Victoria that perfectly explains the predicament facing Victoria.
Increasing the number of activity centres will do zero to increase supply. In fact, I'd argue it would decrease the number of projects that get off the ground.
The limiting factor for higher-density development is not a lack of zoned land, nor was it ever. It is a lack of demand due to market preferences and high delivery costs.
In fact, having even more areas for potential development will create too much competition, slowing down presales, and seeing an even lower proportion of approvals turn into shovels in the ground.
That a senior economic adviser can suggest to the Treasurer, in a written advice, that more colours on plans will magically get the government closer to its (mostly forgotten) #housingstatement goal of 800,000 homes in 10 years shows how disconnected these people are from the economic realities in our state.
That such people (fill in the requisite adjectives yourself) can get to senior government positions explains so much about how we got into this housing (and broader economic) mess. We see the evidence of just how many of these dumb bureaucratic suggestions become reality for all of us to bear.
P.S. Carly Douglas I was warning from day 1 that the 800,000 target was unachievable – way more than a year!