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40 firefighters respond to emergency in Newcastle east end

Paramedics and firefighters were called to King Street near Bolton Street on Saturday afternoon.

Newcastle Herald

Bangkok office market in new phase

Bangkok's office market is entering a new phase of competition, with occupiers increasingly prioritising building quality, employee accessibility and value over traditional central business district (CBD) addresses.

Bangkok Post

Defiant CFMEU launches protests over court decision

Defiant CFMEU workers have launched protests in a capital city CBD, taking to the streets after a legal challenge by the embattled organisation was rejected.

AAP

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Earthquake-struck Vanuatu needs aid, tourism help

Vanuatu is used to dealing with ferocious cyclones but the 7.3-magnitude earthquake which rumbled Efate island and Port Vila presents a tough road to recovery.

AAP

Bringing back the lost CBD parking should be a priority for Newcastle

Why do we want to be a difficult city to interact with?

Newcastle Herald

How the retailing contest between CBDs, shopping centres and online will reshape our cities

Retail activity has been a defining facet of cities since antiquity. The Greek Agora and Roman Forum may be viewed as the original CBDs – central business districts, or what urban planners call activity centres.

The Conversation

Wide verandas, picket fences or the CBD? How coastal cities near the capitals could ride post-COVID waves of growth

The COVID-19 pandemic triggered population growth in regions at the expense of capital cities. Regional migration has since stabilised, but the pandemic has left its mark. Australians reassessed where they wanted to live and work.

The Conversation

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Former PM has ‘no recollection’ of senator’s claim – as it happened

This blog is now closed.

The Guardian - AU

'It's just feral': councillor takes CBD graffiti into her own hands

Councillor takes street graffiti problem into her own hands.

Newcastle Herald

Wanted: family-friendly apartments. But what do families want from apartments?

The family-friendly apartment is an idea whose time has come. In the Liverpool CBD in Sydney, for example, half the apartments are occupied by families with children, our newly published study found. This is twice the average for metropolitan Sydney.

The Conversation

Melbourne man Jared Pihlgren jailed for 12 years over CBD attack on stranger

A man who teamed up with his son to commit a violent, random attack in the Melbourne CBD has been jailed for 12 years.

ABC News

A short history of doomed second harbour crossing proposals for Auckland – and a quicker, cheaper option

New Zealand is a small country that suddenly has big ideas about public transportation projects for its largest city. In February, the physical work began for a partially tunnelled light rail line under the Auckland CBD that will eventually connect to the airport. The project could ultimately have a price…

The Conversation

Luke Corderoy says CBD worksite where Wesley Ballantine died was 'unsafe' but denies it was his responsibility

Prosecutor Tanya Hollaway tells the court the worksite had "multiple trip hazards" and "open voids", but the alleged company director Luke Corderoy says he is not to blame.

ABC News

Myer to leave Brisbane's Queen Street Mall after more than 30 years

Myer opened at the location in 1988 and with the end of the lease will come a new name for centre.

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Hutchinson Builders appointed to Cbus Queen Street project after Probuild collapse

Hutchinson Builders are appointed to finish constructing a luxury apartment tower in Brisbane's CBD that has been plagued by delays as apartment owners grow increasingly frustrated.

ABC News

Gympie business owners call to relocate CBD after latest flood devastation

Some business owners say they have had enough and want the Gympie CBD relocated or upgraded to prevent future heartache after the fourth flood in three decades.

The Canberra Times

How the pandemic has changed CBD usage

Trips in Civic are currently at two-thirds of pre-lockdown levels.

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