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Tag Archives: missing middle

Fact checking ACT Ministers’ press statements

April 8, 2023A DICKSON RESIDENT, CANBERRA, equity, GOVERNANCE, green infrastructure, housing, opinions, SUSTAINABLE SETTLEMENTS, transport, trees, urban design, urban developmentHousing ACT, Mick Gentleman, missing middle, Rebecca Vassarotti, Yvette BerryPaul Costigan

 Gentleman’s patronising praise

The planning minister’s 22 March media release on the feedback received on the planning reforms was a real gem.

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Welfare organisations fall for the Greenslabor Mything Middle scam

March 29, 2023A DICKSON RESIDENT, biodiversity, bullying, CANBERRA, climate change, distraction, equity, gardens, GOVERNANCE, green infrastructure, heritage, housing, opinions, parks, planning, SUSTAINABLE SETTLEMENTS, trees, urban design, urban developmentACT Greens, Andrew Barr, Ben Ponton, Dickson Residents Group, equity, missing middlePaul Costigan

In 2011 the Dickson Residents Group asked the then planning minister, Andrew Barr, to consider a comprehensive eight-point plan for this inner north precinct.

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