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Not seeing eye-to-eye on how to fix housing malaise
Political parties offer differing policy initiatives ahead of the Victorian state election in November.
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Economy
‘We are working harder and longer but we are not working smarter’
Report shows labour productivity rose marginally in the last quarter, easily outpaced by growth in work hours.
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Economy
Climate change risks plenty in infrastructure
A state has been warned climate change-linked weather hazards endanger almost a fifth of the value of major infrastructure assets.
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‘Game of Monopoly’: wiggle room on high-rise maps
Plans to build apartment complexes with up to 20 floors have been compared to a simplistic board game as housing advocates hail the “promising vision”.
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Mass relocation as public housing faces wrecking ball
Residents have been put on notice to move out as public housing advocates fight a plan to reduce city towers to rubble.
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Threats and profanity as builder collapse boiled over
Staff and home owners were at each other’s throats as a state insurance scheme struggled with “unprecedented” demand after a construction giant went bust.
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‘Scorched earth’: public housing demo plan picked apart
Legal minds, engineers and residents have renewed their fight to tear down plans to demolish and rebuild a city’s entire stock of public housing towers.
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Regulation
Dodgy builder ‘nightmares’ spark protections shake-up
Victims of dodgy builders have been promised easier access to a state-operated insurance scheme to fix shoddy work under a consumer law shake-up.
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Victoria to become townhouse capital of Australia
Jacinta Allan is pushing forward plans to turn the state into a townhouse capital, with reforms blocking neighbours from appealing against three storey developments.
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Regulation
More charges over building regulator kickbacks scandal
The Independent Broad-based Anti-Corruption Commission has laid more charges as part of its investigation into alleged financial gains linked to builder registrations signed off by the Victorian Building Authority.
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Regulation
Double tax for Airbnbs as councils retain fee powers
Airbnb owners and users face a double tax whammy in Victoria after the government introduced a bill to parliament to impose a 7.5 per cent user-pays levy on short-stay platforms such as Airbnb and Stayz.
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Push against NIMBYs in the planning appeals yard
Draft plans for the initial 10 suburban centres – outlined in the Victorian government’s 2023 housing statement – have been unveiled with Premier Jacinta Allan who claimed they will suit local communities.
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Liberal leader Pesutto pitches housing plan to faithful
Victorian Liberal leader John Pesutto has used a speech to party faithful to pitch a crackdown on cultural heritage process delays to speed up housing builds.