A 20-hectare parcel of Brisbane land known as Bulimba Barracks, which has been slated for development, becomes ground zero in heated national debate over housing
The vacant land of the former Bulimba Barracks snakes its way around a bend on the banks of theHere, the river widens and seeps into the fabric of the surrounding suburb – skiffs and canoes sit beside SUVs and road bikes in the garages of restored timber cottages, old Queenslanders and villas adorned with lush, subtropical gardens.
Labor clearly smells blood, hoping to paint the Greens as nimbys whose anti-development stance is blocking the housing supply necessary to halt escalating prices. Brisbane’s Labor council opposition leader Jared Cassidy says the Greens speak “a big game about the need for housing, but at every opportunity say ‘not here’ or ‘not there’”.
In approving the development, council said “the submitted Hydraulic Impact Assessment demonstrated that the required earthworks will not result in adverse flood impacts on adjoining properties”. Yet Matthews, who lives south of the Brisbane River and knows the Bulimba site, describes some of the criticisms of Chandler-Mather for his opposition to the development as “disingenuous”.
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