I'm feeling mildly confident of the Greens winning a bunch more inner-city and inner-west seats in the next Victorian election. The Greens always do well when Labor starts disappointing while in office - and that applies to the federal election next year too.
Jacinta Allan’s Labor faces trouble as the west gets wild
I do wonder about the wisdom of demolishing them; they keep inner-city Melbourne from becoming completely gentrified. And I'm suspicious of what will replace them, whether it'll really be affordable housing or just another property developer dodge.
Melbourne public housing: Heritage bid set to save Park Towers from oblivion
Good idea. Also I wonder why stand-alone houses are being built right to the edge of lots; wouldn't it make more sense environmentally to build terrace housing?
Melbourne housing: Push to force developers to plant trees on new properties in outer suburbs
Surely it'd make more sense to put an injecting room within the grounds of a major hospital, eg St Vincent's? Close to the CBD and wouldn't disrupt CBD businesses and residents.
CBD injecting room: Melbourne churches call for safe facility as city overdoses spike
'Taylor said her research had found that trying to provide enough parking for everybody led to an oversupply of off-street parking but did not stop people parking on the streets.
'“Who parks in the street? It’s mainly people who have houses with garages full of junk,” she said.'
I wonder how difficult it would be to connect trains to an external power source at Southern Cross Station and switch off the diesel engines? I think that's how planes are handled at large airports. However, much of the concern in this report is in the coach terminal.
This battery in Victoria is as big (bigger) than Genesis' Huntly Power Station in Waikato.
Australia has more than 100 of these (10MW+) built or building, so far. NZ will have one for Meridian near Marsden Point, in 2024, maybe.
This is a silly comment by the journalist - given the airport trains are planned to run along the Pakenham line via the new city tunnel, bringing them close to vast numbers of people.
"While people seem to instinctively like the idea of an airport rail link, there are genuine questions about how many people would actually use it, considering the cost, inconvenience and time involved in travelling to the CBD and then out to the airport."
Federal infrastructure funding: Melbourne Airport Rail Link in danger of becoming the next East West Link