sydney’s Northern Beaches, with around 140 apartments planned. They are eyeing off more sites across the city.

With cost pressures rising in the industry, One Living’s model is to be a vertically integrated developer-builder, so it can respond directly to the housing gap by removing the cost inefficiencies embedded in traditional residential delivery.

“We are building a platform designed to operate at scale and starting in a market where there’s a clear need for quality, attainable housing,” One Living joint managing director Joseph Scuderi said.

“It’s that missing middle – it’s that attainable end of housing… that’s what most Australians invest into and what Australians can actually afford.”

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GreenPoint Partners brings years of experience assembling and scaling real estate operating businesses across major markets. And Green sees a big opportunity in Australia.

“For its size, sophistication and importance to the community, Australia’s living sector has remained largely under-institutionalised, which represents significant opportunity,” Green said. “GreenPoint identified that gap, assembled the right team, and is backing One Living to build a platform that is aligned to market needs.”

Green said being a builder-developer would give the company the capacity and flexibility it required to deliver reasonably-priced homes.

“We want it to be at that attainable level; not super high end luxury but at that attainable level,” he said.

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One Living will undertake a component of affordable housing in its schemes, which it will own and operate, and it could also run build-to-rent on some sites.

Green praised local policy settings.

“The NSW government is being very supportive, strategic and pragmatic in terms of how do we generate more supply of housing,” he said. “We think it’s actually positive for development and the bit that’s been lacking at that attainable level is that it’s lots of relatively small private developers, whereas we want to create an institutional platform.”

One Living is also&nbsp;looking at high-density projects and could take on more institutional funding in the future.

“The way we will be able to achieve economies of scale is through size,” Green added.

Joel Robinson

One Living enters Sydney's new apartment market with Northern Beaches site acquisition

It's been several years since there's been an opportunity to buy a brand new townhome in Melbourne's coastal suburb of Mordialloc. Even apartment developments in recent times have been few and far between in the area.

Local developer LDS Property identified the gap in new housing, securing a site on White Street, directly opposite&nbsp;Woodlands Golf Club Mordialloc. They've recently launched&nbsp;<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-townhouses/wm-residences-mordialloc-102-white-street-mordialloc-vic-3195">WM Residences</a>, just 13 townhouses which they have already started building.

Projects by Buxton Director Heath Thompson, who is selling WM Residences, says the townhouses x that perfect middle ground be

"Mordialloc residents have had limited options to downsize within the suburb, often forcing them to look elsewhere despite long-standing ties to the area," Thompson says.

"With very little comparable new supply coming to market, projects like WM Residences are well placed, particularly as buyers look to capitalise on current conditions amid constrained supply."

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The development, designed by regarded architecture firm&nbsp;<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/architects/ewert-leaf">Ewert Leaf</a>,&nbsp;adopts a deliberately restrained architectural approach, focusing on simplicity, durability and liveability rather than overt design gestures.

The boutique scale is central to the offering. With only 13 three-bedroom residences, each home is configured to prioritise functional layouts and everyday use, supported by private terraces and secure two-car garages.

Ewert Leaf’s design response leans into a calm, neutral material palette. Interiors are defined by oak flooring, white walls and soft finishes, creating a consistent and understated backdrop. The approach avoids trend-driven detailing in favour of longevity, with an emphasis on natural light and spatial clarity.

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Beyond aesthetics, the homes are designed to meet contemporary performance expectations. Each residence targets a minimum 6-star energy rating, incorporating double glazing, comprehensive insulation and all-electric Bosch appliances.

The project’s location supports a walkable coastal lifestyle, sitting within close proximity to Mordialloc’s foreshore, Main Street retail strip and the train station. Local cafés and dining venues, including Suburbia Deli and Hendriks Café, are within a short walk, reinforcing the area’s established neighbourhood character.

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While <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developments/mordialloc-vic-3195">Mordialloc</a> is often defined by its beach and pier, the project taps into other areas of day to day living, offering easy access to local food, casual dining and transport, rather than positioning itself purely as a lifestyle retreat.

