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Fear mongering over property taxes helps nobody: developers and the community can both win when we share the windfalls

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Are development contributions to blame for housing affordability woes?

Insights Housing

Where are people working from home, and how could this reshape Australia’s cities and regions?

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What's the price of sunshine? Proposed mandatory height controls in Melbourne

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Open Space

Proposed planning measures to protect winter sunshine in Melbourne's public spaces could generate a benefit of between $50 million and $100 million per year.

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Declining retail centres will hurt local communities, but we can limit the damage if we act fast

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Retail

Retail centres contribute to residents' economic and social wellbeing, but declining suburban retail centres and high streets need government support to stay viable into the future.

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LIVE Q&A EVENT: Treaty, People, Place

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The State of Victoria is working with Aboriginal Victorians as equal partners to develop a historic first treaty (or treaties), which has the potential to redefine the relationship between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Victorians. Join us to discuss how this will affect policy and land use planning...

SGS Economics and Planning Alison Fong

SGS scholarship supports student's passion for shaping adaptable and inclusive spaces

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A student in the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning at the University of Melbourne, Alison Fong was awarded the 2021 SGS Graham Larcombe scholarship for academic excellence and showcasing a genuine commitment to tackling social disadvantage in the urban environment.

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Windfall tax backlash misunderstands property rights

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Housing

The Victorian Government’s decision to introduce a 50 per cent tax on rezoning windfalls, announced in its 2021-22 Budget, made many peak industry bodies froth at the mouth. But criticism of the windfall tax does not consider basic economics and a common-sense view of fairness.

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Co-operative and Mutual Enterprises (CMEs) contribute billions to the Australian economy and play a vital and quantifiable role locally and internationally, shows new report

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In 2019-20, co-operative and mutual enterprises (CMEs) contributed a whopping $90 billion towards Australian incomes, $20 billion towards Australia’s GDP and 180,000 full-time equivalent jobs reveals the new National Mutual Economy Report.