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News.com.au
05-05-2025
- Business
- News.com.au
Restored 1950s Belmont home offers haven for first-time buyers
A 1950s retro throwback in Belmont has provided a housing haven for first-home buyers moving in from the Surf Coast. The mid-century modernist style house at 71 James St sold recently for $647,000 after the seller credited the residence with saving him through Covid lockdowns. The property was listed with $650,000 to $700,000 price hopes. Ray White Highton agent George Politis said the mood in the market improved after the first interest-rate cut in February, but buyers were still wary of houses where they believed they may need to do some structural work. 'There has been a it more positivity in the marketplace since the interest-rate drop,' Mr Politis said. Mr Politis said it was a good property and interest spiked after the home was featured on a Retro Houses for Sale Facebook page. 'There's a fair bit of popularity behind those (homes) at the moment,' Mr Politis said. The first-home buyers were moving in from the coast where homes were less affordable for young purchasers, he said. The owner bought the property in 2019 when it was billed as ripe for renovation. But he had other ideas and slowly set about bringing its timber cabinetry and vintage kitchen back to life. 'I've always been a fan of retro and the Atomic ranch style and I didn't think I'd find one in Geelong,' the vendor Ben told the Advertiser previously. 'The big windows, the flat roof, the wooden features – there was a lot of things like shaggy blue carpet that a lot of people would have looked past so I was lucky to be able to get it and during lockdown I had a lot of time not being able to do much so that allowed me to work on it. 'I always say to people I didn't renovate, I restored it.' He pulled up the carpets to reveal timber floors, repaired the individual architraves in each room and refreshed the bathroom, still retaining the original curved vanity. He even kept the separate shower room, rather than turning it into an ensuite.
Sydney Morning Herald
29-04-2025
- Business
- Sydney Morning Herald
Politis eyes move for Manchester Roosters in English Super League
The Sydney Roosters have opened conversations with the NRL and multiple Super League clubs about the possibility of buying into a potential NRL run European competition. Sydney Roosters supremo Nick Politis has held high-level conversations with ARL Commission chairman Peter V'landys about the potential of buying into an English club, on the proviso the NRL takes ownership and control of the Super League - or starts a breakaway competition. Politis, who last year launched the Los Angeles Roosters to help assist the game's push into the United States, has also had conversations with Salford about helping the financially-struggling club. Politis has a vision of trying to unite the entire Manchester region by rebranding the club and renaming them the Manchester Roosters. Other possibilities being considered is owning a team in London, or potentially even York. 'Nothing will happen unless the NRL is involved,' Politis said. 'We see a lot of potential for the game in England and we want to be part of it if the NRL is on board. We see an opportunity and we will wait to see what happens next.' The Sydney Roosters boss recently invited York Knights (second division side) owner Clint Goodchild to his chairman's suite for the Roosters' game against Penrith earlier this month. The news of Politis' interest comes on the back of revelations earlier this month that the NRL has agreed to consider a proposal to buy a 33 per cent stake in the Super League. That consideration is on the proviso it gets complete administrative control of the struggling competition from 2028 as part of a bid to grow the sport internationally.
The Age
29-04-2025
- Business
- The Age
Politis eyes move for Manchester Roosters in English Super League
The Sydney Roosters have opened conversations with the NRL and multiple Super League clubs about the possibility of buying into a potential NRL run European competition. Sydney Roosters supremo Nick Politis has held high-level conversations with ARL Commission chairman Peter V'landys about the potential of buying into an English club, on the proviso the NRL takes ownership and control of the Super League - or starts a breakaway competition. Politis, who last year launched the Los Angeles Roosters to help assist the game's push into the United States, has also had conversations with Salford about helping the financially-struggling club. Politis has a vision of trying to unite the entire Manchester region by rebranding the club and renaming them the Sydney Roosters. Other possibilities being considered is owning a team in London, or potentially even York. 'Nothing will happen unless the NRL is involved,' Politis said. 'We see a lot of potential for the game in England and we want to be part of it if the NRL is on board. We see an opportunity and we will wait to see what happens next.' The Sydney Roosters boss recently invited York Knights (second division side) owner Clint Goodchild to his chairman's suite for the Roosters' game against Penrith earlier this month. The news of Politis' interest comes on the back of revelations earlier this month that the NRL has agreed to consider a proposal to buy a 33 per cent stake in the Super League. That consideration is on the proviso it gets complete administrative control of the struggling competition from 2028 as part of a bid to grow the sport internationally.
CBC
03-04-2025
- Business
- CBC
'It's got to be done or we don't survive': plans for oil pipeline across northern Ontario getting 2nd look
The trade war with the U.S. has some Canadian politicians wanting to revisit the idea of a cross-country oil pipeline. A decade ago, there was a plan to convert the TransCanada natural gas pipeline that crosses northern Ontario to carry crude oil from Alberta instead. There was strong local opposition, especially in northern cities and towns where the oil pipeline would cross their source of drinking water. The plan, known as Energy East, was abandoned in 2017. But now some see it as a way to be more economically independent from the United States. "I think people are getting more comfortable with the fact that it's got to be done, or we don't survive," said Peter Politis, the mayor of Cochrane, one of the many northern communities the pipeline runs through. "We can no longer depend on the United States and I don't think we're ever going to be able to depend on the United States again. There's always going to be that hard learned lesson." Politis was the mayor back in 2013 when TransCanada first proposed moving oil through one of the three pipes buried in the 1950s— which follow Highway 11 through the northeast from Hearst down to North Bay— and has since been re-elected. The former provincial Conservative candidate says back then the "wedge issue" was about the possible environmental damage from an oil spill, but feels it's "quite different today." "I don't know how it doesn't make sense to most people that we need to diversify our economy and we've got to be able to move our natural resources," said Politis. "I think the focus is now shifting onto what we can responsibly do, as opposed to lets avoid it altogether because there's a risk that something may happen to the environment." While there is no official proposal for building an east-west pipeline and the new owners of the natural gas line have expressed no interest, Politis does think it's worth revisiting to preserve the Canadian economy. "We have to move as much as we can, as quick as we can, get to those markets as fast as we can and these are already shovel-ready projects. If we get some responsible thinking and tweak them a little bit, they seem to be the ones we're going to be able to get to right away," he said. The strongest opposition in the northeast to the plan was in North Bay, where like many other cities and towns along the route, the pipeline crosses its source of drinking water. Chris Mayne, a North Bay city councillor, says while those environmental concerns are "still very valid," he thinks many are seeing how "Canadian energy self-sufficiency does make a lot of sense." "I think a lot more people would be receptive to it now, who wouldn't have been six or eight years ago," he said. "You know, a lot of people are still going to have environmental concerns, it's just how much of a shift has there been in public sentiment for that?" Mayne thinks the idea of a cross-country pipeline needs "long-term discussion" and not just a knee-jerk reaction to the trade war, but says for him re-routing around drinking water sources like North Bay's Trout Lake would be essential.
