Independent think tank the Grattan Institute says regional Victorian towns need to keep current residents before trying to attract new ones, if they are going to survive in an increasingly city-centric economy. A report from economic consultants SGS has found regional Victoria contributes less per hour of labour to the nation’s economy than any other…
PHOTO: This 57-square-metre home in the Geelong suburb of Norlane is on a 160-square-metre block. (Supplied: Sally Wills) Registered builder Sally Wills says when it comes to housing, there is no such thing as too small. “If you can address your actual living needs, I think potentially 10 or 15 square metres is a very…
As the only Australian town home to two former mental asylums, Ararat in western Victoria has a unique and dark history, and the local council plans to use that to its advantage to tap into the so-called dark tourism market. Dark tourism involves travel to sites that are marked by death, suffering or trauma. Ararat…
The Premier last night, through his facebook page, gave a media alert of sorts for a big announcement to happen at 7am this morning and sure enough it was right. For so long orbital connections in Melbourne have been all about freeways – take the North East Link, it’s the final piece of our primary…
PHOTO: A team of archaeologists on the site of excavations for the Melbourne Metro Tunnel. (Supplied: Metro Tunnel) An unprecedented archaeological dig is underway beneath Melbourne’s CBD. In order to make way for the Metro Tunnel — a rail network that will include five new stations — a team of more than 100 archaeologists, students…
The ALP Andrews Government has rolled out another November election commitment, pledging to duplicate the Cranbourne line and commitment to start the planning process which will see the line extended to Clyde. The Coalition opposition unveiled plans to extend the Cranbourne line a few weeks ago, however in their election commitment duplication of the Cranbourne line…
Project Type： Townhouse
Project Address：42-44 Marlborough Rd
Land Area： 4255m2
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Residents in the Camperdown district in south-west Victoria are concerned about the scale of a solar farm proposed to be built on farmland near the town. Camperdown, population 3,300, covers about four square kilometres. The planned Bookaar Solar Farm, to be located 10km north-west of the town, would occupy about six square kilometres. “It’s unbelievable,”…
The Victorian Greens have announced that as part of their 2018 election pitch, $100 million would be allocated to begin the planning for the Melbourne Metro 2 project, which seeks to build a rail tunnel from Clifton Hill to Newport via Fishermans Bend, and link the Mernda and Werribee train lines. In policy documents published…
Road user pricing is a topic that the local and federal levels of government are happy to talk about, but not so much at the state level. The City of Melbourne over June and July has progressively released discussion papers on all things transport related including car parking, walking, cycling and public transport and is…
