Jasper Lindell joined The Canberra Times in 2018. He is a Legislative Assembly reporter, covering ACT politics and government. He also writes about development, transport, heritage, local history, ...

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Ecovillages offer a scalable model for sustainable urban neighborhoods, fostering social cohesion and environmental ...

The Tasmanian government’s bid to facilitate the construction of 10,000 new homes on Hobart’s fringes will come with a ...

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Sydney must squeeze more apartments into the CBD to meet the changing housing needs of the population, but the planning ...

Suburban sprawl is another problem ... “But the folk who simply move to the urban fringe because the housing is cheap, and they previously rented in an inner-city area, generally don’t ...

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