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What will high speed rail do for regional development?
Albury-Wodonga Yesterday I looked at the carbon reduction justification for high speed rail between Sydney and Melbourne. Today I want to discuss another argument – that high speed rail will promote...
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Will miners, retirees and the NBN drive Tony Burke’s decentralisation agenda?
Grey areas show parts of Victoria without access to Broadband (mainly ADSL) It’s easy to see why that most Whitlamesque of policies – decentralisation – has been revived in this election campaign. Not...
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Can the NBN 'save' our cities?
In yesterday’s post I asked if our largest capitals could grow bigger and remain liveable. Today I’m looking at the flipside – whether or not the National Broadband Network (NBN) will give regional...
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Where are the (infrastructure) white elephants?
With the renewed political focus on regional development, it’s timely to think about white elephants – in this instance specifically about Infrastructure White Elephants. Anytime politicians are...
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Decentralisation of CBD jobs: will it save the suburbs?
Animation of world urban population growth 1950-2050 (UNICEF) Bernard Salt had a fascinating but ultimately somewhat flawed article in The Australian last Saturday, Welcome to the Metropolis, which...
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Can the regions save cities from sprawl?
Distribution of population growth within Victoria, 2001-2011 (Source: Plan Melbourne) Regional development is one of those grand policy ideas that never seem to happen and yet never go away. Having...
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Is decentralisation the answer to cities that are “too big”?
Are Australia’s cities getting “too big”? And if so, is decentralisation the answer? (image source: TechCentral) Sunday Age columnist Farrah Tomazin reckons Melbourne is at risk of choking on its own...
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Is decentralisation regional sprawl by another name?
Regional growth plans envisaged by Plan Melbourne The Leader of the Opposition in Victoria, Matthew Guy, reckons“only the Libs-Nats have a plan for decentralisation and managing population growth....
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Is regional sprawl better than suburban sprawl?
Distribution of population growth within Victoria, 2001-2011 – Melbourne accounted for 88% of growth (Source: Plan Melbourne) On Monday, the Victorian opposition’s spokesperson on population policy,...
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Suburban sprawl or regional sprawl?
Bendigo suburbia in regional Victoria could be set for more “overspill” growth from Melbourne The Liberal/National Opposition in Victoria is pushing its policy of “decentralising” a large share of...
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