Laurens St Art hoardings

stephenPublic transport

The splendid art hoardings in Laurens Street, North Melbourne illustrate the history of the Arden Metro station precinct from pre colonial times to the present. Funded by the Melbourne Metro Creative Art program, they are the result of lobbying by …

Intake substation

stephenDevelopment, Environment, Open space

In this evening’s (19 Nov. 2019) meeting, Lucy Mackenzie Worters (and helpers) from Metro Tunnel Cross Yarra Partnership gave us a short presentation on the intake substation that will link the new North Melbourne Station to the West Melbourne Terminal …

New social housing strategy by Dr. Duncan Rouch

stephenPlanning, Social issues

Homelessness is a continuing problem in Victoria (O’Sullivan 2017). There is also insufficient public housing and community housing (including affordable housing), together which we may call social housing. Moreover, serious questions remain about current government social housing policy in Victoria. …