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Peter Mares

Brisbane Times

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Here’s why Australia should build more smaller houses rather than fewer big ones

13.03.2025 30

The Guardian

Peter Mares

Australian cities are desperate for the ‘missing middle’ of housing density. But it’s not as simple as the nimby-yimby debate suggests

The Business Council of Australia wants local governments to be stripped of decision-making powers if they fail to meet “basic timeliness...

28.10.2024 10

The Guardian

Peter Mares

Parents are waiting more than 30 years for an Australian visa. The new home affairs minister needs to act

If overseas-born Australians want to sponsor a parent to join them permanently in Australia, they can go down one of two routes. The expensive path...

12.08.2024 1

The Conversation

Peter Mares