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At first glance, old industrial sites, like this one in Carrington Street, don’t look like much. But they provide vital spaces for creative precincts to flourish. Paul Jones

Can our cities’ thriving creative precincts be saved from ‘renewal’?

Chris Gibson, University of Wollongong; Alexandra Crosby, University of Technology Sydney; Carl Grodach, Monash University; Craig Lyons, University of Wollongong; Justin O'Connor, Monash University, and Xin Gu, Monash University

A new project documents who uses urban industrial lands slated for redevelopment. It reveals a vibrant but largely hidden sector at the interface between creative industries and small manufacturing.
The Turnbull government’s line that supply is the key to affordability finds little support among housing experts. Dan Himbrechts/AAP

What housing issues should the budget tackle? This is what our experts say

Richard Tomlinson, University of Melbourne

Housing experts writing for The Conversation largely agree on the government policies that are causing negative distortions in the market and the wider economy. And supply is not the key concern.
Well-connected landowners owned 75% of the rezoned land, but only 12% of comparable land immediately outside the rezoning boundaries. AAP/David Crosling

Four ways we can clean up corruption in land rezoning

Paul Frijters, The University of Queensland and Cameron Murray, The University of Queensland

A study tracks how well-connected land-owners have benefited from favourable rezoning decisions. So what's the best way to crack down on these cosy relationships?

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