Empty rooms pile up as garden state abandoned

”, 1/4) is surely an example of collusion among prospective buyers, developers and the government. Even first-home buyers these days seek their four-bedroom, three-bathroom dream home from the outset. The accepted trade-off is living in a new estate bereft of trees, 50 kilometres from the CBD. Unfortunately, despite their remote locations, these homes, among the largest in the world, are precariously sited on ever-shrinking blocks because there is decreased profit in larger allotments.

Finally, governments have obviously abandoned their regulatory role, otherwise why would there be such a dramatic contrast between established and new suburbs?You always knew it was too late when signs appeared on fences saying “I oppose inappropriate development”. A local house was about to be replaced by something dreadful. The neighbours were so often disparaged by others who completely ignored the word “inappropriate” in those signs. But those so-called NIMBYs keep getting proved right.

Meanwhile, just down the road from me is the Melbourne General Cemetery where decades of neglect and excessive use of herbicides have resulted in the creation of a heat island. At 43 hectares it is larger than the Royal Botanic Gardens yet estimates of tree coverage range from 8 to 18 per cent . A walk in the cemetery on a hot day tells its own story. During one of the 35 degree days earlier this year, the temperature on graves was measured at 50 degrees.

In relation to the deportation of failed asylum seekers, the government could try something really new: convince Australians that these asylum seekers present no significant threat to Australia and let them stay in the country. But that bold approach would be easily attacked, and so the government has again resorted to the old approach of getting tough with unco-operative deportees.” 30/3) is a good reminder of how many applicants for refugee status fall through the cracks.

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