@billisdoing@theage Woah woah woah. This is professor Michael Buxton slander. Mr Buxton is every bit as much The Age’s go-to anti-development naysayer.
@mentallyworld Meet someone from North Brighton and convince them on the merits of the activity centres. This is the path to true love (higher density near transit)
@VlineGunzel One guess at which “planning expert” said:
''It's a terrible legacy of mess he's going to leave when he moves on as minister. He will have changed the shape of Melbourne forever and how it functions.''
https://t.co/ZNzMv3axRm
@taipan168 I’ve had taxis straight up enter about another $15-20 on top of the fare in the eftpos machine. I guess they figure I’m likely travelling on business and aren’t going to notice or say anything about it since it’s not my money (which turned out to be entirely correct)
@mentallyworld Langford said council …does not oppose greater density but is concerned about insufficient consultation, potential building heights and scale, and access to open spaces, schools, healthcare and other services to support that level of population influx.
@jonobri Won’t someone please think of the impact on the Thornbury Village if we lose our landmark Le Pine Funeral site. It’s been abandoned so long it’s practically heritage!
@tayser82 That’s also pretty good for things like dishwashers/washing machines/dryers where you can (machine dependant) delay the start so can make them run after midnight.
@declanmartin75 2013:
Professor Buxton said Melbourne's economy was based on its liveability, but parts of the city would become ''unliveable'' ….
''It's a terrible legacy of mess he's going to leave…. He will have changed the shape of Melbourne forever and how it functions.''
@analyticflying Me & many colleagues who regularly fly Melb-> Gladstone thought the pricing was insanely cheap. A fraction of the cost of Qantas with a vastly shorter travel time where the time cost is more than the additional fare cost. It was crazy good pricing and I wish they charged us more