A legal dispute between the Victorian government and the US firm contracted to replace the myki system raises concerns the state faces another ticketing fiasco – and makes Melbourne look increasingly outdated.
The state government has called on developers to submit their interest in acquiring the sites to deliver new homes close to public transport.
The premier can call me a blocker all she wants,but her government doesn’t have a mandate to put high-rise housing across Melbourne.
Housing supply is unlikely to have bounced back by the next election,so Labor has its work cut out to win over a key bloc of Melburnians.
My generation worked hard to buy a home and start a family. Now,in this housing crisis,we should be doing everything we can to get young people into affordable homes,where they want to live.
The Allan government is ramping up attacks on progressive parties across the inner-city,as it announces an 800-unit development in the inner north today.
Whether you’re in the market for a home,an owner-occupier or looking to sell,subdivide or downsize,find out what’s in the Allan government’s strategy for you.
It was neither bad planning nor a coincidence that Labor chose the upmarket seat of Brighton – deep in political enemy territory – to announce plans to boost housing density in established suburbs last weekend.
Labor hopes its housing policy will not just dig it out of its electoral problems but also its economic woes. Yet the pitch for the young vote is a gamble the Liberals think they can capitalise on.
The government is opening up Melbourne greenfields sites to build up to 180,000 homes and will release land around two major suburban train stations.
A council in Melbourne’s inner east says the state government’s fast-tracking of apartment development cuts across its own plans to cater for growth.