Property

Save Fort Queenscliff: McArthur

Contributor, ARR.News - 24 February 2026

Having taken the matter to the Victorian Parliament, Member for Western Victoria Region, Bev McArthur, is demanding answers over the federal government's plan to permanently close 68 defence locations across the nation - including the historic Fort Queenscliff … Mrs McArthur joined around 200 residents at a community rally organised by Senator Sarah Henderson, opposing the federal government’s plan to sell this nationally significant heritage site.

All risk, no reward for outback farmers: NSW Farmers Association

Contributor, ARR.News - 23 February 2026

Shortchanged farmers in the state’s northwest are desperately calling on government to deliver fairer compensation for small-scale title mining claims. NSW Farmers Acting CEO Mike Guerin said the proposed compensation amounts for opal mining claims fell well short of the real and ongoing losses faced by farm businesses hosting mining activity...

A one-metre error that has locked residents out of insurance and off their own land for years

Kimberly Grabham, Back Country Bulletin - 23 February 2026

For years, residents of Wilcannia and Menindee say they have been living with the consequences of a government mapping error they had no part in creating. A one-metre inaccuracy in state-provided flood mapping has incorrectly placed large sections of both towns inside flood-prone zones, with consequences that have quietly devastated the ability of ordinary people to insure their homes and develop their land.

900 homes unlocked in Murray Bridge: Champion, Bailey

Contributor, ARR.News - 12 February 2026

The Minister for Planning has adopted the Murray Bridge Residential Growth Areas Code Amendment which will rezone around 97.5 hectares of rural and unused agricultural land west of Murray Bridge to allow for low to medium density housing, expanding local housing options in the region. The rezoning is expected to allow for up to 900 new homes...

Westbrook land for water treatment plant

Ted Rogers, On Our Selection News - 12 February 2026

Toowoomba Regional Council has acquired a property in Westbrook that will be the location of a future water treatment plant ... With the site being acquired for a water treatment plant, Deputy Mayor Rebecca Vonhoff said Council would require funding to progress the project in an accelerated timeframe.

Donald project reaches agreement with Traditional Owners

Contributor, The Buloke Times - 12 February 2026

Donald Mineral Sands has reached a Journey and Understanding Agreement with the Traditional Owners of the land where it is developing the Donald Rare Earth and Mineral Sands Project. The agreement is between DMS and Barengi Gadjin Land Council, the Registered Native Title Body Corporate representing the Wotjobaluk, Jaadwa, Jadawadjali, Wergaia, and Jupagulk Peoples ... The Donald Project, near Minyip, in Victoria’s Murray Basin, is a globally significant deposit of critical minerals.

Council supports plan to alleviate rental crisis

Coast Community News - 5 February 2026

Merilyn Vale. Central Coast Councillor Doug Eaton wants the Australian Government to introduce a system to incentivise retirees to rent out vacant rooms in their family home to alleviate the existing rental crisis.

Is Struan House being left to rot?

Nasik Swami, Naracoorte Community News - 4 February 2026

Is the slow decay of the iconic Struan House south of Naracoorte a case of “demolition by neglect” — and has South Australia squandered a once-in-a-generation chance to anchor cutting-edge agricultural research in the Limestone Coast?

A better lifestyle through a stronger economy – Nation-leading initiative unlocks surplus Townsville land for housing: Bleijie

Contributor, ARR.News - 4 February 2026

The Crisafulli Government’s nation-leading Land Activation Program has come to Townsville, unlocking local under-utilised government-owned land to deliver a place to call home for more Queenslanders. The 4.5-hectare site next to Townsville Pimlico TAFE is the first within the region to join the landmark initiative and will deliver up to 150 homes.

New legislation to crackdown on ‘factories of hate’: Minns, Scully, Hoenig

Contributor, ARR.News - 3 February 2026

The NSW Government will today introduce legislation into Parliament to strengthen councils’ enforcement powers to shut down unlawful places of worship. The legislation is a crackdown on ‘factories of hate’ which are unlawfully promoting hate, intimidation and dividing our community.

CLP cracking down on public housing tenants: Edgington

Contributor, ARR.News - 2 February 2026

Delivering on its promise to reduce crime and restore the Territory lifestyle, the Finocchiaro CLP Government is cracking down to hold public housing tenants accountable for anti-social behaviour and damage to taxpayer funded housing.

