From the street, few would be able to tell a boarded-up block of land in Melbourne’s inner city has become the frontline of the latest housing battle between Labor and the Greens. In one corner, Labor say they are “pushing on” with a project to deliver 1,200 homes and community infrastructure on the former industrial site, while the Greens argue the government has “slowly wound back and watered down” its plans.
Chief among the minor party’s concerns is the promise of social housing on the site, which it says has been “paused”. The deputy premier, Jacinta Allan, however, has accused the Greens of spreading “misleading information” about the project.
