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News Limited finance guru Terry McCrann was the guest speaker at the July UDIA lunch attended by Collie. In summary, McCrann suggested that our future is inextricably linked to the future of China. Although the economic growth in China has...
Results of the 2011 census were released last week, with some interesting findings for Melbourne and Victoria. The census recorded a total of 3,999,982 Melburnians, up from 3,647,021, in 2006. Wyndham experienced the highest growth with an increase of 43.3...
The VanDusen (named after one of its key benefactors) Garden is in the suburbs of Vancouver, Canada. For five decades until about 1960, it had been part of an exclusive golf club. The club re-located due to the expansion of...
The Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS) is North America's most innovative high-performance building - and it is on the University of British Columbia (UBC) campus in Vancouver, Canada. CIRS demonstrates how a building can be regenerative by...
The Minister for Planning made a number of significant planning announcements at a recent function held at Federation Square attended by Collie. First, the Minister released the four new Growth Corridor Plans for Melbourne. These plans are for the...
From 5 June 2012 (via amendment VC90), all planning schemes in Victoria will contain new car parking provisions. This was announced recently by the Minster for Planning Matthew Guy and follows the 2012 work of the Car Parking Advisory Committee....
Last week Planning Minister Matthew Guy announced a preferred framework for the reforms to the approach to development contributions. Development contributions plans outline the works or payments that must be made by developers to implement infrastructure such as roads, drainage...
A group of planners from Collie took a table at the recent VPELA ball, themed on the 'Titanic'/ The band played on as the ship went down but luckily in this re-enactment all survived – more or less!
An interesting seminar regarding contaminated land was organized by the Planning Institute of Australia (Victorian Division) on 8 May at Russell Kennedy Solicitors. Presenters included Stefan Fiedler (Russell Kennedy), Michael Rehfisch (Senversa) and John Glossop (Glossop Town Planning). The meeting...
PLANNING SYSTEM REVIEW - ADVISORY COMMITTEE INITIAL REPORT A recent media release from the Minister for Planning, Mr Mathew Guy, was titled "Government declares war on planning red tape". The media release accompanied the Victorian Planning System Ministerial Advisory Committee...