WM Residences reflects a continued trend across Melbourne’s coastal suburbs towards smaller-scale, design-led townhouse developments, particularly on infill sites where proximity to amenity is already established.

With construction commenced prior to its market entry, the project aligns with a growing preference among buyers for developments with visible progress and defined delivery timeframes.

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WM Residences fills gap in Mordialloc townhouse market

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Developer GURNER™ Group has revealed $1.65 billion in residential sales nationally across the 12 months to December 2025, driven largely by the continued momentum of its Docklands wellness-focused precinct, Elysium Fields.

The sales result was generated across seven projects in Victoria and New South Wales, headlined by Elysium Fields, GURNER™’s $2.75 billion mixed-use precinct planned for Harbour Esplanade in Docklands.

The project has recorded more than $500 million in sales across the first three towers, equating to around 580 apartments sold.

The first tower, Helios, has now sold out of its 240 private residences, with GURNER™ preparing to release a premium penthouse collection comprising 15 three-bedroom penthouses in coming weeks.

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Elysium Fields is being developed on the long-held 20,000 sqm Docklands site at 208-226 Harbour Esplanade, which had remained undeveloped for more than two decades prior to GURNER™ taking over the project around four years ago.

Construction has now commenced across four towers ranging between 18 and 30 storeys, with Hamilton Marino and Maxcon appointed as builders.

Once complete, the precinct is expected to comprise around 1,100 residences, alongside retail, hospitality and public realm uses integrated throughout the site.

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Designed by Fraser &amp; Partners in collaboration with GURNER™ Design House, the project has been positioned around the developer’s broader focus on wellness-led residential living.

“We don’t sell apartments. We create a true luxury lifestyle that simply doesn’t exist elsewhere in the market today,” Founder and Executive Chairman Tim Gurner said.

“To deliver that requires an extraordinary level of detail, coordination and discipline across multiple verticals, from design and hospitality through to wellness and service.”

“We’ve always believed that living extends far beyond the physical residence. It’s about how you feel the moment you arrive, how you live day-to-day, and the ecosystem that supports that.” 
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The project’s design places a heavy focus on landscaping, wellness amenities and biophilic design principles.

Plans include around 3,700 sqm of landscaped gardens and open space throughout the precinct, alongside a retail and dining offering spanning approximately 5,000 sqm.

The broader public realm strategy centres around what GURNER™ describes as the “Path of Life”, an urban forest and landscaped pedestrian environment intended to connect the various buildings and wellness spaces across the precinct.

The apartments themselves will incorporate a range of wellness-focused inclusions, including purified air and water systems, circadian lighting, antimicrobial surfaces, and optional in-home wellness upgrades.

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Gurner said the company’s experience through its Saint Haven wellness clubs had directly informed the residential offering now being incorporated into Elysium Fields.

“We’re seeing a clear global shift toward longevity, performance and proactive health,” Gurner said.

“Our role is to deliver that in a way that feels seamless, highly private and beautifully resolved within the environments we create.”

A large component of the wellness offering is planned through the resident amenity and health facilities proposed within the precinct.

That includes plans for bathing and recovery facilities spread throughout the towers, incorporating mineral pools, saunas, steam rooms, flotation therapy, red light therapy and wellness lounges.

The developer is also seeking approvals for what it describes as a “reverse ageing medical clinic” within the precinct.

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According to project information released by the group, the proposed facility would include cryotherapy, IV infusion therapy, infrared and dry saunas, PEMF beds, MRIs, DEXA scans, brain scans and blood analysis services.

Within the first tower, Helios, residents will also have access to a dedicated amenity offering known as the Sky Private Club.

The upper 15 levels of the building will include private lounges, dining spaces, rooftop amenities and optional private wellness studios integrated within residences.

The Helios tower itself comprises 260 apartments ranging between 60 sqm and 300 sqm, including a collection of penthouses.

That includes a planned two-storey penthouse spanning around 600 sqm with uninterrupted bay views.

The Elysium Fields precinct is being delivered in partnership with Digital Harbour Holdings, a consortium that includes the Liberman family, which controls the development rights across the Docklands site.

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The sales result comes as GURNER™ continues expanding its national development pipeline beyond Victoria.

