Stuart Moseley – chief executive of the Victorian Planning Authority – has penned a propaganda piece in Fairfax spruiking a ‘Big Melbourne’ and high density living:
I think it’s time as a community to sort out the first world problems from the things that will really matter. Do we have a liveable environment? Can we walk or cycle to most of the places we want to go? Do we live within a 20-minute trip of where we work? Do we have easy access to all the services and amenities we need? Are our homes environmentally sustainable and do we have open space close to where we live? Are we totally reliant on our cars?…
There are a number of realities that as Victorians we don’t have direct power over. National population growth is one of the big ones. Melbourne will overtake Sydney in population at current projections by 2028.
