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We REALLY need to talk about Melbourne planning - Letter to the Wheeler...
Reading this letter to the Wheeler center about a shocking spin exercise delivered by professional development spruikers, with Roz Hansen (who is also involved in fielding public submissions), one is...
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Oz Parliament: Kelvin Thomson on Planning and Population, Environment and...
"I, and every other post-war baby boomer, can count myself incredibly lucky to be born when I was, because our children do not have the opportunities my generation had—job and career opportunities,...
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If Plan Melbourne were really seeking your opinion then it would not go ahead
Jill Quirk of Sustainable Population Australia (SPA), Victorian and Tasmanian Branch, writes about the many problems of Plan Melbourne. Indeed there are so many problems that it is crazy to go ahead....
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Professor Roz Hansen cans East-West link on democracy, parkland and public...
Item 6.3, MCC Futures Committee Meeting on 10 December 2013: "Council’s submission should state ‘up front’ that it opposes the East West Link project. This inner urban freeway project will undermine,...
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Ringwood Public Meeting - Population growth impact on local communities
Hon. Kelvin Thomson is conducting a Victoria First public meeting about population concerns in Ringwood on Saturday 29th March 2014, 2PM-4PM. at Central Ringwood Community Centre, Bedford Park, Bedford...
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Kleptomania and the Contract State: the political threat to Melbourne’s...
See also: Wasteful budgets mar state projects (8/5/2014) by Kenneth Davidson in The Age."The Victorian government appears to be bent on creating ‘rent-seeking’ opportunities for construction companies...
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Save Our Suburbs sends Vic politicians pre-election planning survey
Save our Suburbs (S.O.S.) have developed the attached survey on planning issues for candidates at the coming State Election. They are writing to ask planning groups to sign on to the survey. They will...
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Remarkable: Compulsory acquisition of homes, loss of Victory Square - Orrong...
As if the development and construction of 590 Orrong Road isn't enough, residents at 'ground zero' are now facing compulsory acquisition of their homes. They need your help today. You will also be...
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The residential rezoning merry-go-round continues; First the Coalition; now...
Moreland residents are presently being treated to a new round of ‘consultations’ throughout the municipality, and being indoctrinated by Council staff on the assumed benefits of residential rezoning...
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Pascoe Vale Resident’s account of Moreland Council ‘Neighbourhood Centres...
I went to the one [meeting] at Pascoe Vale neighbourhood Community Hall. People were hostile. They [Council staff] said they were seeking community input for their submission. One resident said;'Is it...
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Alert! Melbourne Subway plans threaten St Kilda Rd trees, the Domain, the...
(Submission inside) Plans for the proposed underground railway from north west to south east of the city are not yet finalised. On Friday the 13th the Minister of Planning said the location of the...
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Election 2018: Stop the 'streamlining': Restore our city and our parks with...
VicRoads recently closed down Hoddle Street for a week to work on streamlining the corridor. The project is expected to continue for the rest of 2018."Streamlining" in this case is a euphemism for...
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Hong Kong planning rules for Melbourne under Labor - Alert from the...
BRAG has always tried to remain unaligned politically but the plans the Andrews’ Government has for centralizing planning, if re-elected, require us to take a stand. The plans are being developed in...
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Absurdistan Melbourne: Vested interests prevent Melbourne City Council quorum...
In our article, "Melbourne Planning: Minimum sunlight for parks in city of growing shadows," we noted that Melbourne City Council intended to form a special committee to evaluate submissions already...
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"Cut the crap!" Malvern East Group Submission on Melbourne's Future Planning...
SUBMISSION…..MELBOURNE’S FUTURE PLANNING FRAMEWORK REVIEWMEG is grateful to have heard of this review from Clifford Hayes (MLC Southern Metropolitan Region and we are surprised that DELWP didn’t send...
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Stonnington Mayor expresses alarm re Victorian State "Planning Reform"
"I am highly concerned that residents’ rights are being eroded progressively and quietly by the State government through these Planning Reforms under the veil and distraction of a COVID emergency."...
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Save Our Suburbs sends Vic politicians pre-election planning survey
Save our Suburbs (S.O.S.) have developed the attached survey on planning issues for candidates at the coming State Election. They are writing to ask planning groups to sign on to the survey. They will...
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Remarkable: Compulsory acquisition of homes, loss of Victory Square - Orrong...
As if the development and construction of 590 Orrong Road isn't enough, residents at 'ground zero' are now facing compulsory acquisition of their homes. They need your help today. You will also be...
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The residential rezoning merry-go-round continues; First the Coalition; now...
Moreland residents are presently being treated to a new round of ‘consultations’ throughout the municipality, and being indoctrinated by Council staff on the assumed benefits of residential rezoning...
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Pascoe Vale Resident’s account of Moreland Council ‘Neighbourhood Centres...
I went to the one [meeting] at Pascoe Vale neighbourhood Community Hall. People were hostile. They [Council staff] said they were seeking community input for their submission. One resident said;'Is it...
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