Papers, submissions, fact sheets and information sheets, listed by author and title with an extract where applicable.
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General
Book and newspaper references
Lewis, M. (1999). Suburban Backlash. Bloomings Books, Melbourne.
Suburban Backlash and the issues it raises were reviewed in The Australian (13 March 2000).
The Save Our Suburbs movement, the rise of Jane Lomax-Smith (an SOS candidate for Adelaide City Council who later became Lord Mayor of Adelaide), and her concerns about the “corruption” of town planning in Adelaide City Council are reported in a major article in The Australian Magazine (13–14 May 2000).
Other articles and papers
- Housing in Brisbane …Yeates, M. (1994). Unpublished, BrisbaneRead PDF
Information sheets and fact sheets
SOBS
- Local Area Plans or Locally Owned Plans?Read PDF
- Why do our Councils have policies …Read PDF
- Why protect our creeks and wetlands …Read PDF
- Why protect some urban amenity and character …Read PDF
- “Controls bring housing balance” … but do they really?Read PDF
- Why protect some “character” housing …Read PDF
- Why have a group like … Save Our Brisbane SuburbsRead PDF
- Concerned residents really do care for Brisbane …Read PDF
- Asbestos: a health problem or not?Read PDF
- Asbestos: a health and environment problem, but ignored …Read PDF
- IPA and infrastructure charges … an invitation and incentive to demolish?Read PDF
- Demolition before approval …Read PDF
- Aileen's story … 131 Fifth Avenue, BalmoralRead about others' experiencesRead PDF
- Benson Street, ToowongRead PDF
- Benson St, Toowong … the new six-pack!Read HTML
- Chelmer … residents fighting each other … and CouncilRead HTML
- Sherwood … one precinct after another being invadedRead HTML
- Indooroopilly, 35–41 Central AvenueRead HTML
- Fear and distrust … the outcomes of BCC “planning” policies?Read HTML
- 8.5 m height limit … now a complete joke?Read HTML
- West End savedRead HTML
Ecological and environmental management
- Fireplaces and the health dangers of smokeRead PDF
- Protection of natural assets during development …Read PDF
- Launceston wood fire smoke strategy … $s to replace wood firesRead HTML
PTA
Other contacts
Debates and information about these and related issues can also be found at:
The Brisbane Institute, which has a number of interesting features including the “Brisbane Line”.
CABRA, an organisation aimed at raising Community Awareness about the health effects of Burning wood in Residential Areas, contactable at PO Box 74, Cleveland QLD 4163. CABRA is particularly concerned that building regulations fail to control the installation of wood and other fuel-burning appliances. Because there is no means of controlling how they are operated, smoke and its health impacts reach adjoining neighbours and whole neighbourhoods, where local climate and geography can trap it.