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The Victorian state Labor government's Housing Statement allows for residential developments valued at more than $50 million to be fast-tracked, proposes the demolition of all public housing towers for public-private development and sells off public land to developers, report Jacob Andrewrtha and Jordan AK.
Forty-four ageing public housing towers are to disappear from Melbourne’s skyline and be replaced.
âI will not apologise for saving livesâ: Housing Minister refuses to say sorry Weâre sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss âI will not apologise for saving livesâ: Housing Minister refuses to say sorry Save Normal text size Advertisement Housing Minister Richard Wynne has angrily defended the snap decision to place about 3000 public housing residents into a hard lockdown in July, in tense public hearings at Victorian Parliament on Friday. Mr Wynne repeatedly declined to say whether the government had followed the advice of the t...