Josh Gordon
Senior Reporter
Josh Gordon is a senior reporter for The Age.
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Planning
Councils not the housing villain as developers shelve construction
Property developers and builders opted not to press ahead with a record number of units in the last five years – despite them being approved by councils.
- by Josh Gordon, Royce Millar and Kieran Rooney
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Housing crisis
Planning powers could be stripped from councils that miss housing targets
The Allan government is preparing a second round of reforms to tackle the housing crisis, including proposed targets for councils and a new universal liveability charge.
- by Royce Millar, Kieran Rooney and Josh Gordon
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Planning
Garden state status under threat amid squeeze on public open space
Parks and nature reserves are vital for wellbeing. But at the rate Melbourne is densifying and expanding, access to public open space could fall dramatically.
- by Josh Gordon and Royce Millar
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Electricity
Victoria’s revived SEC may not have to compete on level playing field
The new version of the State Electricity Commission looks set to be exempt from a levy designed to stop government businesses having a competitive advantage.
- by Royce Millar and Josh Gordon
Series
City life
Where we live: The changing face of Victoria’s neighbourhoods
In this series, The Age profiles Victorian suburbs and towns to reveal how they’ve changed over the decades.
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Population
Parts of Melbourne are more crowded than Manhattan and London. Find out how dense your suburb is
Population data shows our city has been transformed by high and medium-density living. Use our interactives to check your area.
- by Josh Gordon, Craig Butt and Alex Crowe
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Housing crisis
Is your suburb going higher? The 10 areas earmarked as hotspots for increasing housing density
A street-by-street analysis reveals where the Allan government’s push to ramp up housing development is most likely to occur. See the maps.
- by Josh Gordon and Adam Carey
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Stamp duty
Victoria open to stamp duty overhaul to ease burden on first home buyers
Treasurer Tim Pallas has given his strongest hint yet that the state government would consider ditching stamp duty and replacing it with a land tax.
- by Josh Gordon and Kieran Rooney
A car wash, a kebab shop and a VCAT spat over a block of flats
A proposed six-storey apartment in the inner north is the latest residential development to get bogged down by a planning dispute.
- by Cara Waters and Josh Gordon
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Victorian budget
Victoria is the fines capital, expected to rake in almost $1b this financial year
No other Australian jurisdiction is as dependent on fines for cash, but the state government faces pressure to scale back its punitive approach to revenue-raising.
- by Josh Gordon and Clay Lucas