Archived publication for 2006
Recent publications
Fixing the Crisis: A fair deal for homebuyers in WA
Planning policies, more than any other factor, restrict the capacity of first home buyers, and other less advantaged groups, from achieving a goal of home ownership. Current planning orthodoxies inflate urban land prices and discriminate against...
Who pays? Political donations and democratic accountability
All sides of politics share a fear of governments held hostage to wealthy individuals or organisations that use donations to buy influence.
Moderm campaigning and the federal system
Whereas campaigning used to be largely confined, for most MPs, to the five or six weeks of the campaign, now it is a continuous process.
Planning restraints: A plague on wealth and the democratic process
Economic planning is a term as archaic as phrases such as 'peoples' democracy' or 'proletarian justice'. Yet urban planning-and land planning generally-is flourishing and dominates the evolving structure of cities.
Cutting Red Tape in Victoria's Planning Processes
Over recent years, planning in Australia and many other countries has assumed a greatly enlarged role in determining the use of land. This is a regrettable outcome and one that imposes huge economic costs onto the community, as well as undermining...