Shopping centres
Rambo-style hunting knives for sale at Westfield shopping centre
Long-bladed knives, swords, axes and other weapons are being sold at a kiosk in Westfield Hornsby just weeks after the shocking knife attack in which six people were killed at Westfield Bondi Junction.
- by Andrew Taylor
Latest
‘Still full of raw emotion’: Bondi Junction retail staff face traumatic return to work
Westfield Bondi Junction will reopen for business on Friday, as shocked shop workers still process the weekend’s horrific knife rampage.
- by Josefine Ganko and Michael Koziol
Childcare, libraries, axe throwing: How shopping centres plan to avoid becoming ghost malls
Shopping centres seem no longer just a place for us to buy things, they’re supposedly an ‘opportunity for improvement and personal development’.
- by Andrew Taylor
‘It’s a bit dismal’: How do you save a high street like Glebe Point Road?
One year after the community gathered to “save” the much-loved main drag, little has changed. It’s a problem facing high streets all over Sydney.
- by Michael Koziol
Opinion
Comedy
Joyful, comforting and air-conditioned: The shopping centre is a gift to us all
The humble shopping centre - once a meeting point for everyone from horny teenagers to exhausted parents - is battling a decline in relevance. But it means more to us than we realise.
- by Thomas Mitchell
Youths terrorising Westfield Carousel shopping centre, 12-year-old robbed twice in three weeks
Muggings, shoplifting, spitting at security guards and terrorising customers are becoming daily occurrences at WA’s biggest shopping centre.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
Arcades, hairstyling rooms: How shopping centres are hiding vacant stores
Shoppers at North Sydney’s Greenwood Plaza are being offered free use of Dyson Airwrap hair stylers (which retail at $759) in “self-style studios”.
- by Mary Ward
South Melbourne traders warn of changing market into ‘another Chadstone’
Traders at South Melbourne Market have accused Port Phillip Council of trying to turn the market into another Chadstone Shopping Centre by hiking fees and demanding expensive stall fitouts.
- by Cara Waters
Perth councils call for government help to rein in roving trolleys
Local government representatives say retailers are not doing enough to address the escalating issue of trolley litter – and they want the state government to step in.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
Exclusive
Melbourne after COVID
A tale of two suburbs, and how COVID has changed the way we shop
Some of Melbourne’s suburban retail economies got a massive boost from the pandemic but not all the city’s localities are sharing the bonanza.
- by Noel Towell