NSW transport minister Jo Haylen has been forced to step down for using her government driver for personal outings. Her record on public and active transport also deserves to be scrutinised, argues Andrew Chuter.听
Andrew Chuter
Local residents and housing activists gathered outside boarding houses on Selwyn Street, Paddington, to protest the eviction of 32 older men. Andrew Chuter reports.
Andrew Chuter reviews Cameron Murray鈥檚 highly accessible and much-needed book about the persistent myths that prevent rational discussion and action to address the housing crisis in Australia.
Andrew Chuter reviews Henry Grabar鈥檚 Paved Paradise, which argues that parking has devastated our cities, wasted valuable space, entrenched car dependency, worsened the climate disaster and raised the cost of housing and most other goods.
It's often said that housing is a human right. Kevin Bell's new book takes some first steps towards making it a reality in the Australian context, writes Andrew Chuter.
Combining the distilled wisdom of socialist writer Jeff Sparrow and the graphic ingenuity of comic artist Sam Wallman, 12 Rules for Strife is a handbook for changing everything, writes Andrew Chuter.
NSW Labor鈥檚 plans to address the housing crisis don't include聽proven measures, such as more public housing,聽rent controls and removing property investor tax concessions.听Andrew Chuter reports.
Andrew Chuter reviews Their Blood Got Mixed, a graphic memoir through the heart of a remarkable experiment in self-determination.
Andrew Chuter argues we need a similar approach to聽the Gough Whitlam government which, in the 1970s, bought 200 homes in Woollomooloo and 700 properties in Glebe and converted them to public housing.
The principle of 鈥渙ne person one vote鈥 took a big leap forward in the City of Sydney last week with the abolition of double votes for business, writes Andrew Chuter.
Community group REDWatch asked a couple of government departments to give residents a briefing on rezoning plans, which would eliminate public housing. Andrew Chuter reports.
Declining levels of public housing, non-existent rent controls and聽annual investor tax concessions are some reasons for the spiralling cost of housing, argues Andrew Chuter.
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