Government

Both the HIA and the Grattan Institute are calling for urgent government action on housing affordability.

"The Infrastructure Australia report has a refreshing honesty about the transformation that will occur in our big cities," says Property Council of Australia chief executive Ken Morrison.

Workers on Brisbane's Kingsford Smith Drive have made the "surprise discovery" of a convict-era bridge, and work is now underway to determine how best to preserve the important historic relic.

McGrath has completed its final sale of government social housing in Millers Point, while Savills has launched a campaign to sell the brutalist icon, Sirius.