Add more products
As we are now seeing, when the price a property can fetch drops, so too does the desire to build it. It was rampant price growth that underpinned developers’ pleas to add supply, not a desire to make housing more affordable.
Read More
As New South Wales voters head to the polls, the two major parties keep raining promises on electorates of ever-larger, ever-faster transport projects.
Today, at least 50 rallies planned across Australia are expected to draw thousands of students who are walking out of school to protest climate change inaction.
If we fail to invest wisely, Sydney risks becoming uncompetitive as talent and businesses leave for better-connected and more liveable cities.
Since the illegal demolition of the historic Corkman Irish Pub in Melbourne in 2016, debate has raged about the best way forward for this historic place.
The Labor Party’s proposal to reduce the tax advantages of being a landlord by limiting negative gearing to new homes has become the new enemy of the landlord class, who are arming themselves for policy combat.
Although Australia is a nation of pet owners and pet lovers, our non-human companions are not welcome in most public spaces in our towns and cities.
In our adversarial legal system, there are losers as well as winners. The losers in this case are the fire engineer, the certifier and the architects
Increasing urban greenery may offer a way to improve older people’s comfort and social experience.
A flood-ravaged Townsville has captured public attention, highlighting the vulnerability of many of our cities to flooding.
In developing Asian countries, more than 50 percent of the urban labour force is in informal work. Street vending is the most visible form of this. Yet no accurate statistics on street vendors are available.
With the dial on public sentiment set to outrage, fuelling a population problem far removed from reality, it’s time for a reasoned consideration of the population policy needs of Australia.
