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Councillors who fence sit their constituents

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what priority given to urban aesthetics?

The October 2024 local government elections provide Melbourne residents with the opportunity to examine the record of their councillors on the key issue of development and the reshaping of the amenities and aesthetics of their suburbs, the place they have chosen to invest in for the rest of their lives.

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How many storeys are inappropriate?

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Ivanhoe Urban Architecture

Political spin justifies anything

Recently in The Age (19th July 2024) several local politicians and a few ‘experts’ spoke of  the coming of apartments towers to the central areas of Ivanhoe with the emphasis on those sites nearer the railway station.

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