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The Zone: with Michael Short

Crowds on a platform

What would you do to improve Melbourne?

What would you like to see change in Melbourne? What would you do if you magically had the power? What ideas, small or even radical, might you have to improve our metropolis for everyone as a place to live, to work, ...

Radical ways to improve our city life

Joe Benke envisages a park over one of Melbourne's biggest patches of concrete and bitumen - the Tullamarine Freeway.

Is there enough green in your life? Is a lack of nature dragging you down? Research tells us such a lack in built environments undermines our very well-being.

Fixing Melbourne's problems: What would you do?

Melbourne sunset.

Today, we are giving you, the audience, a community forum to share and debate ideas about making Melbourne a better place in which to live and work. It is a fundamental element of our series about the quality of ...

True grid: power to the people

Tosh Szatow, right, and Alex Houlston are the men behind Energy for the People and they want to save your money as well ...

Would you like to free yourself of the undue, complex costs and, well, powerlessness so many endure in dealing with energy companies? Read on.

How the 'lucky country' is blowing its luck

Record house prices against record low interest rates is the biggest risk, according to Citi.

Australia, we have a bloody big problem. Unless we change the way we develop our cities, particularly Melbourne and Sydney, we are going to turn one of the most liveable nations into a gridlocked, polluted urban ...