Here's what I got up to at the Byron Writers Festival.... abc.net.au/listen/program… Join Jess Scully Jeff Goodell and Ben Roche for a chat about thinking systemically about the environment and moving away from consumer capitalism.

An easy way to show solidarity with Writers Guild of America West Writers Guild of America East SAG-AFTRA and all the writers, actors and creative workers on strike for fair pay and better conditions. There’s no content without creative workers. Bye Netflix ANZ 👋🏽 BINGE and the rest 👋🏽 #WGAstrike

Can you do it too?

Sydney: What are you up to for World Environment Day (Mon, June 5)?

📽️Join me to kick off the cinematic release of The Endangered Generation?

After the film I will be hosting a Q&A with director Celeste Greer, Camille Goldstone-Henry 🐨 and Jess Scully.

Info: theendangeredgeneration.com

I’m so honoured to have my book, #GlimpsesOfUtopia , included in this incredible list of #bookstochangetheworld in the Guardian UK, thanks to author of #JoinedUpThinking , Hannah Critchlow

Tune in to ABC Sydney, I’m about to have a chat with Richard Glover richard glover
about the ideas in the shiny ✨ new edition of my book, Glimpses of Utopia 🌞, have a listen!

Fantastic infographic. The #Stage3taxcuts are bad LNP policy from 2018: before the pandemic and the colossal spending that accompanied it, before the inflation, rental and cost of living crisis. It is so out of step it borders on immoral. How can the ALP continue to support this?

“The world’s most productive areas, the places where the biggest breakthroughs are made, are in cities. But if we make them prohibitively expensive, the chance of a scientific or technological innovation is reduced.”

There are solutions beyond USA/UK: but we need political will.

“NIMBYs come in a variety of forms, but the most confounding are those who call themselves progressive yet abuse laws conceived to protect the environment, or foster good government, to block desperately needed housing, driving up costs and fueling homelessness.”

“Building infrastructure such as roads, electrical grids and communications for fringe suburbs is up to four times more expensive than adapting infrastructure in established suburbs with growth capacity, according to Infrastructure Victoria.”

Great piece Guardian Australia #YIMBY

The YIMBYs are here.

Article ft. Max Holleran, Katie Roberts-Hull, Jonathan O'Brien, calling for a better, denser Melbourne.

theage.com.au/national/victo…

My column today on the inequality of wealth - and yep it has a lot to do with housing (and some not great graphs for anyone born after 1980)

Young Australians never stood a chance. For decades the controls have been set to favour older generations theguardian.com/business/grogo…

Delighted to hear this from new NSW Housing Minister Rose Jackson

Sydney’s density peaks 20km from the CBD. For fairness, more social & #affordablehousing must be within the well-served inner suburbs. I spoke to RN Drive about the #YIMBY movement & enabling density done well.

Vote 1 for a fun future (session) at SXSW Sydney - I’m hoping I’ll get to join Now at @[email protected] Dom Price and Sally Dominguez in imagining a playful future for our cities. Want to join us? Today is your last chance to click thru and vote!

This is very good. It’s so simple & powerful! Share far and wide. #VoteYes #VoiceToParliament #auspol #UluruStatement

Thank you for all you do Asylum Seekers Centre - I’m so proud to support you and your vital work - I really appreciate this ☺️

Tonight we farewell to the inimitable and fearless Jess Scully, at her last meeting of Council.

You can watch the live stream of the meeting from 5pm, or read my Lord Mayoral Minute on her service and decision to step down: bit.ly/FarewellJessSc…

What is the main housing problem in Australia and what is its root cause in your view?

One of the weirdest things about Australian urbanism discourse is the argument that tall buildings create shaded public spaces, and this is bad. But on this 36C past Sunday, the fact that Eyre Street market's forecourt is sheltered from the sun was a big draw. #Canberra

NEW: housing shortages, affordability crises and NIMBYism are growing problems in many countries, but what’s especially striking is how much worse they all are in Anglophone countries 🇬🇧🇺🇸🇦🇺🇳🇿🇨🇦🇮🇪

What’s going on?

My column -> enterprise-sharing.ft.com/redeem/1a2c0ab…