The Federal Opposition has accused Liberal MP Tim Wilson of unethical behaviour and called on him to resign as the head of a parliamentary committee examining a contentious Labor policy. Key points: Tim Wilson has used a parliamentary committee to examine a Labor policy He has led town-hall style meetings seeking feedback on a plan…
Stunning new details have been revealed about the lawyer whose role as a Victoria Police informant sparked a royal commission, including that she was registered as an informant 10 years earlier than previously thought. Key points: The commission has been told the informant was first registered in 1995, not 2005 as previously understood The scope…
1Review After reviewing the main related works, we can draw the following issues that justify and summarize our contributions in this field: 1. Informational urbanism needs to be fed by valuable knowledge to be useful for designing smart urban planning actions. Big data technology and the IoT play a vital role in providing it, but…
An adventurous wallaby has been temporarily arrested by police in Victoria’s east after taking officers on a wild roo chase. The lost marsupial sprung away from officers who spotted him on the street before being herded through the gates and into the Ballarat police station. Acting Sergeant Tracey Atkins said the wallaby “was a lot…
In 2017, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) found that half of the users who use fiber-to-node connections to NBN could not get the fastest two-speed. Eight vendors, including Telstra, Optus and TPG, acknowledged that they made false or misleading statements about the speed of connections that some users might use. The ACCC received…
Telco TPG is ceasing the rollout of its mobile network, which would have been a fourth competitor in the Australian mobile phone market. Key points: TPG says the Federal Government’s ban on Huawei 5G equipment makes its mobile network rollout unviable The telco says it already spent $100m on the network rollout with a further…
The Real Estate Institute of Victoria’s latest data reveals that Melbourne’s median house price increased 1.4 per cent to $826,500 (from $815,000) and the unit price increased 1.8 per cent to $597,000 (from $586,500) in the 2018 calendar year. REIV President Robyn Waters said that despite low confidence, sluggish auction clearance rates and a…
Major construction works have begun on the site of the new Parkville Station with the Acting Premier and Minister for Transport Infrastructure marking the occasion with a site visit last week. Parkville, one of the five stations to be built as part of the Melbourne Metro project, will have a station box measuring…
The Melbourne residential market has experienced years of unprecedented growth that saw prices peak in November 2017. Now, after decades of rapid price hikes, the market is starting to self-correct to a level more traditionally akin to a ‘normal’ market, with organic ebbs and flows. David Kobritz, executive chairman of Dealcorp, said the housing market in…
Healus’ share price spiked 17.5 per cent to $2.75 last week – including a 9 per cent jump the day before the takeover bid was announced, which the corporate regulator is looking into. “The board remains very confident in the strategy being implemented by the management team and in the future growth of Healius,” said…