The strange invisibility of trunk roads
Australia’s failure to address a number of recent policy challenges – think housing crisis, gambling reform, climate change – are failures of willpower, not actual blindness. We seem to treat many of our urban roads as though they are invisible.
Victoria’s Big Build didn’t have four problems, it had one
The grift, thuggery, misogyny and violence aren’t four separate problems needing four separate fixes. Each thrived on construction sites where people couldn’t safely raise concerns. Victoria already has…
Victoria is cutting planned spending on infrastructure; but this is what it needs
The Victorian government is switching up its infrastructure commitments and beyond. Among them, it’s finding $2 billion in savings from Suburban Rail Loop East and winding up Infrastructure…
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China and social housing; Centuria and Energy Bay; cheaper insulation in Vic; Electric waste trucks; CBD densities
New organisation could see Chinese partners helping with social housing construction, Centuria signs clean energy deal with Energy Bay, Victorian government rolls out cheaper insulation, Electric…
The strange invisibility of trunk roads
Australia’s failure to address a number of recent policy challenges – think housing crisis, gambling reform, climate change – are failures of willpower, not actual blindness. We seem to…
Victoria’s Big Build didn’t have four problems, it had one
The grift, thuggery, misogyny and violence aren’t four separate problems needing four separate fixes. Each thrived on construction sites where people couldn’t safely raise concerns. Victoria already has…
Victoria is cutting planned spending on infrastructure; but this is what it needs
The Victorian government is switching up its infrastructure commitments and beyond. Among them, it’s finding $2 billion in savings from Suburban Rail Loop East and winding up Infrastructure…
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