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Advocacy Roadmap
Yarra City Council adopted an Advocacy Roadmap in November 2025, and in April 2026 chose to highlight some of the items under the brand ‘Yarra Decides’, with the aim of obtaining spending promises from the state government in the lead up to the November 2026 state election. The Advocacy Roadmap is a flawed document because…
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Putting our best foot forward
The Committee for Sydney has published Putting our best foot forward – A checklist for walkable density, which has valuable recommendations that are applicable to the Victoria state government and the City of Yarra: A walkable city is built up from a number of elements, including: The checklist provides specifics, including: The report proposes key…
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Plan for Victoria
The Victoria state government has released Plan for Victoria – let’s see what impact it will have on Yarra. Housing Target Yarra has been assigned a housing target of 44,000 more homes by 2050, requiring an average of 1,700 new homes per year, a significant increase on our existing average of 1,100 (from 2016 to…
