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Tony Nutt, the former federal director of the Liberal Party and chief of staff to John Howard, has reiterated his support for Voice, a position at odds with the party and the former leader he served for a decade.
“It’s just, it’s practical, and it’s constitutionally safe,” he told a Liberal-dominated Wentworth for the Voice forum in Sydney’s east on Tuesday.
Discursive on the formation of Australia’s constitution, government bureaucracy, and the Voice’s potential composition and operation (to be decided by parliament) Nutt dismissed – diplomatically – some of the ‘No’ arguments being made against the proposal.
It (the Voice) is practical: when you actually strip away the straw men and the scarecrows… you do wonder at some of the arguments and some of the positions put by others.
Nutt’s position is in opposition to that of his erstwhile boss, former prime minister Howard, who has promoted a No vote, and urged opponents to “maintain the rage” against the proposal.
8m ago19.16 EDTBenita Kolovos
New apartment developments announced ahead of Victoria’s housing statement
The Victorian government is set to release their plan to fix the state’s housing crisis today, but while we wait, the minister for planning, Sonya Kilkenny, has announced she’s approved five new apartment developments.
Guardian Australia understands her office is working through a backlog of approvals and is hoping councils will follow suit.
This includes the rezoning of the former Kingswood Golf Course in Dingley Village, which will result in the construction of about 800 new homes.
The former University of Melbourne site in Hawthorn will also be rezoned, to allow for the construction of about 300 new homes, which will include a 10% affordable housing component and new publicly accessible open space.
In Preston, homes will be converted to apartments at 30 St Georges Road, 32-36 Oakover Road and 47 and 49 Showers St Preston. It is expected this will lead to the creation of 480 new homes along with new public open space, retail premises and a shopping centre.
In Kensington, a planning permit has been approved for 477 homes under a build-to-rent model, while another has been approved in Geelong, to turn a home on 15 York Street into a block of 37 new homes.
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2023-09-19 18:10:15
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