By Edgar Liu & Hazel Easthope Reading the news headlines in Australia in the last handful of years, one could be forgiven for thinking that the only housing issue the general public is interested in is its price, particularly if and how first-time buyers can afford to enter the housing market, or when the housing […]
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It’s not all SINKS, DINKS and nuclear families
November 3rd, 2015 · No Comments · Cities, Housing supply, Wellbeing
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Metro governance and planning
October 28th, 2015 · No Comments · Cities, Government, Planning reform
By Bill Randolph, Director, City Futures Research Centre. This a revised version of an address given at the Cities Roundtable with the Minister for Cities and the Built Environment, Melbourne School of Design. The way in which our cities are governed is probably the most critical issue in determining how well we collectively respond to […]
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New Minister for Cities and the Built Environment
September 21st, 2015 · 1 Comment · Cities, Government
As well as having a new Prime Minister, and a new ministry, we now have for the first time a Minister for Cities and the Built Environment. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has appointed the Hon Jamie Briggs MP to the new role, and signalled a renewed engagement by the Federal Government in urban policy, including […]
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