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Australia’s land prices have risen fivefold in 25 years
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Thursday February 19 2026

Australia’s land prices have risen fivefold in 25 years

The cost of vacant residential land in Australia has risen by more than fivefold since the beginning of the century, new data shows.

Victoria unveils plans for 20 storey apartments in more middle suburbs
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Thursday February 12 2026

Victoria unveils plans for 20 storey apartments in more middle suburbs

Apartments of up to twenty storeys are set to be allowed around transport hubs in more of Melbourne’s middle suburbs as the Victorian Government seeks to...

A planner’s formula for more (and better) market supply of housing
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Wednesday November 12 2025

A planner’s formula for more (and better) market supply of housing

To state the obvious, market supply of housing depends first and foremost on market conditions. 

It takes a bi-partisan approach to defeat NIMBYs
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Wednesday November 5 2025

It takes a bi-partisan approach to defeat NIMBYs

As CEO of Urban Taskforce Australia, I regularly heard feedback from members expressing their exasperation over the political shenanigans surrounding planning reform. 

NSW Acts on Sydney’s Industrial Land Shortage
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Wednesday January 29 2025

NSW Acts on Sydney’s Industrial Land Shortage

New South Wales has released a new plan for industrial land as the government in that state moves to address a chronic industrial land shortage particularly...

Sorting out uncertainty in the planning system
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Tuesday October 22 2024

Sorting out uncertainty in the planning system

It’s important to unpack just how planning regulation might affect the responsiveness of housing supply.

Performance based planning; Better late than never
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Tuesday March 12 2024

Performance based planning; Better late than never

As Australia’s housing crisis continues, reform of planning regulations is front and centre in the Commonwealth Government’s policy agenda. 

What has the price of fish got to do with planning and housing?
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Monday January 29 2024

What has the price of fish got to do with planning and housing?

Planning regulation is regularly singled out as the prime culprit in Australia’s housing crisis. 

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13 Jan, 2020
Qld councillors got funds for own projects

Former Ipswich councillors spent millions of ratepayer dollars on projects in their own areas instead of funding initiatives that would have benefited the Queensland city as...

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7 Sep, 2018
NSW:Poll Shows Distaste for Luna Park Rules

Luna Park is campaigning to restore its old planning arrangements after a poll revealed community distaste for a court ruling that wrapped it up in what...

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Residential
31 Jul, 2018
Sydenham To Bankstown Planning Backdown Bad For Future Housing Supply

The backdown by the NSW Government on it’s Planned Precincts along the Sydenham to Bankstown corridor is yet another pre-election move that will put new housing...

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Environment
8 Jun, 2018
New Screening Process For Contaminated Land

The Andrews Labor Government is trialling a more efficient approach for assessing potentially contaminated land in Victoria.

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8 Feb, 2018
Zoning Changes for Sydney's Sirius Site

The site of Sydney's harbourside brutalist building Sirius, which was once home to more than 100 social housing residents, could become anything from a club, a...

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17 Jan, 2018
SA Resources Sector Pushes for Land Access

Improved land access has been included on an election wish list published by the South Australian resources sector's peak industry body.

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