Polish home now in Denmark

Denmark Bulletin - 29 January 2026

Patricia Gill. A thermally-efficient house put together from insulated panels and triple-glazed windows shipped in five sea containers from Poland is expected to be occupied in May. Though not a certified 'passive house', Christine and David Lovell's home ... will rate 9.3-9.4 stars in the Nationwide House Energy Rating Scheme.

Labor for MacKillop’s future?

Nasik Swami, Naracoorte Community News - 28 January 2026

As MacKillop heads toward the March 2026 state election, voters are being challenged to weigh experience, independence, and influence. Labor candidate Mark Braes makes his case in an exclusive Q&A with The [Naracoorte] News, pitching decades in law, local government, and mayoral leadership—alongside the leverage of being part of a governing SA Labor Party.

Tax shock for farm trailblazers: NSW Farmers Association

Contributor, ARR.News - 27 January 2026

Farmers with cellar doors and fruit stands should beware of huge new bills being slapped on them by the state government, NSW Farmers says. Reports have spiked of family farmers being forced to pay up to $300,000 in land taxes to the NSW Government for diversifying their businesses with small farmgate sales and agritourism experiences.

Fire fuel load reaching critical levels: TasFarmers

Contributor, ARR.News - 22 January 2026

Farmers across the north of the state are increasingly worried by the huge fuel load on the roadside, especially in the Meander Valley, Northern Midlands and Latrobe Municipalities and on roads controlled by the state government. “The risk of a catastrophic fire caused by too much long grass and weeds on the edges of the roads is increasing by the day,” said TasFarmers CEO Nathan Calman.

Warning from Koolewong bushfire survivor

Coast Community News - 22 January 2026

When bushfires roared through Koolewong on December 6, Katie Greene's home was the only one left standing in a row of six houses. She has issued a stark reminder to other home owners to make sure their houses are bushfire safe.

Heritage by litigation: How Ben Wyatt is rewriting history to excuse a failed law

Trevor Whittington, CEO WAFarmers - 21 January 2026

“WAFarmers are reaping what they sow,” Ben Wyatt declared recently, reflecting on the looming Maddox case and claims by WAFarmers that the current laws are being selectively targeted by the department ... There is a curious habit among former ministers once they leave office: they rediscover principle. Mr Wyatt’s recent commentary on Aboriginal cultural heritage laws is a textbook example.

Cattle keep land ‘intact’: Pastoral lobby

Erwin Chlanda, Alice Springs News - 19 January 2026

The Territory’s 45 million hectares of cattle country is “some of the most intact” land in Australia, something that pastoral families, over more than a century, have achieved not “by locking the country away ... Romy Carey, CEO of the Northern Territory Cattlemen’s Association, is making a powerful point in her group’s current newsletter, as her $1.5 billion a year industry is facing Chinese trade restrictions and criticism over its position on buffel weed.

Qld farmers and Indigenous Australians unite on climate resilience project: Firesticks

Contributor, ARR.News - 15 January 2026

Indigenous Cultural Fire Practitioners and Queensland farmers are working together to improve grazing landscapes using First Nations land management practices, including Cultural Burning - transforming the way food and agricultural systems work.

Kooba purchase tops 2025 farmland sales

Krista Schade, The Riverine Grazier - 14 January 2026

One of the largest agricultural transactions in Australian history has topped the 2025 land sales across the nation. The $500 million acquisition of the Kooba Aggregation by Canadian pension giant PSP Investments. The aggregation, located between Griffith and Darlington Point, is a high-value hub for cotton, irrigated row crops, and livestock, supported by massive Murrumbidgee River water entitlements.

Council and community discuss hall problems

The Buloke Times - 16 December 2025

More than 70 community members gathered at a meeting in Charlton this week to discuss the current temporary closure of the Charlton Shire Hall due to the potential friable asbestos identified in the decorative brickwork wall cavities in June ... Laboratory analysis confirmed the presence of Amosite asbestos within cavities ...

Time to come clean on renewables cost: NSW Farmers Association

Contributor, ARR.News - 10 December 2025

Farm communities and landscapes cannot continue to be vandalised in the state government’s sledgehammer approach to powering the nation, NSW Farmers says. As renewable developers bulldozed rural landscapes, NSW Farmers' President Xavier Martin said it was clear the Minns Government was ignoring farm communities and the damage inflicted on them by their industrial scale developments.

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