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Five-star discrimination
Tony Arnel of Building Commission Victoria ('Real costs of five-star rating') claims that the regulations on new houses will impose costs of only...
Bracks' plan has lost its way
AFTER just three years, the Bracks Government's much trumpeted 30 year plan for Melbourne is in tatters. In recognition of its fundamental flaws,...
Planning red tape the real culprit
A Malaysian-led consortium's proposal to rezone a new area for housing at Rockbank, near Caroline Springs, west of Melbourne, would bring hundreds...
Open door mindset needed for housing
Governments at all levels take enormous interest in housing -- and rightly so. For most of us, our home is our most important investment....
Planning policies are destroying the dream
While rapidly rising housing prices have made some of us rich -- at least on paper -- they are doing great harm to many. The median house price in...
Legislators heed! The burden is proof
Unlike the union-controlled construction industry, the house-building industry is characterised by highly efficient and flexible work practices....