Business News Property industry groups have backed the state government’s raft of planning reforms, including the medium-density code policy, which was reworked after receiving mixed reviews. Planning Minister John Carey today announced the State Planning Policy 7.3 would take effect from March 1, to coincide with other planning reforms previously flagged by the government. The policy would […]
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THE GRATTAN INSTITUTE’S LATEST REPORT, PRODUCTIVE CITIES, IS RICH IN STRONG CONCEPTUAL ARGUMENTS, BUT ITS FAILURE TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PERTH AND AUSTRALIA’S OTHER THREE LARGEST CITIES MAKES IT A SOMEWHAT SLANTED REPRESENTATION OF WHY PEOPLE LIVE WHERE THEY DO “If the structure of a city severely restricts access to jobs or […]
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WA BUSINESS NEWS Land sales in Perth may have been languishing at the bottom of the cycle for the past few years, but Colin Keane, the director of national consultancy Research4, is hopeful of a change in direction. Presenting the latest data on the country’s greenfields development market at a recent Urban Development Institute of […]
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