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21 May 2026

Parking Requirements Push Up Victorian Housing Costs

Mandatory parking provisions embedded in Victorian planning schemes are adding unnecessary costs to housing developments across the state, with reform advocates...

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Planning PolicyEditorial
20 May 2026

SA tops nation for apartment parking costs, report finds

Mandatory carparking rules force SA residents to pay Australia’s steepest prices for spaces, despite 40 per cent of apartment dwellers owning no car. The post S...

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Planning PolicyRepost
19 May 2026

‘It’s a sophisticated business’: New calls for regulation in the short-stay market

It was marketed as a “side hustle” to rent out the spare room, but new data shows more than half the listings with one major platform are managed by accounts wi...

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Planning PolicyRepost
19 May 2026

Transforming transport needs density, infrastructure and precincts: Part 3, Precincts and introducing the ROD

The Fifth Estate - Peter Newman and Ray Wills argue that urban and regional precincts are the crucial scale for electrification, shifting development from foss...

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Planning PolicyRepost
12 May 2026

GAIC Levy Changes: What Victorian Developers Need to Know

Property developers working in Melbourne's growth corridors face renewed scrutiny of infrastructure contribution costs as the Victorian Planning Authority refin...

3 min read
Planning PolicyEditorial
12 May 2026

‘Stranded Sydney’ got the topic right and the diagnosis wrong

The Fifth Estate - Tim Sneesby critiques the SMH ‘Stranded Sydney’ series, arguing infrastructure failures stem from political interference and weakened develo...

1 min read
Planning PolicyRepost