“We have a strong pipeline across Australia and are now focused on scaling into key markets including New South Wales and Queensland, while continuing to build on our Melbourne base,” Gurner said.

“We currently have more than $3 billion in the market, growing to over $5 billion by October, and expect to materially outperform last year in the 2026 calendar year.”

The result also reflects the continued strength of the upper-end apartment market in Melbourne, particularly for owner-occupier-focused product with large-scale amenity and lifestyle offerings.

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Record result anchored by the Group’s “utopian” Elysium Fields precinct – defying market headwinds in Docklands.

Elysium Fields drive Gurner to $1.65 billion in apartment sales over 2025

National Australia Bank (NAB) will fund <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/palmera-residences-gold-coast-18-garfield-terrace-surfers-paradise-qld-4217">Palmera</a>, a $1 billion, 52-level luxury residential tower being developed by Central Equity in one of the Gold Coast’s most tightly held coastal locations at Northcliffe.

The project, launched recently by <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/central-equity">Central Equity</a>, one of Victoria’s largest private residential developers, comes at a time when construction funding for large residential developments has become increasingly competitive as lenders tighten exposure to the sector.

Multiplex has been appointed the builder, and construction is now underway.

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Since its first project, Central Equity has delivered more than 85 residential developments with a combined end value exceeding $8 billion.

Palmera reflects Central Equity’s growing focus on the Gold Coast luxury apartment market and continues a relationship between Central Equity and NAB that dates back to the late 1980s, when the bank funded one of Melbourne’s earliest inner-city residential towers at a time when high-rise apartment living in the CBD was largely unproven.

“NAB’s funding of Central Equity’s $36 million CBD development in the late 1980’s to the financing of the billion-dollar tower today highlights the long-term relationship between the two organisations in delivering major residential projects” said Central Equity Founder and Chairman Eddie Kutner.

He said NAB’s early support was instrumental in helping establish the company’s development model.

“When we commenced our first residential tower in the late 1980s the concept of funding off-the-plan apartments was still largely untested in Australia,” Kutner said.

“NAB recognised the opportunity early and supported the project when others were uncertain. That relationship has now continued for more than 37 years across many developments.”

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Central Equity was established in 1987 when Melbourne’s CBD and Southbank precinct were still dominated by warehouses and commercial buildings. Fewer than 100 residents lived in Southbank at the time, and large-scale residential development in the inner city was not widely considered.

Recognising changing demographics and lifestyle preferences, the company began developing high-rise residential projects designed to bring permanent residents into the city centre.

Central Equity has provided accommodation for approximately 40,000 residents across Melbourne’s CBD and Southbank, while also incorporating supporting infrastructure including essential lifestyle facilities like retail spaces, childcare facilities and neighbourhood activity centres.

Central Equity has spent many years assembling the Palmera development site on the corner of Garfield Terrace and Frederick Street in Northcliffe, creating a supersite of around 3,300 sqm.

The developer said the Palmera apartment tower reflects its long-term view of the Gold Coast as a growing and increasingly diversified economy.

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Supported by infrastructure including the light rail network, major road upgrades expanded education, hospital and medical facilities and continued expansion at the Gold Coast Airport with more internation and domestic flights.

Positioned in the tightly held Northcliffe precinct, the 52-level tower will deliver 347 apartments, targeting buyers seeking a high-end coastal lifestyle, from downsizers to interstate investors.

Designed by Marchese Partners with interiors by DBI, Palmera has been conceived as a next-generation residential offering, featuring a collection of oversized apartments, with premium three-bedroom residences offering sweeping northern views stretching from Surfers Paradise through to Burleigh Heads.

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NAB funds $1 billion Surfers Paradise apartment development, Palmera

Two years after completing one of the newest developments in North Sydney, developer <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/aqualand-australia">Aqualand</a> is turning its attention to the rapidly evolving St Leonards apartment market.

The developer, which completed AURA by Aqualand on North Sydney's Walker Street, has lodged plans for a 5,918 sqm site at <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/33-37-herbert-street-st-leonards-nsw-2065">33-37 Herbert Street, St Leonards,</a> seeking approval for a pair of residential towers rising above a shared podium opposite Royal North Shore Hospital.

