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1 September 2026

Taxpayers pick up $1 million tab for failed housing project at OneOneFive precinct in Hamilton Hill

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Taxpayers pick up $1 million tab for failed housing project at OneOneFive precinct in Hamilton Hill

The homes should have been filled with families but now several ‘ghost houses’ are being torn down.

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