quackademic<p>Break out the tiny violin.</p><p>Some residents of one of the wealthiest enclaves in Australia may choose to sell their multimillion dollar homes &amp; buy other multimillion dollar homes in other wealthy enclaves, because the State government (evil! socialists! remember Dan 🙀) has identified areas around key transport hubs as suitable for higher density housing.</p><p>This is what governance looks like, folks. A posture of ‘I’ve got all my nice things &amp; everyone else can get forked’ just makes you look like a dink.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>housing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Victoria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Victoria</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/governance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>governance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/IveGotMineEveryoneElseCanGetForked" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IveGotMineEveryoneElseCanGetForked</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-01/housing-activity-centres-anger-residents-heritage-suburb-changes/105195246?utm_source=abc_news_app&amp;utm_medium=content_shared&amp;utm_campaign=abc_news_app&amp;utm_content=other" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-05-01/hou</span><span class="invisible">sing-activity-centres-anger-residents-heritage-suburb-changes/105195246?utm_source=abc_news_app&amp;utm_medium=content_shared&amp;utm_campaign=abc_news_app&amp;utm_content=other</span></a></p>