The great housing con is turning Melbourne into an Asian-style megacity
Opinion
City life

The great housing con is turning Melbourne into an Asian-style megacity

The government is trying to dupe citizens about the real causes and nature of a housing crisis.

  • byMichael Buxton andDavid Hayward

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New apartments are abundant across Melbourne. Pity they don’t fix our housing crisis

New apartments are abundant across Melbourne. Pity they don’t fix our housing crisis

The Victorian government’s new housing plan is an attempt to manufacture a crisis to achieve a radical removal of citizen rights.

  • byMichael Buxton
Rail loop rethink is first major test for new planning minister
Opinion
Rail

Rail loop rethink is first major test for new planning minister

The design problems and high cost of the Suburban Rail Loop will make it the greatest public transport infrastructure failure in Australia unless substantially altered.

  • byMichael Buxton
The assault,by stealth,on Melbourne’s suburbs
Opinion
Planning

The assault,by stealth,on Melbourne’s suburbs

The Victorian government has almost finalised a suite of new powers to impose major projects and higher-density development onto large sections of Melbourne.

  • byMichael Buxton