Town/Reg Planning

Kelvin Thompson, Federal Member for Wills in Coburg, Melbourne, has again pointed out that "A bigger Melbourne is not a better Melbourne". Fimmaker and SPA member Fred Zervas has recorded his speech which you can see at: http://vimeo.com/36865208

A letter from the SPA Vic Branch to the Victorian Minister for Planning, Hon. Matthew Guy, MLC regarding visions for Melbourne's future.

Adelaide - INFRASTRUCTURE on the city's fringe is already buckling under pressure, before massive population increases flagged in the state 30-Year Plan have even begun.

Beijing municipal people's congress revealed this week that the Chinese capital now has 19.72 million inhabitants, growing by over 3 per cent in the past 2 years. Previous estimates had predicted that the city's population would swell to that level a decade later than it has. According to the guidelines regarding Beijing's development between 2004 and 2020 set by the State Council, the number of permanent residents living in capital should have been capped below 18 million until the end of 2020.

Treasury Secretary Ken Henry says cities may need to be built from scratch to handle Australia's urban population growth over the next 50 years. He says on current projections, Australia's existing capital cities will be home to an extra 10.5 million people by 2056.

Figures released by the National Population and Family Planning Commission have estimated China's population will reach 1.39 billion by the end of 2015, with those aged 60 or over topping 200 million people. Over the next five years, China's urban population will also surpass its rural counterpart, with city dwellers expected to exceed 700 million.

The Queensland Government must consider an increase in taxes to manage future population growth, a new report has found.

Plans to increase population density to cope with growth

Plans to build new cities to cope with population growth