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Is the Melbourne 2030 plan dead? This dodgy State Government plan starts with the idea that Melbourne will have an extra one million residents by 2030. It then tries to work out how to fit ‘em in.
 Basically it wants higher residential density, achieved by having people living near (or, indeed, above) public transport hubs. It […]

I see Leader has been running stories about three people who died after receiving organs from the same donor. There is apparently a big investigation underway by the coroner into this. If they find that the donor had unfit organs it must raise questions about the safety of the organ donor system in Australia. If any […]

What a classic notion this one is - the idea that we’ll be taxed for having a water tank. Any party who tried to pull that one off would be commiting political suicide. The opposite approach is needed: there should be far greater incentives to install water tanks, along with solar hot water heating and […]