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Michael Buxton
Michael Buxton is Emeritus Professor Environment and Planning at RMIT University.
Opinion
City life
The great housing con is turning Melbourne into an Asian-style megacity
The government is trying to dupe citizens about the real causes and nature of a housing crisis.
- by Michael Buxton and David Hayward
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Opinion
Affordable housing
New apartments are abundant across Melbourne. Pity they don’t fix our housing crisis
The Victorian government’s new housing plan is an attempt to manufacture a crisis to achieve a radical removal of citizen rights.
- by Michael Buxton
Opinion
Rail
Rail loop rethink is first major test for new planning minister
The design problems and high cost of the Suburban Rail Loop will make it the greatest public transport infrastructure failure in Australia unless substantially altered.
- by Michael Buxton
Opinion
Planning
The assault, by stealth, on Melbourne’s suburbs
The Victorian government has almost finalised a suite of new powers to impose major projects and higher-density development onto large sections of Melbourne.
- by Michael Buxton
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