At one extreme master planned 'communities' can be soulless,sterile suburbs. The danger at the other extreme is social engineering. The question I have is can a city with character and soul be created without community input?

I went down to the Caloundra South display centre yesterday and spent a few hours with a friend discussing the possiblities and problems.  More >>

How far is it to the edge?  At some point business and community is going to clash if one keeps pushing the other. More >>

How do we get the best  value FOR money, in particular, donated money/
I got to thinking with the flood crisis that there are a number of opportunities to make some changes to the relationships between govt, markets (housing, for example), industry (insurance is topical), the economy (how much of it is supported by free labour?), the environment (natural assets seem to be the source of great profit for some - ref: The Value of Nothing, Raj Patel) and people.  More >>

Where does the balance lie for material and psychological need in times of natural disaster?  More >>