In fascinating @parlourinc.bsky.social discussion on our housing challenges, yet another reason why abstract inflexible Zoning, as so widely instituted, fails us & the real city.
We need to be much smarter about this to deal with our housing crisis
The Edwards & Co Ltd warehouse in Surry Hills.
Tall, proud, enduring & adaptable - built to last.
An exemplar of #longlifeloosefit design
So shameful & gutless @albomp.bsky.social
We shouldn’t be involved in any USA-instigated wars - ever again
We should be calling out their illegality & terror
The hypocrisy is so dangerous. While signing us up for an illegal war & claiming it champions human rights of the Iranian people, the Albanese Gov is ramming thru new laws to ban people from #Iran with valid visas from entering Australia.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...
SMH expose on Angus Taylor’s wealth may not have revealed very much …
Except for need for;
- inheritance taxes (essential if we want to slow intergenerational inequity)
- opening up of Family Trusts
(Historically far too many Cabinet Ministers have had them)
No reform = conflict of interest
The monumental stairs of the Sydney Opera House - can sometimes be yours alone
#publicsydney
How much more evidence do we need? The ultra-rich and the governments supporting them will destroy everything for the sake of profit, power and pride. Nothing is precious to them - not human life, not the living world - except their own wealth and status. Our survival depends on resisting them.
The best of #publicsydney in full swing!
Yes 10-15% extra regulatory & construction costs, above 8 or 9 storeys, so the least affordable housing type.
& of course the highest running costs for residents, & the least adaptable.
& towers have the most negative effects on the wider neighbourhood
We need to stop subsidizing motorways, roads, trucks & cars.
The most inefficient, spatially wasteful, environmentally costly of policy fails
Ronni Kahn from Oz Harvest seemed to be the main person thankfully providing some ‘balance’
Rather belatedly, SMH runs substantial analysis on NSW HDA merry go round, where developers can have yet another go at lumping more cherries on their cake.
Add 20 storeys or +250 apartments?
No worries - just waive it along to next stage.
Land speculation on steroids
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Wtf? ABC?
Instead of 4 Corners, we have that drip David Speers on ‘National Forum’ … unsurprisingly on Jewish people’s experiences of antisemitism & violence …
Surely, like that RC, should have been on racism & prejudice more broadly??
It is the heart of US policy, to use fascism to preserve capitalism, while claiming to be saving democracy from communism" ( Michael Parenti)
Iran had a democratically elected pm who wanted to nationalise oil. CIA organised a coup & installed the Shah & his secret police. The people turned to islamic extremists.
Vietnam allied with USA to fight Japan. After the war USA returned their country to French rule.
#illegalwars #regimechange
How about US citizens demonstrate to Iranian citizens how to overthrow a murderous warmongering tyrannical government that oppresses them?
I’m honestly surprised Daedalus Books in Charlottesville hasn’t collapsed under its own weight. My favorite book store of all time
Memo our ABC;
1332 Iranians killed
“Human Rights Watch said attack on a primary school in southern Iran that killed at least 160 people, many of them schoolchildren, should be investigated as a war crime. Al Jazeera’s investigation has also found that targeting the school was likely “deliberate”…
Incredulous at ABC News tonight on warring Middle East;
Coverage wholly biased to Israeli/USA agenda, attacking retaliation by Iran.
Showed massive explosions in Iran - as graphics - without the slightest mention of casualties there.
Also no mention of Israeli offensive in Lebanon, Gaza & beyond
Such important issues for the way we live & the design of cities today.
These societal & environmental issues need to be given much more prominence
“Wait, we’re afraid of walkable distances now?”
“If we don’t build housing to solve homelessness, we don’t really want to solve homelessness.“
“Car dependency isn’t freedom. Mobility freedom comes from mobility choices.”
“Walkable neighbourhoods aren’t scary, they’re convenient.“
This past week’s LAUNCH of the @UrbanTruth.bsky.social went even better than we’d hoped! My colleagues @grantennis.bsky.social @tomflood.bsky.social & I are thrilled with all the buzz & excitement about where things will go from here. And this is just the beginning! Find us on Insta & LinkedIn too.
Penny Wong says the reason the war on Iran is worth supporting is it will
“keep Australians safe”
Supporting an illegal war for regime change with no evidence of a threat will not keep us safe. It will create a new wave of terrorist groups & who hate us like after Iraq. #auspol
We can’t maintain any illusions of “social cohesion” without a fairer society.
That includes long overdue equitable taxation & housing.
As for schools, Howard instituted policies & funding so favourable to private schools. Despite Gonski, successive Labor Govts have done zip to redress this
Boasting about democracy for sale - Joyce has always been the most dismal of politicians
Affordable & Social housing at Glebe Island must be;
-minimum 30% of total floor space
-max 30% of income/ not “market rent”
-in perpetuity, not short term
- include social not only affordable housing
America first. Today’s Age cartoon
Quoted here on Glebe Island plans (let’s ignore meaningless Bays West).
Most important;
-public interest/public space led
-street, park & promenade network, connected beyond island
-mix, not just wealthy development enclave
-social & affordable housing in perpetuity
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
So the world’s most infamous draft dodger wants the unarmed Iranian people to rise up against one of the world’s most ruthless bunch, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard.
Ted Brown, Moama
The Age, letters
In Japan there are 36 words for walking!
Like Japanese cities, the language is highly pedestrian friendly
