A 15-year-old boy will be buried beside his father – who is suspected of murdering him before killing himself – sparking anger from some locals. Wayne Smith, 58, is believed to have shot dead his teenage son Noah as he lay in bed at their family home in Yamba, on NSW’s north coast, earlier this month. … [Read more…]
He’s heir to a wealthy Italian smallgoods dynasty in Australia, yet little else is known about Paul-Charles ‘PC’ Valmorbida, the art entrepreneur linked to Hollywood’s elite. Before he was a flashy New York art dealer photographed alongside international glitterati, Valmorbida was a Melbourne schoolboy and a third generation scion of a family with a $500million … [Read more…]
The Victorian government should be looking elsewhere if it wants to fix the glacial pace of planning, not at councils. City of Melbourne’s deputy lord mayor Nicholas Reece lambasted the rumoured state government’s planning takeover in a Future Melbourne Committee meeting recently following a question from a constituent. “If the Victorian government was looking for … [Read more…]
As far as putting shovels in the ground, no other Queensland budget has dug deeper. “This budget commits our government to the biggest building program in our state’s history,” declared state Treasurer Cameron Dick as he delivered the 2023-24 Queensland budget. “Our government will deliver more hospitals, more houses, more roads, more trains and more … [Read more…]
Houses on the Darwin Green estate in Cambridge have faulty foundations Neighbours now fear their houses will have to be demolished and rebuilt too Neighbours living next to 36 new houses which are being demolished on an up-market estate have spoken of their fears that their homes might also have to be knocked down. MailOnline told … [Read more…]
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There Is A Lot Going On. As the six-word title slide of his keynote presentation flashed onto the screen, Urbis director Paul Riga could feel the collective thought bubble popping up in the room. It was quite an understatement, to say the least. To be fair, however, and as Riga quickly pointed out, emphasis was … [Read more…]
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Large format retail assets are in hot demand as investors look to shore up the sub-sector’s limited supply pipeline that lies ahead. Construction cost pressures are being pushed aside as investors eye the strong growth forecasts hitting the headlines. Colliers attributes the large format retail (LFR) sector’s popularity to consumer sentiment and investor appetite for … [Read more…]
A father who police believe shot his son before turning the weapon on himself in a shocking murder-suicide previously had his gun licence revoked due to mental health concerns. Wayne Smith, 58, is understood to have shot his son Noah, 15, while the teen was lying in his bed at their family home in Yamba, on NSW’s … [Read more…]
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If you take a trip across the Nullabor, you may hear about the world’s longest golf course or the museum dedicated to Skylab crashing to earth in 1979s. And you likely already know of the underground world at Coober Pedy and the sadness and tragedy of Australia’s own nuclear test site at Maralinga. But as … [Read more…]
A father shot his teenage son dead and then killed himself in a suspected murder-suicide, police believe. The bodies of registered gun owner Wayne Smith, 58, and his son Noah, 15, were found with bullet wounds at their family home in Yamba, on NSW’s north coast, on Thursday afternoon. A relative is believed to have … [Read more…]