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- Dawn Browning on Hinch blog: Share your rental stories After renting for 20 years I have had 1 rotten landlord. Tenants Union Victoria assisted me greatly - tel 9416 2577. I found ... more
- Ljuba on YOUR SAY: Hinch slams first home-owners ... Not enough analysis in this article. Generation Y is going through the TOUGHEST TIMES IN HUMANITY, 20 years ago you could ... more
- la on Con-woman cons court too? I can't believe this hilarious....hey um the eagle has landed..foxy spy lol yo more
- Pete on Williamses a poor excuse for family I don't think he should have been allowed to go. The risk to other people attending or just in the area from Carl's enemies ... more
- Tracey on Williamses a poor excuse for family Barbara Williams didn't show any remorse for her son's the dead victims. She remained so disgustingly loyal to her mass ... more
- Dave on Andrew Symonds escapes axe No, dont get rid of someone because they tell someone in a pub to go away, slos dont get rid of someone because chris watts ... more
- Car on Derryn Hinch attacks Bill Henson Anna you are very naive. 'Normal' people would probably find no offence in such innocence however paedophiles use these ... more
- MB on Williamses a poor excuse for family I totally understand the statements made here, and now Carl has been refused leave to attend his mother's funeral ... more
- Clint194 on Andrew Symonds escapes axe Andrew Symonds is a guy with a personality not taylored to the off field demands of top level sport these days and he needs ... more
- First Home buyer qualify on YOUR SAY: Hinch slams first home-owners ... I am 31 years old and qualify for the first home owners grant. I have always worked full-time. I have never been on ... more
- Taya on Hinch blog: Share your rental stories Im 23 years old and i have to find a place to live asap my boyfriend is living in a tent or on the street we have applyed ... more
- Marsh Thomson on Sack her: Hinch Blog Mrs Requart Nixon. You are being protected by the slackest Minister in history. You should GO more
- laura whelan on Andrew Symonds escapes axe If correct,and Symonds did not retaliate congratulations to him.... Kipling said it best If you can keep youe ... more
- me again on Andrew Symonds escapes axe this guy, can not handle the status of "celebrity". He likes the money and the status of being in the Australian cricket ... more
- chris watts on Andrew Symonds escapes axe he has had his chance. get rid of him and why should we pay him for this behaviour. tell him to have a haircut too. more
- Jason Donnelly on YOUR SAY: Hinch slams first home-owners ... What people dont realise is, we are heading into a storm and when we come out the other side, life as we know it will have ... more
- Joel on Hinch Blog: I don't believe What did 'Lucy' sound like? A toothless bogan with no life whose bad driving skills lead her to being given the finger by a ... more
- Ian Cameron on Nixon legacy has a price? I fully concur that it is a disgraceful legacy we are being left with by Nixon. Our laws are being totally ignored purely ... more
- Rod on YOUR SAY: Hinch slams first home-owners ... Not to belittle any of the recipients of the first home owners grants, but I pay taxes to fund basic and necessary services. ... more
- kelly on Con-woman cons court too? Thank you Jed, your right, someone who can finally see some sense... Maybe HINCH should be fighting to have his supression ... more
Hinch Blog: Population boom analysis
Think about this: In the next 30 years the population of Melbourne is expected to grown by nearly two million people.
And that is why the state government today announced it’s new UGB – the new Urban Growth Boundary. And that is designed to accommodate about 600,000 new houses and apartments in the next 20 years.
How will that affect you? How will Melbourne cope with the extra need for public transport? For water? We don’t have enough now. And who will make the money from the new boundaries? Farmers? Speculators?
The Premier, John Brumby, says today's decision would deliver a financial windfall for landowners whose land is brought into the revised UGB.
But the small print in the Government’s press release said
“Those landowners, who as a result of this planning decision will now be able to develop their land in the revised UGB, will pay a one-off Growth Areas Infrastructure Contribution (GAIC) to help share the cost of building community infrastructure more fairly."
That will cost them $95,000 per hectare. You own 10 hectares and suddenly there’s a tax of close to a million dollars.
There are a lot of other issues. I hope we can make some sense of them...
