Town/Reg Planning

Jason Dowling and Clay Lucas examine a growing Melbourne and the strain 7 million people will have on essential services November 11, 2009 Article Link: http://www.theage.com.au/national/bursting-at-the-seams-20091110-i7oj.html

Herald Sun Thursday 8/10/2009. Report on the Chinese impact on the Real Estate Market in Melbourne. Article Link: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/…/chinese-ignite…boom/story-e6frf7kx-1225783989959

JASON DOWLING of the Age Newspaper 7th October 09. “FEDERAL Labor MP Kelvin Thomson has savaged the Victorian Government’s handling of urban planning in a blistering newsletter to constituents.” Article Link: http://www.theage.com.au/national/city-an-obese-parody-20091006-glgy.html

The Age 10/10/2009 Article Link: http://www.theage.com.au/national/million-boost-to-city-off-the-rails-experts-20091009-gqtt.html

The Age 10/10/2009 Article Link: http://www.theage.com.au/national/city-lost-control-of-train-network-20091009-gqtd.html

The Australian 10/10/2009 Article Link: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26184628-28737,00.html

The Age 11/10/09 Suburbs on the outer fringe of Melbourne should be built as communities Article Link:

theage.com.au, Lawrence MONEY October 12, 2009. “If the Victorian population clock is to be believed — and if I count my words carefully — then by the time you have finished reading this sentence, one more person will have arrived in Melbourne. …….” (A ‘tongue in cheek’ opinion piece look at population growth and the

Before Kevin Rudd rushes headlong into embracing a population explosion for Australia, he might want to pause for a glance around his own backyard. smh.com.au Article Link:

WITH its fields of silverbeet and neat rows of lettuce glistening in the sun, the farming enclave of Clyde on the Western Port plains doesn’t look much like a battle zone. ….CARMEL EGAN November 15, 2009 theage.com.au Article Link: