As Melbourne hosted the EcoCity World Summit this week, we may be thinking about the progress Australia has made in achieving sustainable urbanization. Australian metropolitan planning has long recognized the urban geographer Clive Foster as what is called a “compact urban consensus”. This is a commitment to an integrated, well-designed, low-energy city with high usage…
Labour leader Shawton will announce plans to impose a special tax of 640 million Australian dollars on big banks and financial institutions. Special taxes are used to support victims who are exploited by the financial industry. The Federal Opposition believes this is the best way to respond to the Royal Commission investigation. The special tax…
Prime Minister Morrison is expected to announce today that the government will open a green light to expand the snow-capped hydropower project. The expansion of the Snow Mountain Hydropower Project is expected to total a total investment of A$1.38 billion, which is funded by the federal government. It is expected that after the completion…
Every 12 minutes, an Australian has died of cardiovascular disease, and every 5 minutes an Australian has a heart attack or stroke. “This means that people can better have doctors perform proper inspections,” Health Minister Greg Hunt said on Sunday. “They can see if there is a problem with the lifestyle and whether further action…
Prime Minister Morrison warned against mentioning the delay in exporting coal to China as a diplomatic tension. Australia has sought China to explain why there is a delay. The coal export unloading time was extended to 40 days, which was nearly twice as long. However, the federal government denied that Dalian Port banned Australian coal.…
The population of Australia has grown by 3.8 million over the past decade. Melbourne is the fastest growing city in the capital city – close to 1 million new immigrants in the ten years to June 2016. With this growth, there is a need to expand social infrastructure – all the common social services and…
For 150 years, Melbourne people have dreamed of becoming a square, a great ritual space where people can relax, celebrate, protest or simply enjoy companionship with their fellow citizens. They have a word about their dreams – a citizen square. The term “citizen” means “city” or “belonging to citizenship”. They don’t want markets, parks,…
A few months after Prime Minister Scott Morrison promised to slow population growth, Australian immigration levels are reported to have reached record highs. In 2018, Australia received a total of 832,560 new permanent immigrants, an increase of 7.1% over 2017. If the Australians are taken into account, the number of net immigrants coming to…
Finance Minister Mathias Cormann’s ticket to Singapore for vacation was paid by a travel company controlled by the Liberal Party’s treasurer, Andrew Burnes, and within a few weeks of the company’s $1 billion contract from Commann’s division. Helloworld is a publicly traded company, and Burnes is the company’s president. It uses the company’s “employee…
Two waste stations operated by one of Victoria’s largest waste disposal companies are temporarily closed, and the Victorian State Government meets with several city halls to avoid reclaimable waste being thrown into landfills. The two SKL recycling stations in Coolaroo and Laverton were ordered by the environmental authorities to stop accepting garbage last week because…