Melbourne the most livable city for the landed gentry

Only five suburbs in Melbourne are now accessible to low income earners. Melbourne’s median house price has now tipped over $900,000, an ominous achievement largely driven by over 150 of this city’s suburbs now carrying a $1 million dollar price tag. In just under 12...

The Problem with Small Town Australia

Over the last decade, much has been published and discussed about the mounting challenges faced by Social Democratic parties right across the developed world. In Greece, the once dominant PASOK was felled by a combination of the GFC and its inability to disentangle...

The 4 lies

The 4 lies of COVID-19 in Australia   I like the Doherty Model. Not that anyone needs my validation of it, but I think it’s a clear and honest piece of work.  I’ve now spent a fair bit of time understanding its constraints and limitations, and the results of the...

Kew Survey – full report

Between the 4-7th November Redbridge conducted a survey within the Victorian State Electorate of Kew. You can view the full report, including the methodology of the publically reported results (Herald Sun 8th November) here. Notes. All options for each question are...

Melbourne’s West – sports and politics

In early November, we surveyed 809 residents within the Local Government Areas of Brimbank, Hume, Melton and Wyndham. The was a survey commissioned by and for Redbridge. Our focus was to gain insight into the professional sporting culture of Melbourne’s west and...