Daily Archives: July 19, 2011

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An Urban Planner’s Guide to the Melbourne International Film Festival

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I had planned to do a fairly detailed post about the upcoming Melbourne International Film Festival, but I have been distracted by the release of the truly stupefying Small Lot Housing Code.  However, it would be wrong of me, given the dual focus of this page, not to at least note the amount of urban planning content on at MIFF this year.

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The Small Lot Housing Code: Is it Ready to Use?

Urban Planning

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The Growth Area Authority have released their Small Lot Housing Code, following the Planning Minister’s announcement of it last week. It’s a strange beast, worthy of some comment both for its importance (this is potentially a major shake-up of how housing is to be delivered in Victoria) and for the nature and content of the document itself.

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