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  1. Visitor tax on short-stay accommodation dies in Tasmanian parliament
    By Lucy MacDonald

    A Tasmanian government push to introduce a visitor tax on short-stay accommodation has been defeated in the state's upper house with Labor and multiple independents voting it down.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-09/tas

    #HousingPolicy #StateandTerritoryGovernment #TourismandLeisureIndustry #LucyMacDonald

  2. Visitor tax on short-stay accommodation dies in Tasmanian parliament
    By Lucy MacDonald

    A Tasmanian government push to introduce a visitor tax on short-stay accommodation has been defeated in the state's upper house with Labor and multiple independents voting it down.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-09/tas

    #HousingPolicy #StateandTerritoryGovernment #TourismandLeisureIndustry #LucyMacDonald

  3. Visitor tax on short-stay accommodation dies in Tasmanian parliament
    By Lucy MacDonald

    A Tasmanian government push to introduce a visitor tax on short-stay accommodation has been defeated in the state's upper house with Labor and multiple independents voting it down.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-09/tas

    #HousingPolicy #StateandTerritoryGovernment #TourismandLeisureIndustry #LucyMacDonald

  4. Court ruling clears way for 124-home Byron Shire development
    By Hannah Ross

    Opponents of a controversial housing development in northern New South Wales will have a week to appeal a Federal Court ruling before excavators start digging up the site.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-07/wal

    #RegionalDevelopmentandPlanning #EnvironmentalPolicy #Activism #HousingPolicy #EndangeredandProtectedSpecies #HannahRoss

  5. Court ruling clears way for 124-home Byron Shire development
    By Hannah Ross

    Opponents of a controversial housing development in northern New South Wales will have a week to appeal a Federal Court ruling before excavators start digging up the site.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-07/wal

    #RegionalDevelopmentandPlanning #EnvironmentalPolicy #Activism #HousingPolicy #EndangeredandProtectedSpecies #HannahRoss

  6. Court ruling clears way for 124-home Byron Shire development
    By Hannah Ross

    Opponents of a controversial housing development in northern New South Wales will have a week to appeal a Federal Court ruling before excavators start digging up the site.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-07/wal

    #RegionalDevelopmentandPlanning #EnvironmentalPolicy #Activism #HousingPolicy #EndangeredandProtectedSpecies #HannahRoss

  7. Court ruling clears way for 124-home Byron Shire development
    By Hannah Ross

    Opponents of a controversial housing development in northern New South Wales will have a week to appeal a Federal Court ruling before excavators start digging up the site.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-07/wal

    #RegionalDevelopmentandPlanning #EnvironmentalPolicy #Activism #HousingPolicy #EndangeredandProtectedSpecies #HannahRoss

  8. Court ruling clears way for 124-home Byron Shire development
    By Hannah Ross

    Opponents of a controversial housing development in northern New South Wales will have a week to appeal a Federal Court ruling before excavators start digging up the site.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-07/wal

    #RegionalDevelopmentandPlanning #EnvironmentalPolicy #Activism #HousingPolicy #EndangeredandProtectedSpecies #HannahRoss

  9. Sydney developer admits renting 'affordable' apartment to staffer
    By Pat McGrath and Kate Ashton

    A Sydney property developer admits to allowing a staff member to live in one of its north-shore affordable housing properties, in an apparent breach of planning conditions now under investigation by the local council.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-04/dev

    #RentalHousing #UrbanDevelopmentandPlanning #HousingPolicy #PatMcGrath #KateAshton

  10. Luxury tower 'affordability' claim rejected in landmark court ruling
    By Dominic Cansdale

    A landmark court ruling casts doubt over Gold Coast high-rise approvals, finding luxury apartments cannot justify exceeding height limits on the basis of "housing choice and affordability".

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-15/gol

    #HousingPolicy #LocalGovernment #HousingConstructionIndustry #UrbanDevelopmentandPlanning #DominicCansdale

  11. NSW government reveals blueprint to fit an extra 1.3m people into Sydney
    By Tony Ibrahim

    The city's east will bear the brunt of Sydney's housing growth over the next 20 years, according to a new NSW government blueprint.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-13/nsw

    #HousingPolicy #UrbanDevelopmentandPlanning #StateandTerritoryGovernment #TonyIbrahim

  12. Extra homes in Sydney's east as city looks to squeeze in 1.3m more people
    By Tony Ibrahim

    The city's east will bore the brunt of Sydney's housing growth over the next 20 years, according to a new NSW government blueprint.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-13/nsw

    #HousingPolicy #UrbanDevelopmentandPlanning #StateandTerritoryGovernment #TonyIbrahim

  13. Queensland council to turn park into a dedicated homeless camp
    By Georgina Robinson, Ellen Fanning, Craig Zonca and Loretta Ryan, and Kenji Sato

    A park in Moreton Bay will soon become a free, legal campsite for people experiencing homelessness under a 12-month trial by the local council.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-13/mor

    #Homelessness #LocalGovernment #HousingPolicy #Charities #GeorginaRobinson #EllenFanning #CraigZonca #LorettaRyan #KenjiSato

  14. Land shapes housing before design.

    In cities like NYC and Tokyo, high land costs and zoning limits push apartments smaller.

    Micro-apartments aren’t a trend, they’re a pressure response.

    When zoning loosens, supply adapts; when land stays scarce, density is the only option.

    So are micro-apartments the problem, or a signal of land policy at work?

    #microapartments #landacquisition #zoning #urbanplanning #housingpolicy #realestate #housingcrisis #affordability #cities