The proposal forms part of the broader transformation underway across the St Leonards-Crows Nest precinct, where former industrial and commercial sites are increasingly being redeveloped into high-density mixed-use projects tied to major transport infrastructure.

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According to the planning documents, the site sits “within the St Leonards–Crows Nest Strategic Centre, identified by the NSW Government as a key area for accommodating future jobs and housing across Sydney.”

The proposal has been designed by fjcstudio, formerly FJMT Studio, and is being progressed through the State Significant Development pathway due to its scale and affordable housing provision.

The scheme would comprise 413 apartments, including 46 affordable housing units, alongside retail and commercial uses fronting Herbert Street. The project would also include communal open space, landscaping, a swimming pool, gymnasium, children’s play areas and podium-level resident amenities.

Planning documents show the development would consist of a part-13, part-39 storey tower form positioned above a four-storey podium.

“The development comprises a unified podium that activates the street interface, and two setback towers to accommodate new housing supply while maintaining an appropriate human scale at ground level,” fjcstudio noted in its Design Report.

The northern and southern towers have been shaped to respond to the surrounding skyline while also limiting overshadowing impacts to nearby public open space, particularly Talus Reserve.

The design report said the differing tower heights were intended to “contribute to a varied skyline while responding to the surrounding built form context and solar access considerations.”

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The site sits directly opposite Royal North Shore Hospital and within walking distance of both St Leonards Station and the new Crows Nest Metro station.

While the site itself sits just outside the formal Crows Nest Transport Oriented Development boundary, the planning documents repeatedly reference its alignment with the broader TOD objectives reshaping the Lower North Shore.

“The site is located adjacent to St Leonards Station and in close proximity to Crows Nest Metro which is within the Crows Nest Transit Orientated Development Accelerated Precinct which has been identified by the NSW Government to support housing delivery,” the Design Verification Statement noted.

According to fjcstudio, the project has been designed to respond to the broader transition occurring across St Leonards, where increasing residential density is being concentrated around transport infrastructure and employment hubs.

“The broader precinct is undergoing significant change, with a mix of existing mid-rise buildings and newer high-density developments,” the report stated.

“Recent and approved projects indicate a consistent shift toward taller built form, typically organised as tower-and-podium typologies with more active ground levels.”

The proposal includes close to 6,000 sqm of retail and commercial space across the ground floor and podium levels, designed to create a more activated street edge along Herbert Street.

Aqualand’s plans would also introduce a landscaped podium shared between the two towers, with communal open space in the form of a podium rooftop designed to support resident interaction and improve urban greening outcomes. The scheme would also introduce pocket parks at the northern and southern ends of the site, including a landscaped area at the corner of Herbert and Ella streets designed to improve pedestrian amenity and soften the streetscape.

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The proposal is being progressed through the NSW Government’s Housing Delivery Authority pathway, which was introduced to accelerate housing supply across the state. The application was declared State Significant Development in April 2025 following an expression of interest process.

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St Leonards has been particularly active with new developments in recent weeks. Developer SP Setia’s <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/news/nsw/first-look-sp-setia-targets-st-leonards-skyline-with-40-storey-tod-tower">plans for a new 42-storey tower</a> recently went on exhibition through the same pathway, while <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/news/nsw/first-look-stockland-plans-52-storey-538-apartment-st-leonards-tower">Stockland’s 52-storey tower proposal</a> was also recently unveiled.

Aside from the St Leonards project, which is expected to take around nine months to move through the approvals process ahead of a potential 2027 launch, Aqualand is also preparing to launch Boronia, a new apartment project in Roseville comprising around 111 apartments on Larkin Street.

The developer also has approvals in place for the next stage of the Barangaroo precinct, which will feature new residential, retail, hospitality and community uses, alongside a new metro entry across the five-hectare site.

More than 50 new retail destinations are planned for Central Barangaroo, alongside a 270-metre-long boulevard connecting Hickson Park to Nawi Cove. Together with Harbour Park, more than 50 per cent of the precinct will comprise public open space and parkland.

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